The opening weekend of the new League of Ireland season season reaches a crescendo this afternoon with a massive crowd of over 32,000 headed for the Aviva Stadium for the latest instalment of a fierce Dublin derby in which no quarter is ever asked nor given.

Kick-off between Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers is at 2pm.

Will Dublin be red and black, or green and white, this afternoon? Stay with us to find out.

Team news is on the way.

TEAM NEWS: All eyes will be on the man leading the line for Bohs in the Aviva this afternoon — Lys Mousset, formerly of Sheffield United and Bournemouth in the Premier League, wears the number 11 shirt.

Bohemians: James Talbot; Liam Smith, Rob Cornwall, Leigh Kavanagh, John Mountney; Niall Morahan, Dawson Devoy (captain); Dayle Rooney, Ross Tierney, Connor Parsons; Lys Mousset.

TEAM NEWS: Three changes to the Rovers side which scored that magnificent first-leg win on Thursday night in Molde; Gary O’Neill, Adam Matthews and Graham Burke all start with Matt Healy, Danny Grant and Aaron McEneff dropping to the bench. 

Thursday’s teenage hero Michael Noonan — fresh from school on Friday morning — starts up top for the Hoops again.

Shamrock Rovers: Ed McGinty; Daniel Cleary, Roberto Lopes (captain), Lee Grace; Josh Honohan, Gary O’Neill, Dylan Watts, Daniel Mandroiu, Adam Matthews; Graham Burke, Michael Noonan.

KICK OFF: Rovers, attacking the South Stand in this first half, get us underway.

2 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: The crowd inside the Aviva Stadium are certainly making their voices heard as the smoke from the flares settles over the pitch. Both sides just settling into it in the opening exchanges.

3 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Dan Cleary gives the ball away cheaply in front of the dugouts and then, possibly mindful of the fact that this has happened under the nose of his manager, scythes down Dawson Devoy. Cleary picks up the first yellow card.

5 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Most of the opening minutes have been played in the Bohs half, but as they venture forward, Rovers keeper Ed McGinty is alert to pick Ross Tierney’s cross out of the air.

6 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Connor Parsons sizes up Adam Matthews out on the left and decides that he likes the look of the challenge. He beats Rovers’ new man on the outside and does well to win a corner.

7 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Inviting delivery from Devoy, and McGinty comes through a crowd of players to try to punch it clear, but it evades everyone in the box.

9 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Graham Burke tries his luck from distance with no other options on. It bounces just in front of James Talbot but the Bohs keeper sees it the whole way and gets his body squarely behind it.

10 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Watts sets it for Burke on the edge of the box with a nice little bit of footwork, and Burke has a go again — but again, Talbot is more than equal to it.

11 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Lys Mousset’s first meaningful involvement is to rob Lopes of possession as Rovers try to play out from the back. The chance comes to nothing, but that’s a warning shot for Rovers.

13 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Watts tries to play a slide-rule pass through to find Michael Noonan, but Talbot is alert and snuffs out the danger.

14 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Rovers are struggling to keep a lid on Dawson Devoy in this opening quarter of an hour, and Danny Mandroiu becomes the second Hoops player to pick up a yellow card. Devoy skips away from him, and Mandroiu fairly cynically clips him from behind.

19 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Patient spell from both sides — Rovers working it out from the back, Bohs keeping their shape out of possession. Cleary steps into midfield and tries to set Noonan free in behind the Bohs defence, but Rob Cornwall is alive to the danger.

21 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Hurried clearance by Ed McGinty, and as it bounces off one of his own players, he’s surely relieved to see nothing worse than a throw in.

22 mins — Bohemians 0-0 Shamrock Rovers: Chances at both ends! First for Rovers, as Graham Burke cuts in from the right, skips inside Mountney, drives into the box and crosses, where it comes off a Bohs boot and falls to Mandroiu. He shoots but can’t force it through the field of Bohs bodies, and there’s nothing doing with the Hoops’ appeals for a handball.

