Crusaders' Josh Williamson picks up a yellow card for cynically halting Dylan Connolly's forward progress.

That's a fifth booking in the league this season for the teenage midfielder who will now face a one-match ban.

Into the 13th minute and it's unlucky for Portadown midfielder Rayhaan Tulloch who is forced to leave the action early because of injury.

Ben Quinn is his replacement.

David Jeffrey
Former Linfield & Ballymena manager on BBC Radio Ulster

There is an urgency about Linfield.

They know that they have to respond after their run of three defeats.

Sean O'Neill is called into action for the first time this afternoon as he saves a Kieran Offord strike from just outside the area.

It's a routine stop for the Ballymena goalkeeper in the end.

Coleraine are dominating possession in the opening minutes and have forced a first save of the afternoon from Aaron McCarey.

Will Patching and Levi Ives combine well down the left but McCarey gets down low at his near post to palm away Ives' right foot effort.

Steven Scott produces Dungannon's first shot on target, troubling Mark Byrne in the Glenavon goal with a low effort.

The keeper is able to control the ball before an on-rushing Junior pounces.

Linfield have had a few promising attacks in the opening 10 minutes without actually threatening Sean O'Neill's goal.

It is the Blues who are dominating the ball but the visitors are looking sharp on the break.

Paul Heatley and Danny Gibson look dangerous going forward for Carrick in the opening eight minutes of this one.

There have been no shots on target so far though.

An early yellow card for Crusaders defender Odhran McCart after he comes through the back of Jordan Jenkins.

Glentoran full-back Ryan Cooney plays an inch-perfect pass inside Crusaders left-back Jarlath O'Rourke where Dylan Connolly races onto it and rolls the ball across the face of goal but there are no takers in a green shirt.

Jack Malone takes a free-kick from a long way out and nearly replicates his goal from last week with the ball cannoning off the bar.

The scramble for the rebound is hit out by a Glenavon attacker for a goal kick.

Less than a minute gone and there is concern for Matthew Shevlin who crashes into some advertising hoarding behind the goal as he chases a Levi Ives pass.

Thankfully, the Coleraine striker is able to dust himself down and return to the action.

Jack Malone gets us under way at Stangmore Park.

Can Dungannon Swifts get back to winning ways or will Glenavon pick up their second points of the seaason?

Referee Tim Marshall starts the action in bright sunshine at Seaview.

We are under way at Taylors Avenue!

Matthew Shevlin gets us underway on a dry but cold afternoon in the Orchard County.

Portadown, buoyed by that famous victory over the Blues last time out, are without a win over their hosts in over three years and may find the going tough again against away day specialists Coleraine.

The visitors boast the best away record in the top flight and have lost just once in their last 10 visits to Shamrock Park.

Interesting game in prospect, then.

Goalkeeper Jonny Tuffey is making his 500th appearance in the Irish League this afternoon as he takes his place 'between the sticks' for Crusaders against Glentoran at Seaview.

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Ballymena United's Kian Corbally gets us underway at a chilly, windy but dry Windsor Park.

David Jeffrey
Former Linfield & Ballymena manager on BBC Radio Ulster

David Healy will be saying to his side that they need a response. That was a great strength last year, anytime they were defeated they responded well.

I think we will see that today.

Rodney McAree makes one change from his side's 4-0 defeat to Coleraine in the previous game.

Bobby-Jack McAleese comes in for the injured Leo Alves with Malachy Smith named on the bench as a result.

Michael O'Connor names an unchanged startting 11 from his side's first win of the campaign against Carrick Rangers.

Kris Lowe and Peter Campbell come into the squad via the bench in place of Kyle McClelland and Josh Kee.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, Scott, Marron, Kelly, Dillon, Glenny, McAleese, Wallace, Bigirimana (C), Junior, McAllister

Subs: Henderson, P. Maguire, Knowles, McGinty, T. Maguire, Smith, Mitchell

Glenavon: Byrne, McMullan, Burns, Murphy, McKeown (C) , Malone, O'Kane, O'Connor, Smith, Carlin, McGovern

Subs: Cartwright, McDaid, Campbell, Lowe, Lomboto, Bosakani, Quinn

Referee: Steven Gregg

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