Rory Brown is called into action, diving low to his left to stop Kyle McClean's free-kick from 25 yards.

Jordan Gibson, who scored twice when Loughgall last welcomed Carrick to Lakeview Park, is introduced for Adam Towe.

Portadown respond to the let-off of that Ballymena penalty miss as they make a double change, with Ryan Mayse and Eamon Fyfe coming on for James Teelan and Abu Obhakhan.

Tiarnan O'Connor's afternoon comes to an end as Gary Haveron turns to Paul O'Neill in search of an equaliser.

Coleraine come within the width of the crossbar to doubling their lead.

Jamie Glackin floats a free-kick to the back post where Spence catches it sweetly on the volley.

The ball beats David Walsh in the Linfield goal but crashes off the underside of the crossbar and is cleared to safety by a relieved Linfield defence.

Ballymena squander the chance to double their lead as Success Edogun's penalty is saved by Aaron McCarey and the striker can can only bundle his follow-up effort into the side netting.

The spot kick was awarded for a challenge on Calvin McCurry by Baris Altintop.

Tiarnan O'Connor shows neat footwork to create a shooting opportunity on the edge of the box, but his effort lacks conviction and is comfortably gathered by Declan Dunne.

Lyndon Kane with a strong run down the right wing but runs out of pitch.

Aaron Donnelly earns himself a booking after clipping John McGovern's heels just as he looked to burst onto Steven Scott's well-weighted through ball.

Penalty to Ballymena...

Not too much action to keep you informed about since the restart with the start of the second half much more even than the start of the first.

Andy Ryan surges down the left flank before cutting the ball back intelligently for Tiarnan O'Connor.

The attacker's goal-bound effort from close range is blocked, winning another corner for the increasingly desperate hosts.

Ronan Doherty whips the corner in from the far side but the ball goes straight out on the far side.

John McGovern sees his initial effort charged down but reacts quickly, attempting to pick out Andy Mitchell at the far post.

The ball floats over everyone and clips the crossbar to the relief of the home support.

Ronan Doherty's effort is blocked at the expense of a corner, Coleraine's second in quick succession.

An early corner for the away side after good work from the impressive Kyle Spence.

Cian Bolger picks up a yellow card for a cynical challenge, dragging down Gael Bigirimana as the midfielder threatened to break forward.

Coleraine on the front foot immediately after the restart.

Olatunde Bayode, eager to atone for his earlier miss, finds Sean Graham in a promising position.

But Dungannon's determined defence swarms around the midfielder, with multiple blue shirts throwing themselves in the way of his effort from the edge of the box.

Kieran Offord gets us back underway ay Windsor Park.

One change at half-time - for the officiating team - as fourth official Shane Andrews replaces Christopher Morrison.