Larne 1-2 Linfield
Lavery and Cooper put Linfield in the driving seat
Larne looking to win Irish Cup for first time
Linfield, aiming for 44th Irish Cup, hoping to complete first part of league and cup double
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Well, well, well.
Niall Quinn's crosses are causing all sorts of problems in the Larne defence.
His latest curler beats everyone, apart from Conor Mitchell, who had turned his back to the ball.
The ball bounces off the Larne stopper and out for a corner.
Mitchell breathes a big sigh of relief.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Martin Donnelly drifts inside and floats a lovely pass into Hale.
Conor Pepper jumps in to turn the ball away for a corner. Niall Quinn's heads it behind for another corner, but this time Donnelly's delivery finds Jeff Hughes' near-post dash!
The Larne skipper glances it towards the back post, but there's nobody there to tap the ball home.
Much better from Larne.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Quote MessageLinfield haven't allowed Larne to settle. They've had a better period in the last 10 minutes but Linfield haven't let them settle in their natural game. Credit to Linfield, for them to stop Larne playing their natural game takes so much energy, can they do it for 90 minutes?
Paul Leeman, Four-time Irish Cup winner on BBC Two NI
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Shayne Lavery opens the scoring in the Irish Cup final
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Mark Sterling
BBC Sport NI at Mourneview Park
Larne look like they're coming to the party here.
Ronan Hale is dropping deep, getting on the ball and starting to cause Linfield a few problems.
One or two neat passing moves down the left, just under their watching fans, have had those fans on their feet and in full voice to our right.
They're desperate for their team to start showing what they can do and Tiernan Lynch's men are responding.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Lavery chases an inviting long ball over the top.
Conor Mitchell races off his line and doesn't get there! Thankfully, the ice-cool Albert Watson is there to clear the danger.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Larne are starting to find their feet after that chaotic start.
John Herron slips a clever pass into Hale's feet. He turns and shoots sharply, but it doesn't have enough power to trouble Chris Johns.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Ronan Hale goes down under Mark Haughey's challenge in the Linfield box.
Referee Andrew Davey shakes his head. But a rare spell of pressure for Larne. Can they build on it?
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Mark Sterling
BBC Sport NI at Mourneview Park
Larne haven't got started in this final.
Manager Tiernan Lynch will be looking to the likes of Jeff Hughes and Albert Watson to get a grip of the game and calm the rest of the team down.
Linfield have been right on the front foot here with both Cammy Palmer and Niall Quinn looking like they've been given licence to get forward with Jamie Mulgrew protecting the back four.
That may have taken Larne by surprise as David Healy more often than not has someone else sitting in alongside his captain.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Absolutely true.
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Larne 0-1 Linfield
Larne haven't settled. They've had a couple of errant passes and will have been rocked by Lavery's early strike.
Still a long, long way to go though.
Larne 0-1 Linfield
Who else but Shayne Lavery?! Linfield lead after five minutes thanks to Lavery's 30th goal of the season!
Niall Quinn's whips in the corner and Lavery, having eluded Fuad Sule in the six-yard box, is in the perfect place to poke the ball beyond Mitchell.
First blood to the Blues!
Larne 0-0 Linfield
Cracking save from Conor Mitchell to deny Cameron Palmer!
Big, big chance for Linfield early on after Shayne Lavery's clever run and cut-back from the byline.
Mitchell did well to make himself big.
Larne 0-0 Linfield
The first crunching tackle of the night comes from Matthew Clarke on Tomas Cosgrove.
The Blues fans enjoyed that one...
Larne 0-0 Linfield
Here we go! The fans are in full voice.
Strap yourselves in.
Larne v Linfield
Mark Sterling
BBC Sport NI at Mourneview Park
The fans are back.
Proper buzz from the crowd.
Soak it up and enjoy.
Larne v Linfield (19:45 BST)
Quote MessageI thought Larne would have been favourites. They've beaten us more than we've beaten them this season. Losing to them last week tells us that we need to be fully focused, but we're fully prepared.
David Healy, Linfield boss
Larne v Linfield (19:45 BST)
Four-time Irish Cup winner Paul Leeman and zero-time Irish Cup winner Thomas Kane are our match commentators tonight.
Kitted out and wrapped up warm, it is May after all.
Larne v Linfield (19:45 BST)
Quote MessageOur focus was on tonight and on Linfield and to prepare for the game and that's what we've done. It would mean everything to the club. We're very early in our journey but to do something like this would be unbelievable. Dream-making material.
Tiernan Lynch, Larne manager
Larne v Linfield (19:45 BST)
Road to the final - Larne