DERRY CITY: Injury crisis for Shiels ahead of Shamrock Rovers clash

By The Newsroom
Published 30th Aug 2016, 07:00 BST
Derry's Aaron McEneff takes on Killian Brennan during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Brandywell Stadium in April. (Picture credit: Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE)Derry's Aaron McEneff takes on Killian Brennan during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Brandywell Stadium in April. (Picture credit: Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE)
Derry's Aaron McEneff takes on Killian Brennan during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Brandywell Stadium in April. (Picture credit: Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE)
Despite signing two new defenders over the past two weeks, Derry City face Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium tonight on the brink of a defensive injury crisis.

(Kick-off: 8.00pm).

With both Ryan McBride and Aaron Barry already out for a number of weeks, new signing Maximilian Karner injured his groin on his debut at Bray Wanderers on Saturday night. That news leaves Kenny Shiels with only Patrick McClean, Cristian Castells and Ben Doherty as defensive cover for what is a crucial encounter.

On the plus side, winger Lukas Schubert is likely to return after missing Saturday’s draw through illness.

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