A good chance at the other end now.

Cammy Palmer finds space 25-yards out with his curling effort narrowly wide of the right-hand post.

Pablo Andrade whips a good right foot cross to the far post where Jordan Gibson rises high to win the header which is comfortably dealt with by Tadhg Ryan.

What a save from Daniel Gyollai!

A Ballymena corner causes a scramble in the box with Stephen O'Donnell's header making Gyollai produce a great reaction save. The ball then deflects off a Glentoran defender before being eventually cleared.

That was a nervy moment for the home side.

Loughgall win a second free-kick, this one in a more dangerous position.

Now Carrick impose themselves.

Kyle Cherry spots Rohan Ferguson slightly off his line and bends an effort from 25 yards but Ferguson manages to tip the ball over the bar for a corner.

Rangers' are up for this one.

First chance of the night as Loughgall win a free-kick midway inside the Glenavon half.

Pablo Andrade takes the set piece but the visitors clear the danger.

Kian Corbally makes a promising run into the box with Frankie Hvid knocking the ball out of play for the first corner of the game.

It's a good enough delivery into the box, but no one can steer it towards goal.

First chance of the evening for Larne.

A through ball finds Paul O'Neill, but the striker is beaten to the ball by the advancing Jack McIntyre in Carrick's goal.

Kian Corbally gets the ball rolling at the Oval!

Will Ballymena make it back-to-back victories in the league for the first time since October or can Glentoran respond after Friday night's disappointment?

Fra McCaffrey gets us underway at Lakeview Park.

It's getting towards last chance saloon for Loughgall as they look to preserve their Premiership status with games quickly running out.

However, as bleak as things look for the Villagers, they can take heart from the fact that they are unbeaten in their last four games against tonight's opponents - including the last time they won a league game this season, a 3-0 victory over Glenavon at the end of November.

So, you just never know...

Andy Ryan of Larne gets us underway in Carrickfergus

Two teams hopeful of returning to winning ways meet in a rearranged league game at Lakeview Park.

Loughgall bowed out of the Irish Cup at Ards on Saturday while Glenavon suffered a rare league defeat under manager Paddy McLaughlin when they went down 0-1 at home to Crusaders 10 days ago.

Andrew Smith, deputising for the still suspended Dean Smith, makes four changes to the home team as goalkeeper Berraat Turker, Robert Mahon, club captain Ben Murdock and Ryan Waide all drop to the bench.

There are recalls for Nathan Gartside in goal along with Lewis Francis, while Benji Magee and Kirk McLaughlin form a formidable pairing up front after both were cup-tied at the weekend.

The visitors' starting XI shows two changes to that which lost to the Crues as top scorer Davy McDaid is suspended after picking up five bookings and Sean Carlin is listed among the replacements.

In come Barney McKeown and Matthew Snoddy.

Loughgall: Gartside, Andrade, Norton (c), Gibson, Balde, Francis, Magee, Carroll, Towe, McCaffrey, McLaughlin.

Subs: Turker, Murdock, Waide, McMenemy, O'Brien, Mahon, McCloskey.

Glenavon: Ryan, Toure, O'Sullivan, Snoddy, Malone, Campbell, Quinn, Atherton, McKeown (c), Murphy, O'Connor.

Subs: Byrne, Lynch, Prendergast, Carlin, Heaney, McGovern, Wilson.

Referee: Shane McGonigle.

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Perfect conditions greet both sets of players here in Carrickfergus for the east Antrim derby.

Each side makes just the one change from their last outings in a show of faith from the respective managers.

Stephen Baxter is forced into his sole change from the team that exited the Irish Cup against Dungannon Swifts on Saturday, with Jack Hastings unable to play against his parent club, Larne, so in comes Benjamin Buchanan-Rolleston to the starting 11.

There is good news for Rangers in that Paul Heatley has recovered from an injury sustained 10-days ago and is names amongst the replacements.

Larne's game with Ballymena United was postponed on Saturday. Manager Gary Haveron must have been pleased with his team's 4-1 win away to Loughgall last Wednesday night and his single change sees Aaron Donnelly come back into the defence.

Carrick Rangers: McIntyre, Maciulaitis, McCullough, Clucas, Crowe, Forsythe, Gibson, Cherry, O'Brien, Buchanan-Rolleston, O'Malley.

Subs: Mather, Watson, Heatley, Cushley, Boyd, Forbes, O'Reilly.

