Sligo Rovers maintained their one hundred percent home record in this year's Airtricity League Premier Division with a 3-0 win over Dundalk at the Showgrounds. A brace from Danny North and a Gavin Peers header was enough to give Ian Baraclough his fourth league win of the season.

David Goulden at the Showgrounds...

Sligo were without Mark Quigley (ban), Pascal Millien (work-permit issues) and Richard Brush (virus) while Jason McGuinness was a late withdrawal. Alan Keane returned to the home side's first eleven after a two game ban. Dundalk's absentees included Mark Griffin (groin), Eoghan Osborne (leg) and Luke Danville (hamstring), but Shane O'Neill did pass a late fitness test in time to lead the Lillywhites' attack.

In a first-half that lacked vigour, Rovers play-maker Joseph Ndo had the game's first chance on 12 minutes, but his daisy-cutter only found the waiting gloves of Dundalk 'keeper Peter Cherrie. Seconds later, his opposite number Gary Rogers did enough to get behind Ben McLoughlin's low drive.

Shane O'Neill looked odds-on to put Dundalk ahead three minutes later, when John Mountney found the former Bray striker in space, but O'Neill sent his shot looping over the Sligo crossbar. Cherrie was called into action again on 41 minutes when he had to be at full stretch to save Danny North's shot down low to his left, after the former St Pat's man was set up by Cretaro.

Rovers made a speedy start to the second half and were two goals to the good within eight minutes. Lee Lynch played Cretaro in behind the Dundalk defence, before Cretaro's low drive found ended up at the feet of North who tapped in from close range for Sligo's first on 49 minutes. Gavin Peers then doubled the lead four minutes later when he met Ross Gaynor's corner with a ferocious header which flew past Cherrie to put Rovers firmly in the driving seat.

Rovers dominated proceedings from then on in and they had their third on the stroke of full time when North's shot came back off the Dundalk post, the rebound falling kindly to the in-form striker who had no problems with the resulting tap-in.

Sligo Rovers: Gary Rogers, Alan Keane, Gavin Peers, Iarfhlaith Davoren, Ross Gaynor, Danny Ventre, Romuald Boco, Lee Lynch, Joseph Ndo, Danny North, Raffaele Cretaro.

Subs: Ciaran Kelly, David Cawley, John Dillon (for Gaynor, 75), Mark McGoldrick (for Cretaro 90), Martin Owens (for Keane 92), Liam Martin.

Dundalk: Peter Cherrie, Ben Loughlin, Liam Burns, Derek Foran, Dan Cunningham, Chris Shields, John Mountney, Stephen McDonnell, Robert Waters, Michael Rafter, Shane O'Neill.

Subs: Ger Hanley, Gary Shanahan (for O'Neill 60), Cian Byrne, Gareth Coughlan (for Mountney, 69), Chris Reilly, Peter Thomas (for Waters, 76), Gareth Brady.

Booked: McDonnell, Shields, Coughlan.

Referee: Paul McLoughlin.

Attendance 2,586