Loughgall get us underway on Steven Gregg's whistle playing left to right in the sunshine.

Referee Evan Boyce blows his whistle and Ben Wilson kicks off the action for Cliftonville.

Off we go, and we're underway at a sunny Stangmore Park!

Can Dungannon make it four wins on the bounce to keep pace with Loughgall and Carrick Rangers in the race for seventh?

Good afternoon from a beautiful afternoon on the East Antrim coast as Carrick Rangers look to secure a European play-off spot. Stuart King's men have already set two club records with most wins and most points this season.

Just one change for the hosts from their 3-1 midweek win at Newry as Cameron Stewart comes in for Andy Mitchell while the visitors make three changes from their 2-0 reversal at Dungannon.

In come Alan Teggart, Nathaniel Ferris and Jordan Gibson for Andrew Hoey, Robbie Norton and Alberto Balde.

Carrick Rangers: Glendinning, Forsythe, Stewart, Watson, Gordon, Cushley (C), Allen, Cherry, Gibson, Teelan, Tilney.

Subs: McCauley, McGuckin, Maciulaitis, MacKinnon, Buchanan-Rolleston, Graham, Withers.

Loughgall: Turker, Rea, Murdock (C), Kelly, Andrade, Teggart, Ferris, Gibson, Cartwright, Magee, Waide.

Subs: Devine, Hoey, McAleer, Norton, Balde, Carroll, Towe.

Teenage forward Tomas Galvin scored twice as Dungannon Swifts defeated Loughgall 2-0 in the Irish Premiership at Stangmore Park.

Rodney McAree opts for consistency, maintaining the winning formula that secured a 2-0 victory against Loughgall at Stangmore Park as the Swifts look to narrow the gap on that final European play-off place.

There's a significant boost for the home side as Matty Lusty is named in the matchday squad for the first time in five months.

The Larne loanee has scored nine league goals so far this season and is named among the substitutes following a shoulder injury sustained against Glentoran in December.

The visitors make two changes as Glenavon boss Stephen McDonnell searches for three points after consecutive defeats to Loughgall and Ballymena United.

The duo of Stephen Teggart and Jamie Doran are drafted for Lido Lotefa and the suspended Jack Malone.

Malone's suspension following a red card against Ballymena United is a particular blow for the Lurgan Blues.

The midfielder is currently the visitors' joint top scorer, while only Matthew Snoddy has played more minutes than Malone for Glenavon this season.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, Curry, Knowles, Dillon, S. Scott, Glenny, McGinty, Alves, Mitchell, Bigiramana, Galvin

Subs: Henderson, J. Scott, Campbell, Moore, Maguire, Lusty, Barrowman

Glenavon: Byrne, Toure, Snoddy, Campbell, Quinn, Teggart, Wallace, Doran, Ward, O'Sullivan, Doona

Subs: Gracey, Kerr, McCloskey, Prendergast, Clarke, Garrett, Savage

Calvin McCurry scored the only goal as Ballymena ensured they will not face automatic relegation with a 1-0 win over Glenavon at the Showgrounds.

Carrick Rangers' 3-1 win at the Showgrounds on Tuesday guaranteed that Newry City will finish bottom of this season's Irish Premiership.

Newry's fate will not be determined until the conclusion of the Championship title race. If leaders Portadown defeat Dundela on today then Newry will face automatic relegation.

Ballymena make just the one change to the starting XI who defeated Glenavon with Lewis Tennant replacing the suspended Scot Whiteside.

Dermot McVeigh makes four changes to the side who were beaten 3-1 by Carrick Rangers at the Newry Showgrounds with Steven Maguire starting in between the posts and replacing Conor Mitchell. Liam Bagnall, Brandon Doyle and Jordan Mooney also start.

Georgie Poynton drops to the bench with the suspended Francis McCaffery and Tuesday's goal-scorer Ciaran O'Connor not in today's squad.

Ballymena United: O'Neill, Gawne, McCullough, Tennant, Boyle, Barr, F Taylor, Brown, McCurry, Stewart, McCallion.