Larne: Ferguson, Want, Randall, O'Neill, O'Connor, Graham, Nolan, Cosgrove (c), Gallagher, Donnelly, Ryan.

Subs: Graham, McKendry, McEneff, Bayode, Ajala, Wallace, Simpson.

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Declan Devine responds to the disappointing exit in the Irish Cup at the hands of Bangor by making seven changes to the starting XI from Friday evening.

Fuad Sule, Nathaniel Ferris, Finley Thorndike, Shane McEleney, Frankie Hvid, Dylan Connolly and Aaron Wightman come into the side.

Christie Pattisson, Jonny Russell, James Douglas and Jordan Jenkins drop to the bench with Kodi Lyons-Foster, Marcus Kane and Joe Thomson not in the squad tonight.

It's been ten days since Ballymena United played after their game against Larne was postponed at the weekend due to a waterlogged pitch.

There are two switches to the side who defeated Portadown by 2-0 with Stephen O'Donnell and Patrick McEleney replacing James Hood and Alex Gawne.

Glentoran: Gyollai, Amos, Hvid, S McEleney , Amos, Wightman, Sule, Thorndike, Ferris, Palmer, Fisher.

Subs: Mills, Lindsay, Pattison, Russell, Jenkins, Douglas, Johnson.

Ballymena United: O'Neill, Barr, Loughran, O'Donnell, McCallion, Lafferty, P McEleney, Jarvis, Corbally, Edogun, McCurry.

Subs: Johnston, Moore, McMullan, Devine, Hawe, Hood, Idehen.

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Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) competitions could be among those that would benefit from video support for match officials in the future, believes Irish Football Association (IFA) chief executive Patrick Nelson.

Video support is being trialled by Fifa and involves two review requests per match made by coaches.

Designed for countries where video assistant referees (VAR) would be cost prohibitive, the system was up for discussion at the annual general meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) held on Saturday in Holywood, Northern Ireland.

Former referee Pierluigi Collina, now chairman of the Fifa referees committee, was also in attendance at the meeting where it was noted that, despite widespread implementation of VAR, not all countries can afford the required number of cameras and officials at games.

"I think it was pointed out by Pierluigi Collina that we now have VAR in 65 countries and more than 200 competitions, but of course that leaves many, many countries that haven't been able to invest in this," said Nelson.

"Fifa have trialled this and it has some really good potential for smaller countries and I would include Northern Ireland in that.

"It's different from VAR. It's only based on one, two, or three cameras and it doesn't require specialist VAR officials, it just requires a monitor operator to assist the referee."

Nelson said that "in reality (VAR) would be too expensive" to implement in Northern Ireland but noted that it is not possible to put a "timeframe" on when an alternative system could be implemented in the Irish Premiership.

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Signing for one of the best clubs in the world is the stuff of dreams for a 16-year-old footballer

For Abbie Smith, that has now become a reality.

The teenage goalkeeper, from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, has signed for Women's Super League side Manchester City on a two-year scholarship deal.

Smith says it is a "once in a lifetime opportunity" as she makes the lead from Crusaders in the Women's Premiership to the English giants.

"I'm just excited to get started," said Smith.

"I went over for a trial in March last year and felt I had done pretty well. I was then invited back in April and I trained with the first team, with Khiara (Keating) and Katie Robinson at the time.

"I got to eat with them and go to the gym with them at the City Football Academy. It was an amazing opportunity and then I was offered the scholarship."

Read more here.

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Both Irish Cup semi-finals will be live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

Cliftonville face Ards at Windsor Park on 28 March and Bangor take on Dungannon Swifts at Seaview on 29 March.

The holders' contest with Ards will kick-off at the National Stadium on the Friday night at 19:45 GMT with the second semi-final starting at 17:30 on the Saturday at the north Belfast venue.

Saturday's second semi-final will also be live on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Sounds.

Here's how things stand in the Irish Premiership.

Linfield are well clear out front but the pack behind are bunched together as the race for the top six and European football heats up.

Loughgall know they have to start picking up points if they are to avoid the drop. Can they pull off the great escape?

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We're getting into the business end of the season and we've three games to bring you this evening.

Carrick Rangers, Glentoran and Loughgall all suffered Irish Cup exits at the weekend and will be looking to bounce back tonight.

Carrick Rangers host neighbours Larne, Glentoran host Ballymena United and Loughgall face Glenavon.

We'll have updates right here, along with goal clips, so you can stay right up to date.

Live text commentary and in-play clips from Tuesday's three Irish Premiership fixtures will appear here on Tuesday evening