Bohemians vs Waterford 2-1

Bohemians beat Waterford 2-1 at Dalymount Park after Ryan Burke’s second-half goal decided it. Waterford missed a penalty early in the second half and did not find another equaliser.

Bohemians opened the scoring in the 12th minute when Sam Todd finished from Jordan Flores. Waterford levelled in the 38th minute through Padraig Amond, who was set up by Bernardo Piexoto Couto. It was 1-1 at half-time.

The home side went back in front in the 64th minute when Ryan Burke scored from Sadou Diallo’s assist to make it 2-1. Bohemians made three changes in the 74th minute, with Sadou Diallo, James Taylor and Harry Patrick Vaughan coming off for Niall Morahan, Colm Whelan and Markuss Strods. Waterford had already had a major chance to turn the match on its head when Tom Lonergan missed a penalty in the 49th minute. They made two changes in the 79th minute and another in the 86th minute, but did not get back level.

Bohemians had 63% of the ball and 545 passes to Waterford’s 313, while also leading 10 shots to 9 and 6 shots on target to 4. Waterford finished with more xG, 1.28 to 0.56, and more corners, 4 to 3. Both sides were caught offside twice, and the save count was 3 for Bohemians and 4 for Waterford.

Bohemians were booked twice, with cian byrne shown a yellow card in the 48th minute and Niall Morahan booked a minute after coming on. Waterford did not have a booking and no red cards were shown.