Larne enjoying the majority of possession in the opening five minutes here at Inver Park, but all to play for as Cliftonville are happy to play on the break.

Igor Rutkowski bursts into the Carrick half and fires a low shot from 30 yards which skids awkwardly in front of Carrick keeper Nathan Gartside, who is mightily relieved when the rebound falls back into his grasp.

Less than five minutes played and we have our first booking.

Glentoran defender Ryan Cooney falls foul of referee Shane McGonigle after pulling back Matthew Shevlin to prevent a counter attack.

Crusaders have started brightly as Owen Wardell scampers away down the right wing before drilling a low ball across the face of the Dungannon Swifts goal, which Danny Wallace does well to clear away for a corner.

Nothing comes of the resulting set-piece.

Early concern for Coleraine as central defender Rob Slevin is down injured after heading clear a long throw from Ryan Cooney.

Thankfully, for the visitors, he is fit to continue.

Sean O'Mahoney King looks to threaten down the right, but Kitt Nelson makes a strong challenge before Ben Kennedy regains possession, and the ball eventually falls back to O'Mahoney King inside the box.

His deflected effort earns a corner, which Michael Hewitt delivers from the right, but Divin Isamala heads over after just one minute.

Referee Niall Devlin blows his whistle and Philip Lowry of Limavady United gets the ball rolling here in Limavady.

Cliftonville get us under way in their changed strip of green and navy.

Huge game ahead.

Referee Louise Thompson starts the action at the Warden Street Showgrounds where heavy rain earlier in the day has added a slickness to the playing surface.

We are under way at Shamrock Park as Portadown host Linfield in the Irish Premiership, with referee Steven Gregg getting proceedings started as the sun sets over Portadown.

Referee Declan Hassan blows his whistle and we are under way at Seaview.

Coach Sean O'Neill is taking charge of Crusaders this evening with Head Coach Declan Caddell currently away doing his Uefa Pro Licence.

Conor McMenamin gets us under way on a dry, mild night in east Belfast.

Glentoran enjoyed the better of exchanges last season, although they won't want reminding of their most recent meeting - a 6-2 drubbing at the Showgrounds on the final day of the campaign.

A big game, then, for both clubs.

A reminder of tonight's six games in the Irish Premiership.

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Ballymena make two changes from the side which lost to Coleraine as they play in front of their own fans for only the second time this season.

Kodi Lyons-Foster, on loan from Coleraine, replaces Scot Whiteside in the centre of defence, while Igor Rutkowski is preferred to Success Edogun in attack.

Injury and suspension deprived Carrick boss Stephen Baxter of the services of a number of senior players in the weekend defeat by Cliftonville but tonight he has experienced defender Jimmy Callacher back from a ban to start in place of Daire O'Connor in Rangers' only change from Saturday, while Matthew Snoddy is fit enough for a place on the bench.

Ballymena United: Walsh, Toure, Lyons-Foster, McCallion, Glynn, Sule, Archer, Hood, Thorndike, McKee, Rutkowski.

Subs: Breen, Whiteside, Leetch, Murray, Fallon, Edogun, McConnell.

Carrick Rangers: Gartside, Hawthorne, Nelson, Callcher, Buchanan-Rolleston, Forsythe, Crowe, Cherry, Steele, Maciulatisi, Gibson.

Subs: Agnew, Burns, O'Connor, Lecky, Moore, Snoddy, Carlisle.

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After an impressive run of form, both Crusaders and Dungannon Swifts will be hoping to get back to winning ways again when they meet at Seaview this evening.

Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Limavady United was the Crues' second on the bounce after a heavy loss at leaders Coleraine brought a three-game winning streak to an end.

Boss Declan Caddell makes three changes following the defeat by the Roesiders with Scot Rough, Jack Doherty and Lewis Barr all recalled in place of Graham Kelly, Jacob Blayney and Lloyd Anderson.

Dungannon Swifts' four-game winning run was halted by Kyle McClean's late winner for Linfield at Stangmore Park on Saturday evening.

Rodney McAree also makes three changes to the side which lost narrowly to the Blues with Leo Alves, Kris Lowe and Gael Bigirimana coming in to the starting XI in place of Shea Gordon, Kealan Dillon and Paul Doyle.

Crusaders: Callister, Forsythe, Rough, Weir, Jewitt-White, Dunlop, Doherty, Wardell, Reid, McKay, Barr.

Subs: Brown, Blayney, Bond, Mulholland, Maguire, Beattie, Anderson.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, Scott, McKeown, Kelly, Alves, Lowe, Glackin, Wallace, Bigirimana, Junior, McAllister.

Subs: Henderson, McGinty, Smith, Mitchell, Dillon, Glenny, Gordon.

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Limavady are unchanged from the side which picked up their first win of the season winning 2-1 at Crusaders on Saturday.

