Joe Thomson stands over a free-kick just inside the Larne half, looking to pick out Ciaran Coll with a floated delivery.

It’s a decent ball, but Tomas Cosgrove rises to meet it, nodding it out for a throw-in.

Cliftonville win their first corner.

Bright start from both teams but still no goals.

Joe Thomson bursts onto a ball in behind, racing into a dangerous position inside the penalty area.

He looks to cut it back into the box, but Shaun Want is alert to the danger, stepping in to make a block before sweeping it clear.

Axel Piesold with some nice footwork on the wing presents a chance for Cliftonville captain Joe Gormley but he blazes his left foot volley over the bar.

Matthew Shevlin does well to hold off the challenge of Johnny Addis and win Coleraine a first corner.

A scrappy start at the Oval, with neither side able to put their foot on the ball and dictate play.

Fuad Sule spots Dylan Connolly’s run and tries to lift one over the top, but it’s overcooked and drifts harmlessly behind.

A bit more composure needed early on.

Kyle Spence with a driving run at the heart of the Cliftonville defence but his shot from 20 yards goes high over the crossbar.

Positive start from the home side.

Ronan Doherty gets us underway on a dry but cold night on the Ballycastle Road.

The teams have met twice before this season - a scoreless draw here last month and a 2-1 success for the Reds at Solitude in October - and you have to go all the back to August 2022 for a last Coleraine victory in this fixture.

Can they secure just a second win in 14 against the Reds this evening and maintain their push for a top six finish or will the Reds put themselves back in the mix...

The visitors get the ball rolling in east Belfast.

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Jamie Donley's expected addition to the Northern Ireland squad for the friendlies against Switzerland and Sweden has been confirmed.

However, defender Eoin Toal will miss the games because of injury and has been replaced by Kofi Balmer while striker Dion Charles withdrew later on Tuesday with a a hamstring injury.

Twenty-year-old Tottenham forward Donley, who is impressing during a loan stint at League One Leyton Orient, previously played for Northern Ireland at youth level before switching allegiance to England.

However, the Antrim-born player has now been handed a first Northern Ireland senior call-up for Friday's home game against the Swiss and Tuesday's match in Sweden.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said he was "pleased to welcome Jamie into the squad".

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This is a rearranged fixture after January's game at the Oval was called off early in the second half with the score at 0-0 due to problems with a generator used to power the floodlights.

Cliftonville's league struggles continued as they fell to a 1-0 defeat against Ballymena United on Saturday.

Ballymena broke the deadlock with 11 minutes left as Ben Kennedy intercepted a Micheal Glynn pass and fed Kian Corbally, who advanced a few steps before firing a left-footed shot beyond Lewis Ridd.

The Reds, who sit in ninth place, have not won away in the Premiership since November.

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Larne and Coleraine go into their respective matches tonight on the back of a 1-1 draw between the sides on Saturday evening at Inver Park.

Both goals came in the second half with Coleraine striker Matthew Shevlin coolly rounding Rohan Ferguson and slotting home a 76th-minute opener.

The Bannsiders' celebrations were cut short just six minutes later when Aaron Donnelly cleverly redirected Mark Randall's free-kick to the back post, where Andy Ryan pounced, prodding home the equaliser from close range.

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The Glens are back in action three days after a goalless draw with Carrick Rangers at Taylors Avenue.

David Fisher should have given the Glens a first-half lead after capitalising on some poor distribution by Jack McIntyre in the Carrick goal to race through, but he hit the post when scoring seemed easier.

The second half was a scrappy affair with the best chances coming in the 78th minute for Carrick - Glens captain Marcus Kane cleared off the line from Ethan Boyle's header before Nedas Maciulaitis swivelled and shot from close range, forcing a tremendous reaction save from Daniel Gyollai.

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Two teams battling it out for that all important place in the top six come this weekend's split meet in a rearranged game at the Showgrounds.

A home win would see the Bannsiders leapfrog Crusaders and Portadown into fifth place while victory for the visitors would see them move level on points with tonight's hosts.

Bannsiders boss Dean Shiels makes two changes to the team which started Saturday evening's 1-1 draw at Larne as Declan McManus and Connor Murray drop to the bench to be replaced by Matthew Shevlin, who scored in that game, and Corey Smith.

Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton, meanwhile, makes three changes to the team which slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Ballymena United at the weekend.

Rory Hale and Harry Wilson are named among the replacements while Shea Kearney misses out completely.

The men coming in are Joe Gormley, who wears the captain's armband, Conor Pepper and Sean Stewart.

Coleraine: Brown, Kane (capt), Boyle, Shevlin, Spence, McClelland, Glackin, Ives, Smith, Doherty, Dunne.

Subs: Little, Jarvis, Scott, Murray, Burns, Devine, McManus.

Cliftonville: Ridd, Pepper, Stewart, Addis, Curran, Conlan, Piesold, Gormley (capt), Casey, Keaney, Parsons.

Subs: Odumosu, Pettifer, Hale, Glynn, Wilson, McWoods, Corrigan.

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Declan Devine makes one change to the Glentoran line-up that played out a goalless draw against Carrick Rangers, with Charlie Lindsay stepping in for Christie Pattisson.

Larne boss Gary Haveron names an unchanged XI from their 1-1 stalemate with Coleraine, with Andy Ryan spearheading the attack.

The stakes could hardly be higher in this one as the race for second place - and a crucial European qualification spot, hanging in the balance as we approach the split.

Glentoran: Gyollai, Lyons-Foster, Kane, Sule, Connolly, Palmer, Thomson, Coll, Fisher, Lindsay, Wightman.

Subs: Mills, Hvid, Aouachria, McEleney, Pattisson, Douglas, Thorndike.

Larne: Ferguson, Want, Donnelly, O’Neill, S. Graham, McEneff, Nolan, Cosgrove, Gallagher, Bayode, Ryan.

Subs: D. Graham,McKendry, Randall, Panayiotou, Brown, Devlin, Wallace.

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It's a game between Glentoran and Larne but the big winners from the Oval encounter could be leaders Linfield.

The Glens are the only team who can catch the Blues but if they fail to beat Larne tonight the Windsor Park men will be confirmed as Premiership champions with six matches to spare.

It seems only a matter of time before David Healy's team secure the Gibson Cup but their old rivals would be delighted to make them wait that little bit longer.

You can watch the action unfold in a second versus third meeting which is crucial to both teams as they chase a European spot for next season while it's their first meeting siice Glentoran prevailed in the Co Antrim Shield final.

We'll also bring you text commentary and in-play clips from the game and tonight's other fixture between two sides aiming for a top-six place in the end-of-season split as Coleraine host Cliftonville.

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