David Scullion scored Derry's first goal away to Sligo Rovers

A storming second-half display gave Derry City their first win in six league matches on Tuesday night.

David Scullion headed in the opener from Stephen Gray's floated cross in the 54th minute at the Showgrounds.

Defender Peter Hutton, in his 650th appearance for the Candystripes, shot in the second nine minutes later.

Substitute Mark Farren punished a mistake by home keeper Richard Brush and then stroked in Derry's fourth goal seven minutes from the end.

It was Derry's first win in the league since 19 June and they will be confident when returning to Sligo on Saturday in the fourth round of the FAI Cup.

There were no goals in the first half of Tuesday's league clash, with Scullion just wide with Derry's best chance.

But the former Glentoran man got his second goal in two games when heading in from Gray's left-wing ball.

Hutton fired the ball through a number of players at the back post to make it 2-0.

The third goal was a horror show for keeper Brush.

He attempted to beat a couple of Derry players and lost possession, giving Farren the chance to chip the keeper to make it 3-0.

Farren, who had just come on, then scored again to complete Derry's biggest win of the league campaign.

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