HOW IT HAPPENED: Portadown 4 Glenavon 1
F-T: Portadown 4 Glenavon 1
91: SUB (Portadown) - Conaty on for Murray
87: Two chances for Portadown within a few minutes as Teggart’s close-range header is saved then Lavery’s drive comes back off the bar
84: Hall slides in to deny McCloskey after Carney drops low to save off McCaffrey’s long-range shot
82: SUB (Portadown) - Teggart on for Guy
81: GOAL - Portadown 4 (Lavery) Glenavon 1
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Lavery drills home from outside the area after Murray and Hall combine on the left
78: SUB (Glenavon) - McCaffrey on for Fitzpatrick
72: GOAL - Portadown 3 Glenavon 1 (Ward)
Ward opens his Glenavon account in spectacular fashion with a drilled shot off a loose ball that arrows into the top corner from a tight angle
70: SUB (Portadown) - Lavery on for Scannell
68: SUB (Glenavon) - O’Mahony on for Campbell
60: GOAL - Portadown 3 (Guy) Glenavon 0
Brilliant goal on the break as Scannell’s header is slipped forward by Guy, with Murray finding Bonis, who picks out the supporting Guy for a finish into the empty net
55: Bonis wins back possession off Doyle and bursts into the box, opts against finding an unmarked Murray but Glenavon get back and the shot is saved
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48: Golden opportunity at the start of the second half but Bonis opts to shoot with Tilney in space to the side
H-T: Portadown 2 Glenavon 0
43: SUB (Glenavon) - A.Doyle on for Purkis
38: GOAL - Portadown 2 (Warde) Glenavon 0
Double blow for Glenavon as McNulty is sent off for handball off Murray’s shot then Warde tucks away the penalty
30: McCloskey screws his shot wide from a great position inside the box off Fitzpatrick’s cutback
27: GOAL - Portadown 1 (Bonis) Glenavon 0
Powerful back-post header to convert Warde’s corner-kick
15: McCloskey, racing on to a ball from the back, collects and fires goalwards from distance but Carney is down behind it
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12: Hall’s inswinging corner-kicks causing problems and Finnegan has to head off the line from under his own crossbar
8: Early Portadown pressure involving good work by Tilney, Murray and Bonis but Glenavon protect the clean sheet
PORTADOWN: Carney, Hall, McCallum, Finnegan, Bonis, Murray, Wilson, Guy, Warde, Scannell, Tilney.
Subs: Buchanan, McKeown, Lavery, Tipton, Salley, Teggart, Conaty.
GLENAVON: Hyland, Coates, Purkis, Campbell, Hall, O'Connor, Fitzpatrick, McCloskey, Garrett, Ward, McNulty.
Subs: A.Doyle, Byrne, Snoddy, Harmon, J.Doyle, McCaffrey.
REFEREE: Ian McNabb.