Jamie McGonigle retains his place up top after scoring his first goal of the season on Saturday.

Lee Feeney makes two changes to the side which drew 1-1 with Glentoran at The Oval. Lewis Harrison and Ben Cushnie come in.

Steven McCullough drops to the bench, while Harry Lynch is not in the squad.

Limavady United: Gallagher, Farren, T Boorman, P Lowry, S Lowry, McGonigle, Butcher, Lafferty, Gaston, Wilson, Mullan.

Subs: Doherty, Duffy, O'Donnell, R Boorman, Brown, Carlin, Boyd.

Bangor: Solis-Grogan, Neale, Francis, Harrison, Hassin, Mulvenna, Cushnie, Mitchell, Boyd, Strachan, Hughes.

Subs: McMahon, McGuinness, Arthurs, McCullough, O'Mahony, Devlin, Dickson.

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Portadown make two changes from Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Larne as Divin Isamala and Matthew Carson come into the starting XI.

Baris Altintop drops to the bench, while Aaron Traynor misses out, with Lewis MacKinnon captaining the Ports.

Linfield are unchanged from their 1-0 victory over Dungannon Swifts on Saturday, with Kyle McClean retaining his place after scoring the late winner at Stangmore Park.

The Blues arrive at Shamrock Park on a five-match winning run and sit one point behind leaders Coleraine, while David Jeffrey's Portadown are still searching for their first Premiership point after six successive defeats.

Portadown: Jamie Barry; Divin Isamala, Matthew Carson, Lewis MacKinnon (c), Lee Chapman, Eamon Fyfe, Sean O'Mahoney King, James Teelan, Michael Hewitt, Ben Kennedy, Finn Flanagan.

Subs: Aaron McCarey, Baris Altintop, Adam Towe, Conor Falls, Liam Jessop, Ahu Obhakhan, Jack Scott.

Linfield: Christopher Johns; Christopher Shields (c), Kirk Millar, Kyle McClean, Adam Frizzell, Kitt Nelson, Ben Hall, Isaac Baird, Ethan McGee, Kobei Moore, Dane McCullough.

Subs: Aidan Glavin, Kieran Offord, Dylan Wells, Rhys Brennan, Sean Brown, Rhys Annett, Charlie Chapman.

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The first game of the post Declan Devine era sees eighth place Glentoran welcome league leaders Coleraine to the Oval.

Coaches Tim McCann and Paddy McCourt take charge tonight and they make three changes to the team which started Saturday's 1-1 draw here against Bangor.

Zeno Ibsen Rossi has failed to recover from a knock picked up in that game while Ethan Brown and Ben Gallagher are relegated to the bench.

Gregory Sloggett, Daniel Larmour and James Douglas, all second-half substitutes at the weekend, start.

Bannsiders boss Ruaidhri Higgins goes with two alterations to the side which began Friday night's dramatic derby win over Ballymena United.

Dylan Boyle and Senan Devine are named among the replacements, meaning there's a first start for former Crusaders frontman Adam Brooks and a return to the starting line-up for Joel Cooper.

Glentoran: Crellin, Cooney, Kane (c), Clarke, Stewart, Sloggett, Larmour, McMenamin, Singleton, Malone, Douglas.

Subs: Mills, Kelly, Daniels, Brown, Gallagher, Jenkins, Rogers-Duffy.

Coleraine: Webb, Kane, Patching, Shevlin, Cooper (c), Wilson, Henderson, Brooks, Slevin, Wylie, Doherty.

Subs: Schofield, Boyle, Stewart, McGregor, Ives, Devine, Thomson.

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Fifth-placed Larne are sure to face a much stiffer challenge this evening against an in-form Cliftonville than they did in a comfortable 2-0 win over Portadown on Saturday.

Given the swift 72-hour turnaround it is not surprising that Larne make four changes to their victorious starting line-up that defeated the Ports.

In comes strikers Paul O'Neill and the impressive Matty Lusty, as well as former Cliftonville player Ronan Doherty and Dylan Sloan.

Jim Magilton will still be feeling chuffed after seeing off Carrick at the weekend to go third and he also freshens things up with three changes to his side's starting XI.

Shaun Leppard, Luke Conlan and Joel Thompson start, whilst squad captain Rory Hale gets a mini-break with a bench role this evening.

Larne: Ferguson, Ridley, Donnelly, Gallagher, O'Neill, Graham, Doherty, Cosgrove (c), Sloan, Bent, Lusty.

Subs: Carney, Wallace, Randall, Millar, McEneff, Gibson, Simpson.

Cliftonville: Morrison, Healy, Leppard, Conlan, McClelland (c), McMaster, Quinn, Thompson, Bannon, McStravick, Sheridan.

Subs: Cremen-Cowan, Wightman, Samuels, O'Connor, Campbell, Hale, Gormley

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