Subs: Johnston, Rocks, McGrory, Place, Robinson, McMurray, McAuley.

Newry City: Maguire, King, Healy, McGivern, McGovern, Salley, Bagnall, Forde, O'Brien, Mooney, Doyle.

Subs: Mitchell, Carroll, Moan, Scullion, Poynton, McDonagh.

Matthew Shevlin scored a last-gasp equaliser to earn Coleraine a 2-2 draw at Windsor Park and dent the Blues' title challenge.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says long-serving Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter has been "phenomenal" as he prepares to leave Seaview at the end of the season.

Saturday's game against Coleraine will be Baxter's 950th match in charge of Crusaders.

"To do that at one club is exceptional, really," O'Neill said.

Read more from O'Neill here.

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Oran Kearney makes four changes to the side that salvaged a last gasp draw against Linfield on Tuesday.

Jack Scott and Matthew Shevlin drop to the bench, whilst Graham Kelly is not in the squad and Josh Carson is ruled out through suspension.

Young Senan Devine starts alongside Stephen O'Donnell, Stephen Lowry and Conor McKendry.

Stephen Baxter makes three alterations to the side that beat Cliftonville during the week. Billy Joe Burns limped off on Tuesday and is replaced by Ross Clarke, whilst Adam Lecky and Jay Body are preferred to Jordan Owens and Paul Heatley.

Coleraine: Brown, Kane, O'Donnell, Farren, D Jarvis, Lowry, Glackin, Gaston, McKendry, McGonigle, Devine.

Subs: Gallagher, A Jarvis, Shevlin, J Scott, A Scott, Tejada.

Crusaders: Tuffey, O'Rourke, Weir, Larmour, Forsythe, Lowry, Kennedy, Clarke, Nixon, Lecky, Boyd.

Subs: Kerr, Josuha, Owens, Barr, Donnelly, Maguire, James.

Glentoran travel to Solitude today still aiming to finish fourth in the league but that may be taken out of their hands if Crusaders win at Coleraine.

The Reds continue to utilise their squad as they prepare for the Irish Cup final a fortnight from today.

They make just one change from their midweek defeat by Crusaders with Ronan Hale starting in attack in place of Joe Gormley.

Glentoran make two changes from the side which suffered an agonising last-gasp defeat at home to Larne with Daire O'Connor and Niall McGinn in for Marcus Kane and the suspended Jay Donnelly.

Cliftonville: Gartside, Kearney, Pepper, Kenny, Casey, Burns, Mallon, Doherty, Rory Hale, WIlson, Ronan Hale.

Subs: Odumosu, Curran, Lowe, Jordan, Gordon, Gormley, McGuinness.

Glentoran: McCarey, Marshall, Murphy, McClean, Russell, Sule, Clucas, O'Connor, McCartan, McGinn, Junior.

Subs: Webber, Kane, McCullough, Burns, Lindsay, McLaughlin, McToal.

We will also be keeping an eye on the games involving the top four sides in the Championship today as the results of those games will have permutations for Premiership sides.

Portadown host Dundela, knowing a victory will see them promoted and Newry City automatically relegated.

Ballymena United could still end up in a promotion/relegation play-off depending on who finishes second in the Championship.

Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of today's five Irish Premiership games.

With Larne and Linfield meeting on Monday in a game that will decide the destination of the title, the focus of today's action will be on the race for the European play-offs.

Crusaders sit in fourth, the position which will guarantee home advantage in the play-offs, and face a trip to Coleraine, another side who will be involved in the end of season play-off.

Glentoran, like Crusaders are aiming to secure home advantage, they travel to Cliftonville and will hope to end their streak of three league games without a win.

Carrick host Loughgall in a game which could be key to deciding who finishes seventh and sneaks into the final play-off spot.

Dungannon still have a chance of clinching seventh spot and will need a win against Glenavon today to keep them in the hunt.

Ballymena United host Newry City at the Showgrounds, and Newry could be automatically relegated depending on results in the Championship.

We will have live text commentary and in-play clips of all five games.

Thanks for joining us, enjoy!

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