Bohs counter quickly and Mousset has a chance to run at Lopes and Grace. The new man does really well — but so do the Rovers duo, who hold him up and nick possession away.

GOAL FOR BOHEMIANS! Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers (Tierney 25)

Bohs lead — and it’s no less than they deserve following a lovely team move. Mousset comes back into his own half to link up with Parsons, and as the Frenchman returns the one-two, Parsons has acres of space on the left. He runs at Lopes, who thinks about putting a foot in before thinking better of it, and when Parsons shoots on goal, it comes off the outstretched boot of Ed McGinty and then onto the post. From there, it’s a question of who can react quickest — and it’s Ross Tierney who arrives to slam it into the empty net and give Bohs the lead in the Aviva!

28 mins — Substitution for Shamrock Rovers: There’s been a delay to the restart while Adam Matthews receives treatment for a nasty looking injury sustained in trying to prevent the goal. He’s helped from the pitch, and former Bohs man Danny Grant comes on to replace him.

30 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Liam Smith’s touch is a loose one, and Lee Grace beats him to the ball. Smith commits the foul, and earns himself a booking in the process.

35 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Dylan Watts loses it to Ross Tierney about 20 yards from his own goal, and Tierney has a go, but McGinty saves without much trouble.

36 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: We’ll have a break in play again here, and it’s another injury worry for Rovers as Gary O’Neill sits on the Aviva Stadium turf with his head in his hands.

38 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: O’Neill seems to be okay to continue and is back on the pitch.

39 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: CHANCE! It really should be two-nil to Bohs, and it would be, only for a very smart stop from McGinty to deny Dayle Rooney with a fine diving stop to his left. Rovers are their own worst enemies here, and not for the first time, Lopes’ attempts to play out for the back play into Bohs’ hands. Devoy plays it quickly into Rooney on the edge of the box, and he takes one touch, turns and shoots low. McGinty does really well to get a strong hand on it.

40 mins – Substitution for Shamrock Rovers: Gary O’Neill’s return was short-lived; he’s off to be replaced by Matt Healy.

43 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: One of Rovers’ most promising spells, but Bohs hold firm and it comes to nothing. It’s Healy, who is only just on the pitch, who picks a smashing pass to Graham Burke. He goes with his left foot rather than right, and as such, can only really jab it towards goal where Talbot paws it away.

45 mins —  Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: There’ll be five additional minutes at the end of the first half following those two Rovers injury stoppages.

45+4 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Not the most convincing from McGinty, who comes for another inswinging Bohs corner and doesn’t get a huge amount on it.

HALF TIME: Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers

SECOND HALF: Back underway at the Aviva – no changes for either side at the break.

50 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Big let-off for Bohs as John Mountney badly undercooks a back pass and Michael Noonan pounces. James Talbot reacts quickly and does enough to stall Noonan before sliding in with his feet and making a well-timed tackle. The ball rolls loose to Graham Burke but he can’t find the target with his first-time effort.

52 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Keen to quickly make amends, Mountney comes forward and wins a corner for Bohs in front of the South Stand. Devoy swings it towards the back post, and Kavanagh rises highest, but he can’t do any more than flick it harmlessly backwards for a goal kick. He looks annoyed with himself for that.

54 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Another promising Bohs attack squandered. Danny Grant dives in on Dayle Rooney out wide and ends up watching man and ball zip past him. Rooney tries to delay the pass before playing in Liam Smith, but Smith can’t get it under control and watches it roll out for a Rovers goal kick.

55 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Dawson Devoy takes one for the team and ends up in the referee’s book. Lee Grace does well to break up a Bohs attack and win possession, Danny Grant shows some neat footwork to get out of a tight space, and then Danny Mandroiu looks to break at pace — only for Devoy to pull him back and take the booking.

57 mins — Substitution for Bohemians: Lys Mousset makes way to be replaced by Colm Whelan.

58 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: And former Ireland U21 international Whelan’s first involvement is to win a free from Roberto Lopes.

