Jude Winchester can't find the target from 20 yards. Cliftonville are struggling to really trouble the Mallards defence and changes may be forthcoming at half-time.

Carrick are causing danger from corners. This time Ben Roy delivers from the right and Paddy McNally's header is turned behind by keeper Elliott Morris for another corner.

Well that's what Crusaders can do to you. Heatley spins into midfield and surges forward with real purpose, laying it off to Glackin. The former Dungannon midfielder waits for Heatley's run and plays the ball in behind, which is inches away from finding his teammate's boot.

The hosts screamed up the pitch at breakneck pace there - not a lot of players can do that as effectively as Heatley.

The visitors are having the better of it in the early stages and have come close three times to breaking the deadlock. Andy Hall saw his shot saved by Ross Glendinning, Sammy Clingin's free-kick whistled over and James Singleton sent a header off-target.

Eoin Bradley wants a penalty after claiming a Crusaders defender used his arm to control the ball but the referee is uninterested.

A good chance falls to Denver Gage in front of goal as a corner comes in form the left, but the big Carrick defender tamely sends his header well over the Glens bar.

Nice period for Coleraine. They win a free-kick on the right, which is taken poorly by Carson. However, the Bannsiders win it back in midfield and it falls to Darren McCauley, who tries his luck from distance but it's comfortably smothered by Neeson.

Coleraine certainly have plenty of muscle in midfield. They have already won a couple of battles in the middle and it's fair to say they are not going to be turned over as easily as Warrenpoint earlier in the week.

Nothing of note to report in this one with Dungannon a match so far for the champions. Congrats to the Swifts groundsman for it's a delightful surface for the beautiful game.

Let's paws for this six-timer. We've a feline not all will prove correct.

There have been a couple of decent sequences from both sides but nothing particularly incisive or cutting edge. Who is going to blink first?

Well, we haven't played five minutes and David Ogilby already finds himself in the referee's book. Ian McNabb was quick to brandish a yellow after the Coleraine man's rash lunge on Jordan Owens.

Easy decision. Already on thin ice.

Rodney Brown tests Johns with a 25-yard free-kick! It was a great strike, which dipped menacingly right in front of the Coleraine keeper, but he did well to get behind it before his defenders cleared.

Seaview has taken a battering from the rain in the last hour or so, but the sun is out now and the match has started!

Coleraine kept Joe Gormley quiet on Tuesday, much to their credit, but that same level of organisation and solidity is required this afternoon to stop Paul Heatley, who has scored three goals already this season and struck twice when the Crues beat the Bannsiders in April.

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Dungannon makes two changes with Paul McElroy and Grant Hutchinson coming in to face the champions, who are unchanged after beating Ards 2-0 on Tuesday night.

Ballinamallard make two changes from the side that lost 6-2 to Glenavon on Tuesday, with Ryan McConnell and new loan signing Aaron Canning coming in as Colm McLoughlin and Niall Owens dropping to the bench.

Martin Donnelly and Jude Winchester start for Cliftonville, meanwhile, with Chris Curran and Stephen Garrett dropping out.