Bohemian beat Derry City 5-3 in a seven-goal Premier Division contest, recovering from Michael Duffy's early goal for the visitors to take control after the break. Bohemian were behind at the interval after Duffy's 34th-minute opener, then scored three times in five minutes early in the second half.
Derry opened the scoring through Michael Duffy in the 34th minute. Hickey equalised two minutes after the interval, Connor Parsons put Bohemian ahead on 49 and Douglas James-Taylor added a third on 52, before Derry's James Clarke was shown a red card on 55. Tyler Smith pulled one back on 62, but Ross Tierney scored twice in the 78th and 87th minutes, with Michael Duffy adding Derry's third in the 90th.
The scoreline reflected Bohemian's control: they had 58% possession, 19 shots to Derry's 8 and created six big chances to their opponents' one. Michael Duffy scored twice for Derry, and Ross Tierney's brace proved decisive, but Bohemian's five goals came from an expected-goals tally of 2.28 against Derry's 0.60.
