SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2024
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Another change for Ballymena as Joe Moore replaces Donal Rocks.
Ballymena United 0-1 Dungannon Swifts (result)
Carrick Rangers 0-0 Loughgall (result)
Linfield 3-0 Coleraine (result)
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville (result)
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Another change for Ballymena as Joe Moore replaces Donal Rocks.
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville
Rory Hale's ambitious long-range volley is well off-target, drawing ironic cheers from the home support.
A moment of frustration from the former Crusaders midfielder, symbolizing his side's difficult afternoon as they head towards their first defeat in eleven matches.
Linfield 2-0 Coleraine
Watch Joel Cooper score a fine individual goal to double Linfield's advantage over Coleraine.
Watch: Joel Cooper scores for Linfield to make it 2-0
Linfield 2-0 Coleraine
Coleraine head coach Dean Shiels running his bench as we enter the final 10 minutes at Windsor Park.
Ciaron Harkin, Senan Devine and Dylan Boyle make way for Jack Scott, Kirk McLaughlin and Sam McClintock.
Carrick Rangers 0-0 Loughgall
Watch Nathan Gartside save David Cushley's spot-kick as the hone side pass up a great opportunity to go in front at Taylors Avenue.
Watch: Nathan Gartside saves David Cushley's penalty
Linfield 2-0 Coleraine
Joel Cooper is certainly enjoying his afternoon now.
Confidence up after his fantastic goal minutes earlier, he sets off on another mazy run through the heart of the Coleraine defence.
This time, he is unceremoniously upended by Kyle McClelland on the edge of the Coleraine penalty area.
Cooper takes responsibility for the subsequent free-kick but Rory Brown gets down well to save.
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Close for Dungannon as Cahal McGinty's thumping header from Leo Alves' corner is cleared off the line by the alert Josh Carson.
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville
Niall Currie opts to freshen things up, with captain Gary Thompson making way for Jack Henderson.
Carrick 0-0 Loughgall
Alberto Balde retrieves a rebound down the Loughgall left and plays a ball into the middle of goal, just as it looks certain to be poked home by Nathaniel Ferris, Joe Crowe flies in with a tremendous tackle and follows it up seconds later with another barnstormer of a challenge.
Superb by the Rangers defender.
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville
Paul McElroy is straight in on the action, but his initial effort is blocked and falls kindly for Eamon Fyfe.
However, the midfielder rushes his first-time shot, sending it well wide of David Odumosu's goal.
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Ballymena come within inches of breaking the deadlock as Ben Kennedy's free kick - initially crossed into the penalty area - eludes everyone and comes back off Declan Dunne's far post before being cleared.
Linfield 2-0 Coleraine
Rhyss Campbell tests David Walsh's palms with an effort from outside the box but the Linfield keeper saves comfortably.
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville
Second change of the afternoon for the Reds as Joe Gormley is replaced by Ryan Markey.
Meanwhile Josh Ukek's afternoon is over as he is replaced by Paul McElroy.
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
There's activity on the benches as Dungannon take on Steven Scott and James Knowles and replace them with Leo Alves and Bobby-Jack McAleese.
Ballymena respond by bringing on Johnny McMurray for Calvin McCurry.
Joel Cooper (72 mins)
Linfield double their lead with a little under 20 minutes remaining through a fine individual goal from Joel Cooper who waltzes through a static Coleraine defence before guiding the ball past Rory Brown into the far corner of the goal.
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Ballymena's Stephen O'Donnell finds himself in the Dungannon penalty area and his shots is saved by Declan Dunne.
The ball spins into the air and the Swifts keeper shows good judgement to collect the loose ball as it drops towards goal.
Linfield 1-0 Coleraine
A substitution apiece with 20 minutes remaining.
Josh Archer replaces Stephen Fallon in the Linfield line-up while Kyle Spence makes way for Connor Murray for the away side.
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville
Ronan Doherty's delivery from the set-piece causes momentary panic in the box as the ball eventually falls to Micheal Glynn, who sees a glimpse of goal, but Gary Thompson throws himself in the way to make a crucial block.
Ballymena United 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
We head into the final 20 minutes at Ballymena where the stalemate still persists.
Can anyone change that in the closing stages?
Portadown 2-0 Cliftonville
Shane McCabe
BBC Radio Ulster summariser
Quote MessagePortadown are not going for the jugular but if their fans aren't happy with them going third in the table, I don't know where they have been over the last few years.