Blues draw with Coleraine after Glenavon stun Glens

David McDaid scored a double to help Glenavon seal their second win of the league season

Irish Premiership leaders Coleraine came from behind to draw 1-1 with Linfield at Windsor Park on Saturday after bottom club Glenavon had secured a shock 3-1 home win over Glentoran earlier in the day.

Linfield hung on for a point in the day's late kick-off after Matthew Shevlin cancelled out Matthew Fitzpatrick's goal in additional time at the end of the second half.

Ethan McGee and Ben Hall were both sent-off late on for the Blues.

Coleraine sit four points clear of Larne and Glentoran at the summit, with Linfield in fourth, 11 points behind the pacesetters with three matches in hand over Ruaidhri Higgins' outfit.

Glenavon stunned Glentoran as David McDaid's first-half double helped the Lurgan Blues defeat Declan Devine's team 3-1 at Mourneview Park.

Paul McGovern was also on target, with Ryan Cooney grabbing a consolation, as the mid-Ulster club secured only their second win from 15 league outings this season.

For the east Belfast side, it was just a second loss in the top flight this term.

Elsewhere Ballymena United grabbed a last-gasp 3-2 win over Bangor at Clandeboye Park, Crusaders claimed a 2-1 victory on the road against 10-man Carrick Rangers and Cliftonville saw off Dungannon Swifts 2-0 at Solitude.

Shevlin rescues point for Bannsiders

The first half at Windsor Park was a competitive affair with chances at both ends, but the best opportunity fell to Joel Cooper. The former Linfield player tried to dink Chris Johns, but the Blues' stopper stood tall to deny his former teammate from breaking the deadlock.

Just 12 minutes into the second half, the Blues went in front. The Bannsiders failed to properly clear Kirk Millar's cross, with Fitzpatrick attempting a speculative bicycle kick from inside the box and finding the back of the with his acrobatic finish.

After losing Sam Roscoe late in the second half through injury, the Blues sat back trying to protect their slender advantage. That was until the first minute of injury time when the visitors levelled.

Second half substitute Oliver Devlin showed a bit of magic to create space and cross into a dangerous area, where Shevlin was on hand to fire home from inside the box.

The Blues were reduced to 10 men as McGee was shown a second yellow card by referee Jamie Robinson for a high foot.

It then went from bad to worse for the Blues, who were reduced to nine men just before the final whistle as Ben Hall was shown a second yellow card for his challenge on Cooper.

Coleraine had no time to make their two-man advantage count as the points were shared.

Basement side Glenavon shock Glens at Mourneview

At Mourneview McDaid broke the deadlock just before the half hour mark with his first goal of the season.

Peter Campbell, back in the side after a lengthy injury, sent over a deep cross from the right wing and there was McDaid at the back post to steer a powerful header past Andrew Mills in the Glentoran goal.

Both sides passed up glorious chances before McDaid doubled the home side's advantage on the stroke of half-time.

McGovern was fouled in the penalty area by the onrushing Mills, referee Declan Hassan immediately pointing to the spot and booking the goalkeeper.

The much travelled striker took responsibility for the spot-kick, sending the keeper the wrong way.

McGovern almost increased the home team's advantage when his goal bound effort was saved by Mills but the Glens' keeper was powerless to prevent the teenager making it 3-0 with 20 minutes remaining.

The Glentoran defence failed to clear their lines and the 17-year-old took a touch before blasting the ball high into the roof of the net from 12 yards.

The visitors were thrown a lifeline with 13 minutes remaining when defender Cooney sent a spectacular 25 yard shot past Mark Byrne but it proved to be a mere consolation.

Reds beat Swifts at Solitude

The visitors began brightly at Solitude, twice testing Peter Morrison in the opening exchanges.

The Reds goalkeeper was alert to first deny Cahal McGinty from close range after a Kealan Dillon free-kick caused panic in the box, before reacting superbly to tip Dillon's curling effort over the bar.

The home side looked to hit back quickly when Ryan Curran latched onto Jonny Addis's clever pass and drilled a low effort toward the near post, only for Declan Dunne to get down sharply and turn it away.

Jim Magilton's side then began to assert control, with Eric McWoods bursting forward on a swift counter-attack to set up Joe Sheridan, whose strike was comfortably held by Dunne.

Cliftonville found the breakthrough on 51 minutes. Rory Hale's picked out Odhran Casey at the back post, and his header goalward was finished by the experienced Addis. The defender responded quickest to flick home from close range for his second league goal of the season.

The north Belfast should have doubled their advantage a minute later when McWoods raced clear from Hale's through ball but dragged his shot wide of the far post.

The points were sealed on 69 minutes as Jack Keaney stepped up to curl a precise free-kick low into the bottom-left corner, leaving Dunne wrong-footed after Sheridan's driving run had drawn the foul.

Crues earn valuable win over Carrick

After a slow start, the first real chance of the game at Taylors Avenue fell the way of the visitors.

Adam Brooks broke away down the right before pulling the ball back smartly to Lloyd Anderson. He in turn slid the ball into the path of Fraser Bryden, but the striker couldn't make it to the ball and it ran away to safety.

Bryden again went close 10 minutes later when he was played through on goal, but he fired over from 12 yards. But the forward finally did get his goal on the stroke of half-time.

An initial effort from Anderson zipped across goal where Bryden met the ball with his foot just two yards from goal, Nathan Gartside somehow managed to swipe the ball away but referee Shane McGonigle awarded the goal.

Just nine minutes after the break, half-time substitute Kyle Cherry was sent-off for two bookable offences, and Crusaders were to punish the hosts soon after.

On 65 minutes the impressive Elliot Dunlop played a smart one-two with Adam Brooks before fizzing a low cross across goal, where Ross Clarke was on hand to bundle home from close range.

Rangers were thrown a lifeline late on when a long ball sent Paul Heatley through on goal and he out-muscled Kurtis Forsythe before slotting past Jonny Tuffey in goal, but they couldn't find an equaliser as the Crues hung on.

Late Edogun goal sees Ballymena past Bangor

After a quiet opening at Clandeboye, the deadlock was broken on 35 minutes and in keeping with the general tone of the first half, it was a scrappy encounter.

Success Edogun got to the bye-line and cut back a cross which appeared to be diverted into his own net by Bangor defender Reece Neale, who was tussling with Ballymena's Kian Corbally.

The second period was similarly tight with Ben Cushnie's low shot forcing Sean O'Neill to dive to his right to push the ball behind.

Ballymena doubled their advantage on 72 minutes when James Hood's pass found Matthew Clarke and he beat Gareth Deane with a crisp shot.

But Bangor responded just two minutes later when Ben Arthurs back-flicked header from Reece Neale's long throw drifted past everyone and in at the back post.

And the home side levelled with 10 minutes left as Lewis Francis' cross from the right was headed down by Arthurs and substitute Jay Boyd swivelled before firing past O'Neill.

But there was one final twist in a topsy-turvy second half as Ballymena snatched the win deep in stoppage time when Clarke's low cross from the left was converted from close range by Edogun.