Summary

  • Cliftonville 0-2 Dungannon Swifts (result)

  • Glentoran 3-3 Glenavon (result)

  1. Postpublished at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Cliftonville 0-0 Dungannon Swifts

    John McGovern shows sharp anticipation to beat Lewis Ridd to the ball and looks to thread it into the penalty area for Leo Alves. Rory Hale reads it well, stepping in to cut out the danger.

    The Reds being forced to switch on at the back as Dungannon probe early on.

  2. Postpublished at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Glentoran 0-0 Glenavon

    Danny Amos bursts through midfield before dispatching a right footed strike towards goal which Mark Byrne gets down low to gather.

    That was a good chance for Amos to give the Glens an early lead.

  3. Postpublished at 19:48 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Cliftonville 0-0 Dungannon Swifts

    An early warning for the Reds as John McGovern finds space in the box, meeting a teasing cross from the right, but his glancing header drifts wide.

  4. KICK-OFFpublished at 19:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Cliftonville 0-0 Dungannon Swifts

    And we're off at Solitude!

    Rory Hale gets the ball rolling for the home side.

  5. KICK-OFFpublished at 19:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Glentoran 0-0 Glenavon

    Charlie Lindsay gets the ball rolling at the Oval.

    Who will be the victors tonight?

    Give this post a thumbs up if you think it'll be the home side and react the other way if you think it'll be Glenavon.

  6. Highlights: O'Neill goal sees Larne beat Sky Bluespublished at 19:40 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Tuesday night F/T: Ballymena Utd 1-2 Larne

    Watch highlights of Tuesday's Irish Premiership game between Ballymena United and Larne at the Showgrounds, with the visitors coming from behind to run out 2-1 winners.

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    Highlights: O'Neill winner helps Larne fight back to beat Sky Blues

  7. Team newspublished at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Glentoran v Glenavon (19:45 GMT)

    There are five changes to the Glentoran starting XI from Sunday's BetMcLean Cup final with Marcus Kane, Joe Thomson, Charlie Lindsay, Nathaniel Ferris and Christie Pattison all starting.

    Dylan Connolly, Cammy Palmer and Shane McEleney are all not involved in tonight's squad with Jordan Jenkins and Finley Thorndike dropping to the bench.

    Paddy McLaughlin also makes a flurry of changes to his side who were defeated by Coleraine at the weekend.

    In a total of four alterations, there is a switch between the posts with Mark Byrne given the nod instead of Tadhg Ryan. Harry Lynch, Chris Atherton and Sean Carlin also start and replace Davy McDaid, Barney McKeown and Harry Murphy.

    Glentoran: Gyollai, Wightman, Kane, Lyons-Foster, Amos, Sule, Lindsay, Thomson, Ferris, Pattison, Fisher.

    Subs: Mills, Jenkins, Johnston, Thorndike, Hvid, Coll, Douglas.

    Glenavon: Byrne, Toure, O'Sullivan, Quinn, Lynch, Snoddy, Malone, Atherton, Carlin, Campbell, O'Connor.

    Subs: Ryan, Marshall, McDaid, Prendergast, Heaney, McGovern.

    Glentoran v GlenavonImage source, BBC Sport
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    Glentoran v Glenavon

  8. Team newspublished at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Cliftonville v Dungannon Swifts (19:45 GMT)

    Fresh from BetMcLean Cup glory, the Reds pivot back to league matters, with Jim Magilton refreshing his starting XI.

    Joe Gormley, whose clinical finish secured silverware on Sunday, headlines four changes as Axel Piesold, Michael Glynn and Ryan Corrigan also step in, with Luke Conlan, Shea Gordon, Ryan Curran and Alex Parsons making way.

    The visiting Swifts arrive licking their wounds after a chastening 3-0 reverse against Ballymena United, prompting Rodney McAree into wholesale alterations.

    Five new faces enter the fray, including Alex Henderson between the posts following Declan Dunne's dismissal against the Sky Blues, while Caolan Marron, James Knowles, Tomas Galvin and Thomas Maguire are tasked with helping the away side to rediscover their winning form.

    Cliftonville: Ridd, Addis, Kearney, Hale, Piesold, Gormley, Glynn, Casey, Keaney, Wilson, Corrigan.

    Subs: Odumsou, Stewart, Pettifer, Curran, McGuiness, McWoods, Parsons.

    Dungannon Swifts: Henderson, S. Scott, Marron, Knowles, McGovern, Alves, Glenny, Galvin, Maguire, Wallace, Bigiramana.

    Subs: Glass, J. Scott, King, Boyd, Hutchinson, Mitchell, Bermingham.

    Cliftonville v Dungannon SwiftsImage source, BBC Sport
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    Cliftonville v Dungannon Swifts

  9. Premiership double billpublished at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

    Welcome to our coverage of this evening's two Irish Premiership games as BetMcLean Cup finalists Cliftonville and Glentoran return to league action after contesting Sunday's decider at Windsor Park.

    Cup final winners Cliftonville will hope that their trophy success can help them build momentum towards securing a top-six spot in the top flight as they face Dungannon Swifts at Solitude.

    The Reds sit eighth on the table, four points behind their opponents but with one game in hand.

    Glentoran will have suffered contrasting emotions to Cliftonville after losing out to their Belfast rivals in extra-time but must pick themselves up as they try to clinch the runner-up position which would guarantee them European football next season.

    Declan Devine's side enjoy home advantage over Glenavon at the Oval tonight.

    We'll bring you text updates from both matches, plus in-play clips of the goals and any other key moments, then a report and highlights from both fixtures so stay with us for unrivalled coverage.