Cliftonville go into the second leg of their Setanta Sports Cup tie against St Patrick's Athletic with a one-goal lead thanks to Liam Boyce's second-half goal.

Boyce struck the woodwork with a fierce shot in the first half and Joe Gormley was twice denied by Brendan Clarke.

Boyce scored the winner in the 48th minute when Martin Donnelly played the ball to the striker and he ran round the back of the wall and fired home.

Chris Scannell saw a late header tipped away by the impressive Clarke.

Stephen O'Flynn had his goalbound header blocked in the dying minutes.

In the first half, Gormley saw one effort from the edge of the box saved by Clarke and the St Pat's goalkeeper also saved brilliantly from the forward's goalbound header.

The second leg will be staged next Monday night.

Next Fixture

Vaduz / August 1st @ 6:30pm
Competition:
Venue: Rheinpark Stadium
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Team	Pld	Pts
Shelbourne	24	47
Derry City	25	44
Waterford FC	24	37
Shamrock Rovers	23	34
Galway United FC	23	34
Sligo Rovers	24	34
St Patrick's Athletic	25	28
Bohemian FC	22	26
Dundalk	24	22
Drogheda United	24	17