Pat's hit late but Sligo impress

Europa League round-up:St Patrick's face an uphill battle to reach the play-off round of the Europa League after losing the first leg of their third qualifying round tie 2-0 against Karpaty Lviv in Ukraine.

Artem Fedetskiy opened the scoring after 34 minutes and the hosts continued to dominate proceedings, with St Patrick's struggling to test Karpaty goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov.

The League of Ireland side looked like they would take Karpaty back to Richmond Park with only a one-goal deficit, but Belarus international Andrei Voronkov came off the bench to double the hosts' lead in stoppage time.

Sligo Roverslook to be in far better shape after a scoreless draw with Vorskla Poltava in Ukraine.

The hosts created the majority of the chances in the match but they could find no way past Brendan Clarke in the visiting goal.

Rovers had two good chances after the break when Alan Kirby shot over from just outside the six yard box. Raffaele Cretaro then almost capitalised on a defensive mix-up when he swept in from the right and controlled the ball nicely before over-hitting an attempted lob

The second leg will take place at The Showgrounds next Thursday, when Paul Cook's men will hope to book their place in the play-off round.

Fulhamendured a frustrating evening in Croatia as RNK Split eked out a goalless draw in the Europa League third qualifying round.

The Cottagers failed to impress at Dugopolje's Stadion Hrvatski Vitezovi and struggled to unleash a menacing attack at any stage of the first leg.

Split proved the more dangerous force and had two gilt-edged chances to score, with Ante Erceg fluffing a one-on-one opportunity in the sixth minute before substitute Duje Cop missed an equally inviting chance in the dying minutes of the game.