Dundalk have beaten Sligo Rovers 1-0 at the Showgrounds to cement their lead at the summit of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

David McMillan got the goal on 13 minutes, four minutes after Sligo's Craig Roddan was shown a red card for a foul on Daryl Horgan.

That stretches Dundalk's advantage to seven points at the top of the table.

Elsewhere, Bray Wanderers enjoyed a 2-1 win at St Patrick's Athletic and Shamrock Rovers made sure all of tonight's results were away victories with a 1-0 win at Galway United thanks to a Gary Shaw goal.

Sligo's Kieran Sadlier with Dane Massey of Dundalk ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Dundalk's David McMillan celebrates the first goal pop the game ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Dundalk goalkeeper Gary Rogers' first appearance for Dundalk after being away with the National Squad when they played Serbia ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Sligo's Raffaele Cretaro with Dane Massey of Dundalk ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson