Sligo Rovers 2 Bray Wanderers 0: Bray Wanderers' poor form continued last night when they were beaten by Sligo Rovers in a lacklustre game at the Showgrounds.
The visitors, short five key players through injury and suspension, struggled in a dress rehearsal for next weekend's FA Cup tie between the sides at the same venue.
Sligo were reduced to 10 men in the 52nd minute after Gavin Peers was red-carded for stamping on an opponent.
Sligo came close to opening the scoring when Liam Burns drilled the ball narrowly wide of the visitors' goal from a Chris Turner corner after only a minute. But Darren Mansaram gave them the lead in the sixth minute with a clever header from a Brian Cash cross.
Andrew Cousins had the visitors' first chance after 19 minutes but his effort from a well placed pass by skipper Stephen Fox flew inches wide.
Sligo doubled their advantage in the 32nd minute when a Harpal Singh shot took a deflection off Tony McKeever and flew past Rogers.
SLIGO ROVERS: O'Hara; Peers, McNamara, Burns, O'Grady, Hughes, Mansaram, Turner, Singh, Cash. Subs: Curran for Singh (60 mins), McTiernan for Cash (76 mins).
BRAY WANDERERS: Rogers; McKeever, Gifford, M Roche, W Tyrrell, Fox, L Roche, Cousins, O'Brien, Georgescu, D Tyrrell. Subs: James for Gifford (half-time), Caffrey for Cousins (58 mins), Ryan for L Roche (75 mins).
Referee: H Whoriskey (Dublin).
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