A positive response from the home side to that early scare as they create a half chance which ultimately comes to nothing.

Will Patching's shot from the edge of the box curls a whisker wide.

That would have been an odd assist from Dean Jarvis, who had slipped when trying to get a shot away before he passed to Patching.

Larne goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson with the first save of the afternoon, comfortably catching Oran O'Kane's back post header from a Glenavon corner.

A cagey opening as both sides feel their way into the contest, possession shuffling back and forth without much incision.

The Swifts are patient in their build-up, while the Crues look content to knock it around in their own half.

Just a couple of minutes on the clock and it's been a nervous start from the home side which almost results in a bizarre goal for Glenavon.

Paul McGovern puts pressure on Larne defender Matthew Ridley, forcing goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson to race off his goal line to clear.

His attempted clearance strikes Ridley on the head, the ball rebounding past the keeper's post and out for a corner.

Cliftonville almost carve out a chance virtually from kick-off as Jonny Addis' measured through ball puts Rory Halle clear.

He skips around Sean O'Neill, but defender Stephen O'Donnell is able to shepherd the ball behind for a corner.

First chance of the days falls the way of the hosts.

Jack Scott with a clever ball down the right of the Bangor defence sends Paul Heatley clear, but his shot from an acute angle goes across the face of the goal.

Referee Louise Thompson blows her whistle and Ben Kennedy starts the action for Ballymena.

Will Patching's free-kick hits the Portadown wall.

That was a good chance for the away side in the opening two minutes.

Glenavon captain Jack Malone gets us under way on a dry, overcast afternoon at Inver Park.

Anything other than a home win would be a massive shock given the respective form of these two teams but, as we all know, football can be an unpredictable game.

Referee Shane Andrews gets the ball rolling at Stangmore Park.

Matthew Shevlin gets the action under way at Shamrock Park.

Can Coleraine continue their unbeaten start to the season or will the home side be the victors today?

Aidan Steele of Carrick gets the game started at a wet and windswept Taylors Avenue.

It is the first time the sides have met in the top flight since 1994, on that day Bangor won 3-0. Can Carrick avenge that loss? let's find out.

A reminder of today's match-ups in the Irish Premiership....

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Two teams who experienced differing fortunes a week ago meet at Inver Park.

Larne, 2-0 winners at Bangor, reward goalscorer Conor McKendry with a rare start while Daniel Bent returns to the line-up.

Tiarnan O'Connor and James Simpson are the men to make way, both dropping to the bench.

Glenavon manager Paddy McLaughlin, meanwhile, makes no less than six changes to the team which lost at home to Dungannon Swifts - some of them enforced.

Defenders Barney McKeown and Harry Murphy are both suspended after being sent off in that game while Niall Quinn and Joshua Kee are out injured. Francely Lomboto and Michael O'Connor take their place among the replacements.

Into the starting side come Jordan McMullan, Luke Cartwright, Kris Lowe, Sean Carlin, Paul McGovern and Jack Malone, who wears the skipper's armband in the absence of McKeown.

Larne: Ferguson, Ridley, Gallagher, McKendry, Randall, S. Graham, Magee, Nolan, Cosgrove (c), Bent, Lusty.

Subs: D. Graham, O'Connor, McEneff, Moore, Harkin, Wallace, Simpson.

Glenavon: Carney, McMullan, Cartwright, Malone (c), McDaid, O'Kane, McClelland, Lowe, Wilson, Carlin, McGovern.

Subs: Byrne, Mallon, Lomboto, O'Connor, Bosakani, Smith, McGerrigan.

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Niall Currie makes three changes to the starting XI who were defeated 3-0 by Linfield last weekend with Jordan Gibson, Rhys Annett and Luke Wilson replacing Ahu Obhakhan, Eamon Fyfe and Jamie Rea, who all drop to the bench.

Coleraine stick with the same side who thrashed Crusaders to remain unbeaten so far this campaign.

Aidan Harris starts between the posts with Lyndon Kane captaining the side and Joel Cooper searching for his fourth goal of the season up-front.

Portadown: McCarey, Altintop, MacKinnon, Wilson, Chapman, Wylie, McCullough, Gibson, Teelan, Thompson, Annett.

Subs: Moore, Isamala, Rea, Mayse, Fyfe, Obhakhan, Tulloch.

Coleraine: Harris, Kane, Jarvis, Boyle, McGregor, Patching, Shevlin, Cooper, Ives, Glackin, Stewart.

Subs: Hoey-Kemp, Long, Lyons-Foster, Doherty, McDonald, Okoro, McManus.

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Rodney McAree makes just one alteration to the Swifts' side that earned a 2-0 win at Glenavon. Cahal McGinty returns at centre-back, with Caolan Marron dropping to the bench after helping secure the club’s first points of the campaign.

Opponents Crusaders also make a solitary change following last weekend’s heavy 4-0 defeat to Coleraine. Josh Williamson is handed a start, replacing Fraser Bryden as Declan Caddell looks for a response from his players.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, Scott, Kelly, Dillon, Alves, Glenny, McGinty, Maguire, Wallace, Bigiramana (capt), Uzokwe

Subs: Henderson, Marron, Galvin, Smith, McAleese, Mitchell, McAllister.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Forsythe, Weir, Brooks, Dunlop, Easton, Forsythe, O’Rourke (capt), Williamson, Clarke, Barr.

Subs: Nimaga, Hamilton, Thorndike, Bryden, Odhran McCart, Oilibhear McCart, Anderson.

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A late change for Cliftonville as PJ Morrison has been injured in the warm-up, so Lewis Ridd starts in goal, with Oisin Murray now the substitute keeper for the Reds.