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That is all from us after a dramatic night of Irish Premiership action.

Matthew Clarke came back to haunt his old employers as his Ballymena United side beat Linfield 1-0 at the Ballymena Showgrounds.

Read more on that here.

Larne showed no mercy in a 4-0 demolition of ten-man Crusaders at Inver Park.

You can read about that here.

We'll be back with two games on Friday night, as league leaders Glentoran travel to 3rd place Coleraine in a game that is live on the BBC iPlayer.

While Portadown host newly promoted Bangor at Shamrock Park.

See you then, but for now, goodnight.

Here's how Tiarnan O'Connor wrapped up the win at Inver Park.

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It's all over at the Showgrounds and so is Linfield's unbeaten start to the league campaign!

Matthew Clarke's first half header earns the Sky Blues three points and ends a sequence of three consecutive league defeats for Jim Ervin's men.

Matthew Fitzpatrick meets Callumn Morrison's cross at the back post but, under pressure from David Toure, he can only bundle it wide of the target.

We're into five minutes of stoppage time at the Showgrounds.

Can Ballymena hang on?

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A big midweek win for the Inver Reds on a difficult night for the Hatchetmen.

Ballymena spurn a glorious chance to double their lead as Danny Lafferty plays in substitute Ryan McNickle whose effort comes off the inside of the post.

David Healy has sent central defender Ben Hall into attack in pursuit of an equaliser.

It's rapidly approaching last chance saloon time for the Blues.

Ballymena sub Danny Lafferty fires the ball towards goal from long range but Linfield keeper Chris Johns is alert to the danger.

Matthew Fitzpatrick cuts inside but again, his shot is straight at Sean O'Neill.

Linfield have seven minutes plus stoppage time in which to salvage their unbeaten start to the league campaign.

The game is meandering to a close here as we enter the final ten minutes. Crusaders haven't been able to respond in any meaningful way in this second half.

Another change for Ballymena as Danny Lafferty replaces teenager James Hood.

Chris McKee's miscued cross turns into a shot and has Ballymena keeper Sean O'Neill flapping frantically to clear the danger.

A change apiece as Matt Yates comes on for Sean Brown for Linfield.

Ballymena respond by bringing on Ryan McNickle for Success Edogun, who doesn't leave the pitch quickly enough for referee Evan Boyce's liking and is booked on his way off.

Callumn Morrison has a pop from distance but he won't want to see that one again.

That's a few occasions now where Linfield have got into promising positions only for their final ball to let them down.

Matthew Lusty burns through a gaping hole in the Crusaders' defence before blasting Larne into a 3-0 lead.

Ballymena boss Jim Ervin makes his first change as Jack O'Reilly replaces Calvin McCurry.

Linfield work an opening down the left hand side but Chris McKee shoots tamely at Sean O'Neill.

Conor McKendry almost makes an immediate impact as he bares down on goal after capitalising on a poor touch from Josh Williamson.

This time, however, Jonathan Tuffey makes himself big and makes the stop.