Edinburgh, seventh, have 11 wins from 16
Munster, third, boast same record but have eight more bonus points
Ben Healy
Edinburgh are on the front foot but a miss-pass over to Wes Goosen goes awry but with advantage in the bag, Ben Healy calls for the tee.
It's all level in the capital as Healy continues his 100% record from the tee.
Edinburgh 16-19 Munster
Munster are looking dangerous but Edinburgh get the turnover through none other than Hamish Watson.
In other news, the earth is round.
Jack Crowley
Straight out of the blocks, off the back of the scrum Jack Crowley splits Ben Vellacott and Mark Bennett to sail through the perfect gap.
Crowley converts his own try.
Looks like we've got another breathless 40 ahead of us!
Edinburgh 16-12 Munster
Here we go, time for another action packed 40 minutes in sunny Edinburgh.
HT: Edinburgh 16-12 Munster
Let's have a look at Mark Bennett's try, shall we?
Image source, SNSMark Bennett goes over for Edinburgh's first try of the evening.
HT: Edinburgh 16-12 Munster
What a start for Sean Everitt's Edinburgh! An electric first half that has had everything in it! A big 40 minutes ahead of us as Edinburgh look to continue their dominant display.
Reigning champions Munster will be looking for some way to exploit the hosts' weaknesses. Only four points in it at half time, so it is all still to play for.
How is everyone's blood pressure at the break?
Edinburgh 16-12 Munster
Edinburgh are turning up the heat as they look to push the visitors back into their own half.
Munster have the throw in at the line-out but a kick through is gathered by Matt Currie and with the clock in the red he decides a four-point lead is enough to call it half time.
Image source, SNSAntoine Frisch
Antoine Frisch flies over for his second of the evening!
The pressure and patience finally paid off and the visitors find the gap in the Edinburgh defence.
Jack Crowley adds the extras from the tee.
Edinburgh 16-5 Munster
Munster looked as if they were over for another try but they were stopped just short. Edinburgh are penalised for shoving the ball back so Munster will have a scrum under the posts.
Are we all okay? Coping with all the drama?
Edinburgh 16-5 Munster
Munster are hunting their second score of the evening as they push Edinburgh back and look to go through the hands.
James Lang is causing all sorts of problems for the reigning champions as he intercepts and thumps it down the park but Calvin Nash is ready and waiting to gather.
End to end stuff!
Edinburgh 16-5 Munster
Andy Burke
BBC Scotland at Hive Stadium
Sean Everitt will be very pleased at the way his Edinburgh side has taken the fight to Munster in this opening half-hour. They have made life very uncomfortable and are forcing uncharacteristic mistakes from the champions.
Ben Vellacott made a huge impact off the bench against Zebre last week and has started in the same vein here. His box-kicks are causing Munster problems in the air and his tempo both with and without the ball is setting the agenda.
Mark Bennett
Mark Bennett take a bow!
Edinburgh go through the hands and James Lang manages to get a boot to it, it's an awkward bounce but Bennett does well to gather and dive over!
Ben Healy makes no mistake from the tee.
Ben Healy
This has lit a fire in the hosts as Ben Healy goes for his own chip over the top and pushes up into the Munster 22.
Ben Vellacott is interfered with at the back of the breakdown so it's another Edinburgh penalty within kicking range for Healy.
The former Munster man makes no mistake as he extends the lead to four points.
Antoine Frisch
What a kick! What a gather! Munster go through the hands again with Antoine Frisch out wide.
It's one v one and Frisch goes for the chip over the top, gathers and sails over in the corner!
Jack Crowley can't find the extras from the tee so Edinburgh will maintain their lead.
Edinburgh 6-0 Munster
Here comes Munster now! Through the hands they go and it looks as if they're set to go over the line but James Lang t-bones Gavin Coombes into touch and that is greeted with a roar from the home crowd.
Ben Healy
Ben Healy calls for the tee once again and continues to prove why he's leading the top point scorer in the URC as he makes no mistake.
Six-point lead for the hosts.
Edinburgh 3-0 Munster
Wes Goosen spots a half gap and tries to squeeze through but is smothered by the Irish defence.
Another unforced error from the visitors gives Edinburgh another penalty.