59 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Michael Noonan tries to get in behind the Bohs defence, but he’s tracked all the way by Bohs skipper Dawson Devoy who puts on enough pressure to make sure that the youngster’s eventual shot isn’t a clean one and bobbles harmlessly wide.

60 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Ross Tierney grabs a handful of Danny Grant’s shirt as he tries to break, and he goes into the referee’s book as well.

61 mins —  Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: That could have been Rovers’ equaliser! Great run by Grant down the left, and when he cuts it back to Noonan, it’s just beyond the teenager’s outstretched leg. Close.

65 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Dan Cleary — who was booked in the opening minutes of the game — is flirting with danger here as he commits another foul.

68 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: And now more worrying scenes for Rovers as Danny Mandroiu is down injured and requires treatment.

70 mins — Double substitution for Shamrock Rovers: Aaron McEneff and teenager Victor Ozhianvuna are on for the Hoops as the injured Mandriou and the skating-on-thin-ice Cleary make way.

72 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: ROVERS HAVE TO EQUALISE — how have they not? There’s a scramble in the box and Ozhianvuna really should score with his very first touch… and when he doesn’t, it falls to Noonan three yards out who equally should score. Somehow – somehow – Bohs survive.

73 mins — Double substitution for Bohs: Archie Meekison and Adam McDonnell are on for Dawson Devoy — who was arguably the Player of the Match so far — and Dayle Rooney.

76 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: More Rovers pressure here, as one corner leads to another…

76 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: BIG penalty appeal from Danny Grant as his driving shot from outside the box comes off Adam McDonnell. Referee Rob Hennessy clearly and decisively ways away the shouts.

Today’s Aviva Stadium attendance is a magnificent 33,208 – what a crowd.

82 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Rob Cornwall goes into the book following an off-the-ball incident. Bohs have about 10 minutes left to see this one out…

83 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Ozhianvuna has been a lively threat for Rovers since coming on, and again, he tries to make something happen down the left. Liam Smith gets enough of his boot on the ball to take the sting out of the attempted cross, and it pops up kindly for Talbot to take.

85 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Free for Rovers in a dangerous position; Lopes fires the ball into Burke’s feet, and Kavanagh goes through the back of the Rovers man.

86 mins – Bohs goalscorer Ross Tierney is the Player of the Match.

87 mins — Substitution for Bohemians: While we’re still waiting for that free-kick to be taken, Keith Buckley is introduced to a huge ovation to replace Connor Parsons.

87 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: And when the free is finally taken, Burke slams his first effort into the wall, and his second into Talbot’s hands.

Two minutes plus stoppage time to play…

89 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Rovers press and press, and in the end, Watts hangs it up for Noonan, who can’t get enough power or direction on his header to trouble Talbot.

90 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: There’ll be six additional minutes

90+1 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: OFFSIDE! A great chance for Rover, but Aaron McEneff had just strayed offside. Matt Healy clips a tempting pass into McEneff’s path, but Talbot had done excellently to make himself big and stop it before the assistant’s flag went up.

Three minutes of the six left to play…

90+4 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Big, authoritative claim from James Talbot as Matt Healy hangs a deep cross up over the penalty spot. Another chance for Bohs to relieve the pressure and let another few seconds tick away.

90+5 mins — Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers: Here come Rovers again… but Grant fires a cross straight into Talbot’s hands at the near post when he had many better options available to him.

We’re into the last of the additional minutes… Rovers on the attack again.

FULL TIME: Bohemians 1-0 Shamrock Rovers

A huge roar goes up from the Bohs fans in attendance, and Spandau Ballet’s Gold rings out around the Aviva Stadium — that is a massive Dublin derby win on the opening weekend for Alan Reynolds’ side!

That’s all from us for now, but stay with us over the course of the afternoon to read from David Sneyd and Gavin Cooney with all of the reaction and analysis from the Aviva Stadium.

Thanks for reading!