LOI preview: Derry City on ropes ahead of St Patrick's Athletic challenge

The pressure is on Derry City in the first round of Monday games of this year's SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division season, with a rampant St Patrick’s Athletic side their opponent in Richmond Park. City have yet to produce a convincing display with three defeats in six to begin a season which was supposed to provide their strongest title challenge yet. With the Saints, and Bohemians, winning each week, and a Shamrock Rovers side also beginning to reel off victories, the situation is becoming stark for Tiernan Lynch. Defeat in the capital could genuinely make any tilt at becoming champions quite unlikely. The Saints are picking up the traits of a Stephen Kenny side, looking electric going...