Edinburgh are now starting to control this game despite the early pressure from Munster
Ben Healy
Off the back of that phase of attack, Munster give a very kickable penalty away and Ben Healy calls for the tee.
He has no problem splitting the uprights to give his side a three-point advantage.
Edinburgh 0-0 Munster
What a start to this game! Edinburgh are fighting back and a boot to the ball by Mark Bennett sees a foot race between Duhan van der Merwe and Mike Haley.
Haley manages to just beat the Scotland international and boots the ball into the stands. End to end stuff in the capital, can Edinburgh beat the visitors to be the first on the scoreboard?
Edinburgh 0-0 Munster
Andy Burke
BBC Scotland at Hive Stadium
Edinburgh have been slowly building in recent weeks with three wins on the bounce, but their performances haven't always been wholly convincing.
This is a real test of where this Edinburgh side are. Munster have been gathering momentum themselves as we get towards the business end of the season in ominously similar fashion to last season when they won the URC title.
Beautiful evening for a game of rugby in the Scottish capital.
Edinburgh’s United Rugby Championship play-off hopes were dented as they went down 26-29 to a Munster side whose title defence is gathering steam.
Eight points from the boot of Ben Healy and a Mark Bennett try gave the hosts a 16-12 half-time lead, with Antoine Frisch crossing twice for the Irish side.
Tries from Jack Crowley and Gavin Coombes turned the tide in Munster’s favour, and while Boan Venter responded for the home side, Crowley’s penalty proved decisive.
Munster now top the table, with Edinburgh’s losing bonus point moving them up to sixth.
At a packed-out Hive Stadium in the glorious Edinburgh evening sunshine, the home side knew the defending URC champions would provide a true measure of their progress under Sean Everitt this season.
Munster came racing out the blocks and pummelled the Edinburgh line straight from kick-off, but having withstood that early onslaught it was the men in blue who took a grip on proceedings with two successful penalties from Healy.
The visitors hit back when the ball was floated out to Frisch, who chipped over the top and regathered to dot down for the game’s opening try.
Healy, playing against his former club, hit back with another three-pointer before Bennett capitalised on confusion in the Munster defence to dive over.
Edinburgh were making life very uncomfortable for the champions and forced a string of uncharacteristic errors.
When the men in red did manage to get hands on ball, though, they played at a tempo that Edinburgh found hard to live with and a superb passage of play ended with Frisch going over for his second try of the evening.
Still trailing by four points at the break, Munster started the second half with purpose and Crowley ghosted through a first-phase scrum move to glide over and give the Irish side the lead for the first time at 19-16.
Healy levelled things up from the tee and moments later was wiped out by substitute RG Snyman a split-second after he put boot to ball with a clearance kick. The two became embroiled afterwards and inevitably both sides piled in.
When the dust settled the referee ruled, much to the home crowd’s fury, that the only transgression had been committed by Bill Mata in coming to Healy’s aid and awarded the penalty to Munster.
The Edinburgh fans’ anger was heightened in the next phase when Coombes ploughed over to put Munster back in front.
There was a lovely moment on the hour mark as WP Nel departed the field on what could be his final home appearance in Edinburgh colours.
The reception the warhorse received told you everything about the prop’s contribution to Scottish rugby over the past 12 years.
The home side were back on the front foot and when Conor Murray was sent to the bin for killing the ball on his own tryline, Edinburgh sensed their moment. After several failed attempts at the line, substitute Venter eventually forced himself over.
Healy added the extras to even the scores again at 26-26, only for Crowley to respond with a penalty to edge the visitors in front again going into the final 10 minutes.
Edinburgh were awarded a kickable penalty straight from kick-off but shunned the posts and instead went to the corner. The decision proved to be the wrong one as a poorly executed lineout allowed Munster to escape.
The Irish side pressed for a fifth try that never came and while Edinburgh almost squandered their losing point with a Hail Mary play from behind their own posts, they did emerge with something for their efforts.
Their play-off hopes will now go to the final weekend when they may need something from their trip to Italy to face Benetton to book a place in the top eight.
Edinburgh coach Sean Everitt: “Very disappointed. I thought the guys put in a good showing against the top team in the URC.
“I think the bounce of the ball at times didn’t really go our way but it was really close. The team has improved and we’ll take the positives out of it.
“If we can perform like this against Benetton we’ll get the result in Italy.”