Drogheda United hosted Dundalk in the Premier Division's Regular Season round 29 on August 28th, and the visitors took all three points with a 2:3 victory. The match started with caution, and by then it was clear neither side wanted to give an inch. Daryl Horgan's late strike sealed it for Dundalk, who remain fourteenth behind their rivals in the standings.
Cian Dillon opened the scoring in the twenty-fifth minute, but Keegan Ancelin levelled matters just seven minutes later with Brandon Kavanagh putting Drogheda ahead before half-time. And here's the thing — you could feel the momentum shift as Dundalk came out for the second half. Ronan Teahan equalised in the sixty-seventh minute, and then Daryl Horgan snatched it at the death in the eighty-ninth.
There were plenty of changes on both sides. Trevor Clarke came off for Drogheda in the forty-sixth minute, while Harry Groome and Keith Buckley were brought on for Dundalk around the hour mark. By then the game had opened up, and Shane Farell's replacement in the seventieth minute showed the hosts were looking for something different. Mark Doyle, Andrew Quinn, and Keegan Ancelin all saw action in the closing stages.
Dundalk had more of the ball at 56 per cent, but Drogheda kept knocking on the door with eleven shots inside the penalty area compared to ten for the visitors. The hosts managed only three shots on target from those eleven, while Dundalk converted four of their ten attempts. And here's the thing — big chances went begging on both sides, with the visitors creating four and the hosts two.
Five yellow cards came out during the match, including Bobby Burns in the eighth minute and Ethan O'Brien near the end. The hosts finished ninth with twenty-eight points from twenty-nine games, while Dundalk sit fourth with forty. This result doesn't move them closer in the table, but it extends a pattern of taking points from mid-table sides.