No surprise to see the first yellow card of the afternoon here.

Alex Bannon brings Paul Heatley’s run to an abrupt halt and goes straight into the book.

The hosts are really on the front foot now.

Rory Hale fires a low ball in from the left and Ben Quinn turns sharply at the near post, but Nathan Gartside gets down quickly to keep it out.

Paul Doyle is late and brings Kyle McClean to ground with referee Evan Boyce having no option but to show the Dungannon skipper a yellow card.

Crusaders are inches away from the opener as Lloyd Anderson flicks Owen Wardell's cross towards goal, but it drops the wrong side of the post for the visitors.

Adam Frizzell's corner from the right is glanced on at the near post by Isaac Baird, but none of his teammates can get on the end of it as the ball flashes across the goal.

That only needed a touch and it was 1-0 to Linfield.

Bangor defender Lewis Francis meets a swirling Reece Neale cross but his looping header doesn't have the power or direction to beat Ballymena keeper David Walsh.

Half chance for the Blues to take the early lead, but Matthew Fitzpatrick can't quite get a shot away.

Instead he finds Kitt Nelson inside the penalty box who does take a shot, but his effort is well blocked by Steven Scott.

Crusaders show the first signs of their attacking intent as Harry Jewitt-White lets fly from 30 yards, but the ball sails over Marty Gallagher's goal.

Dean McMaster swings in the resulting corner, but Luke McCullough reads the delivery all the way and rises to head clear.

John Butcher shows quick feet to get away from his marker on the edge of the Crusaders box before drilling a low shot, which is gathered by Shea Callister.

Promising start from Limavady United as they bid to fill the void left by Jamie McGonigle.

Close for Ballymena as Kodi Lyons-Foster flicks on a long throw and James Hood gets in behind the back to force the ball goalwards, with Patrick Solis Grogan having to put the ball behind for a corner.

A searching ball over the top from Alex Bannon sends Ben Quinn chasing, but Paul Heatley reads the danger well.

The winger nips in ahead of Quinn, although he concedes the first corner of the afternoon in the process.

Liam Beckett
Sportsound summariser

Dungannon are in desperately bad form, but McAree is a great coach and will have done his homework ahead of this afternoon.

The home side gets the ball rolling in north Belfast.

Referee Michael McKenna starts the action on a calm, dry afternoon at the Warden Street Showgrounds.

Off we go at a sunny and mild Windsor Park.

The home side with attack the Kop stand in the first half.

We are under way at the Showgrounds as Crusaders get the ball rolling.

Philip Major
Sportsound summariser

Carrick Rangers have been one of the success stories of the season so far and there are certainly goals in their team.

However, this game is a really tough one to call.

Liam Beckett
Sportsound summariser

When you go to Larne these days, you are expecting a home win. They have been so consistent over the past three or four seasons.

However, they have started to stutter a bit and that can let a bit of doubt creep into player's minds and suddenly, before you know it, the other teams have caught up.

The fact that Larne have stuttered, has brought Linfield right back into the hunt. We nearly had all discounted Linfield's chances after the first day of the season at Windsor Park but that has gone full circle.

Isn't it great for the neutral that we have three or four teams who have really opened up the title race and it is by no means a foregone conclusion for anyone.