Final Scorepublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Final Score
Summary
Ballymena United 3-0 Crusaders
Coleraine 1-5 Linfield
Cliftonville 1-3 Glenavon
Dungannon Swifts 4-0 Carrick Rangers
Glentoran 3-0 Portadown
Final Scorepublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Media caption, Half-time thoughtspublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Quote MessageLinfield have been the better side and I think Paul Smyth is the man who could open this Coleraine defence up. They have held out well because it's been all Linfield and they have been under the cosh for much of that first-half. But it's still all to play for.
Liam Beckett, Radio Ulster summariser
GOALpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Glentoran 2-0 Portadown
Eric Foley gives Glentoran a two-goal cushion on the stroke of half-time. His free-kick looks suspiciously like a cross, but it evades everyone in the box and nestles into the top corner.
Half-timespublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Irish Premiership
Ballymena United 0-0 Crusaders
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Clifonville 0-1 Glenavon
Dungannon Swifts 4-0 Carrick Rangers
Glentoran 2-0 Portadown
CLOSE!published at 15:47 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Ballymena United 0-0 Cruaders
A goal-saving challenge by Howard Beverland in the penaty box thwarts Cathair Friel who looked set to score after keeper Sean O'Neill had parried out Johnny McMurray's shot from outside the area. Nervy time for Crusaders coming up to half-time.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Buckets of chances for Linfield but the two sets of players trudge into the tunnel for half-time with the game still scoreless.
What an edgy 45 minutes lie ahead!
OVER!published at 15:41 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Burns completes his hat-trick of donating balls to the Ballycastle Road as he balloons another one high, wide and not so handsome. A change of footwear at half-time, perhaps?
GOALpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Dungannon Swifts 4-0 Carrick Rangers
It's a rout, and it isn't even half-time. Fra Brennan heads home from a corner, the Swifts utterly dominant at Stangmore.
CLOSE!published at 15:39 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Linfield are knocking on the door. Waterworth eludes his man to run in behind but he scuffs his effort and watches it trickle just wide. He's usually deadly when such a chance presents itself but, then again, he hasn't had the rub of the green at all today. Yet.
BURNS AGAIN!published at 15:36 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Burns fires over for the second time in as many minutes! A cross from the left is only half-cleared by the Coleraine defence. It comes to Burns, who unleashes a half-volley but it's always rising and sails into the stands. That was, admittedly, very difficult to get right but it doesn't stop the Linfield man throwing his hands to his head in exasperation.
HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Ballymena United 0-0 Crusaders
Cathair Friel hits the post for Bayymena - should have been a goal. It was a quick break upfield and when the ball came to Friel it looked an odds-on goal, but his first touch wasn't great, making the angle more difficult, and the ball thudded off the near upright. A let-off for the league leaders, no doubt about that.
CHANCE!published at 15:33 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Aaron Burns heads over from a corner! That was a huge opportunity for Linfield and Burns, usually so dependable, misjudges his effort.
GOALpublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Cliftonville 0-1 Glenavon
It's a bleak start to the post-Lyttle era at Solitude as Andy Hall gives Glenavon the lead! James Singleton's cross to the far post was expertly judged, allowing Hall to head down into the corner past Burke. It's a deserved opener for the Lurgan Blues, who have comfortably been the better side.
Not quite for McLaughlinpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
The home side are yet to flex their attacking muscle but James McLaughlin - fresh off that goal of the season contender against Crusaders - does get his first half-chance. Ian Parkhill's cross from the right is a good one, but is just a tad too high for the striker who can't get a proper connection on his header.
GOALpublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Dungannon Swifts 3-0 Carrick Rangers
Could be a long afternoon for Carrick. Ryan Harpur grabs his second and Dungannon's third with a close range header.
GOALpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Glentoran 1-0 Portadown
Curtis Allen gives the Glens the lead at the Oval. All the hard work is done by Salou Jallow down the left, who beats his man before feeding the ball into Allen. The striker makes no mistake and finds the bottom corner.
Food for thoughtpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Oran Kearney is known as one of the league's more studious managers and he's already scribbled some observations down on his notepad. He's certainly not averse to making tactical switches during the game so it'll be interesting to see if Coleraine change their shape. They did so against Crusaders on Tuesday and it caused the champions a few headaches.
Tight affairpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Ballymena United v Crusaders
Not much goalmouth action at the Showgrounds where the playing surface is not the best. Best chance was a Jordan Owens header which was saved by home keeper Ross Glendinning.
Waterworth unhappypublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Coleraine 0-0 Linfield
Waterworth, not best pleased to have a goal disallowed, has also been on the receiving end of a couple of full-bodied challenges, the latest of which comes from Gareth McConaghie. However, the Linfield striker's protestations fall on deaf ears as the referee keeps his cards in his pocket.
Goals galorepublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 22 April 2017
Ballymena United v Crusaders
Joel Taggart
Radio Ulster commentatorQuote MessageThere have been 143 goals in Ballymena's 36 league matches this season.