Dungannon break forward as Sean McAllister finds Jamie Glackin on the right, who delivers from a tight angle near the corner flag.

The ball reaches Shea Gordon, but he fires his effort over the crossbar.

Adam Glenny fouls Paul Heatley early on, giving Carrick Rangers a free-kick on the right near the halfway line.

Heatley delivers towards Adam Lecky in the box, but his cross is comfortably gathered by Alex Henderson.

It's Ballymena United who get us under way in some wet and windy conditions at the Showgrounds.

The visitors are on the front foot from the off as Rory Hale forces Lewis Webb into a routine save at his near post.

Tiarnan Mulvenna kicks proceedings off for the visitors at Windsor Park and we are under way.

We are under way at Stangmore Park as referee Mark Dillon gets this afternoon's Irish Premiership encounter between Dungannon Swifts and Carrick Rangers started.

Cliftonville captain Rory Hale gets us under way at a bright and breezy Coleraine Showgrounds.

The hosts returned to winning ways a week ago in north Down while today's visitors have lost their last four in a row and won't want reminding of their last visit here in April when they went down 6-2.

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Can Larne continue their unbeaten start or will the home side bounce back from their heavy defeat by Carrick Rangers?

Carrick Rangers produced a dominant second-half display to beat Crusaders 4-0 at Taylors Avenue.

A reminder of today's five fixtures.

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Declan Caddell makes two changes to the side who were thrashed by Carrick Rangers last weekend with Jacob Blaney and Harry Jewitt-White replacing Kurtis Forsythe and Lloyd Anderson.

There are also two alterations to the Larne starting XI from the last time that the Inver Reds played, three weeks ago.

Jordan McEneff and James Simpson are starting with Dylan Sloan dropping to the bench and Matty Lusty injured.

Crusaders: Callister, Kelly, Blaney, Rough, Weir, Jewitt-White, Dunlop, Rocks, Wardell, Reid, McKay.

Subs: Doherty, Williamson, Bond, McCart, Maguire, Anderson, Barr.

Larne: Ferguson, Ridley, Donnelly, Gallagher, O'Neill, Doherty, Millar, McEneff, Cosgrove, Bent, Simpson.

Subs: Carney, McKendry, Randall, Ukek, Sloan, Sandiford, Gibson.

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Linfield won all four head-to-head meetings with Bangor last season, including three in the league and an Irish Cup tie too.

The hosts are unbeaten since their opening day defeat to Ballymena United, including sweeping aside league leaders Coleraine last time out on their travels.

The Seasiders, on the other hand, have just one win this season, and have struggled on the road so far with just one point from a possible 15.

Blues boss David Healy names an unchanged starting XI following their 3-1 triumph at the Coleraine Showgrounds a fortnight ago.

Lee Feeney's visitors make one change from Sunday's defeat to Coleraine, with captain Lewis Harrison returning from the start in place of Oisin Devlin, who drops to the bench.

Linfield: Johns, Shields (c), Brennan, McClean, Frizzell, Hall, Baird, McGee, Nelson, Moore, McCullough.

Subs: Glavin, Nolan, Wells, Brown, Mulgrew, Fitzpatrick, Chapman.

Bangor: Deane, C.McGuinness, Neale, Francis, Lynch, Harrison (c), Hassin, Mulvenna, Arthurs, McCullough, Hughes.

Subs: Solis Grogan, Mitchell, Devlin, McRoberts, Boyd, Strachan, S.McGuinness.

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Coleraine moved three points clear at the top of the Irish Premiership standings after a deserved 3-2 win over a gutsy Bangor at Clandeboye Park.

League leaders Coleraine host ninth-placed Cliftonville as we complete the first round of league fixtures.

Bannsiders' boss Ruaidhri Higgins makes two changes to the team which started last Sunday's 3-2 win over Bangor at Clandeboye Park.

Levi Ives and Lewis McGregor drop to the bench and are replaced by Rob Slevin and Jay Henderson.

Cliftonville head coach Jim Magilton also elects to make two switches to the team which began last week's 1-0 home defeat to Ballymena United.

Paul Stanfield is suspended following his sending off against the Braidmen while Joel Thompson doesn't make the matchday squad.

In their place come defender Shaun Leppard and the fit-again Harry Wilson.

Coleraine: Webb, Boyle, Stewart, Patching, Shevlin, Cooper (c), Wilson, Henderson, Slevin, Doherty, Thomson.

Subs: Schofield, Kane, McGregor, Ives, Brooks, Devine, Wylie.

Cliftonville: Morrison, Samuels, Wilson, Campbell, Hale (c), Healy, Leppard, McClelland, McMaster, Quinn, Bannon.

Subs: Cremen-Cowan, O'Connor, Conlan, Gormley, McStravick, Sheridan, Murray.

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Watch reaction from Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton after Ballymena United's 1-0 win at Solitude last Saturday.

Limavady United will be hoping to maintain their recent run of good form at home as they welcome Ballymena United to the Showgrounds.

The Roesiders have won their last two home games with on-loan striker Jamie McGonigle doing the business against Bangor and Cliftonville, scoring four times.

McGonigle was on target again last Saturday as Paul Owens' side went down 3-1 at Portadown.

To make matters worse for United, both Tiarnan Boorman and Leon Boyd were sent off at Shamrock Park and they miss out this afternoon.

The injured duo of Alfie Gaston and Kieran Farren also miss out, while Oisin Duffy drops to the bench.

Lewis Tosh, Stephen O'Donnell, Rodney Brown and Ruairi Boorman all start.

Ballymena United come into today's game on the back of a four-game unbeaten run with two victories in their last two games.

Boss Oran Kearney makes one change to the side which defeated Cliftonville 1-0 last Saturday, with Charlie Allen replacing Michael Glynn.

Limavady United: Gallagher, P Lowry, S Lowry, McGonigle, Tosh, O'Donnell, R Boorman, Lafferty, Brown, Wilson, Mullan.

Subs: Doherty, Riley, Duffy, Curran, Carlin, Fleming.

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

Subs: Breen, Whiteside, Leetch, Murray, Fallon, Mahoney, Burns.

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Ballymena United made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season in the Irish Premiership after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cliftonville at Solitude.

Both sides name unchanged starting XIs for this afternoon's Irish Premiership encounter at Stangmore Park.

Dungannon Swifts are looking to end a four-match winless league run, having suffered three defeats and a draw since their 2-0 victory over Limavady United more than a month ago.

Carrick Rangers arrive following an emphatic 4-0 victory over Crusaders last weekend, which ended a five-match winless run for Stephen Baxter's side.

Both teams begin the afternoon level on 13 points, with Carrick sixth and Dungannon seventh, although the Swifts have played one game fewer.

Dungannon Swifts: Henderson, McKeown, Dillon, Alves, Glenny, Gordon, Glackin, Wallace, Bigirimana (c), Junior Uzokwe, McAllister.

Subs: McCloskey, McGinty, Scott, Kelly, Smith, Mitchell, Doyle.

Carrick Rangers: Gartside, Nelson, Forsythe, Callacher, Gibson, Lecky, Steele, Buchanan-Rolleston, Crowe (c), Heatley, Snoddy.

Subs: Agnew, O'Connor, Clucas, Maciulaitis, Moore, Hastings, Hawthorne.

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Goals at the end of either half saw Glentoran earn a third consecutive league win with a hard-earned 2-0 win over Dungannon Swifts last weekend.

Portadown and Glentoran shared the spoils as they drew 0-0 in an entertaining affair at Shamrock Park.

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