Rory Hale gifts possession to Scott McCann and the midfielder wastes little time sliding a through ball into the path of Kirk McLaughlin.

The forward drives into the box but his low shot lacks bite and PJ Morrison gathers comfortably.

An early chance for Coleraine as Zane Okoro picks out Dean Jarvis at the back post but the defender screws his left foot volley well wide of the target.

Another Scott McCann free-kick is lofted into the Reds' penalty area, and Ben Murdock gets a faint flick, but the touch carries it beyond the far post and out of play.

H&W Welders get us under way here at Stangmore Park.

Scott McCann swings the delivery in for the Villagers, but Keevan Hawthorne clears, sparking a Cliftonville break.

Joe Toole races forward on the counter but overhits the cross towards Liam McStravick and the ball trickles harmlessly out of play.

Portadown get us off and running at the Ballymena Showgrounds.

Kirk McLaughlin is clipped out wide by Micheal Glynn and Loughgall have a chance to send the ball into the Cliftonville area.

Limavady United striker Ryan McNickle gets us under way on a dry but cold afternoon by the banks of the Bann.

The teams have met once before in the Irish Cup - in the fifth round back in January 2011 - when goals from Leon Knight and Stephen Carson saw Coleraine through.

Will it be a similar story today or will Limavady United gain a measure of revenge?

We're off and running at Lakeview Park.

This is the state of affairs in the Irish Premiership table before today's meeting of Ballymena United and Portadown at the Showgrounds.

Image source, BBC Sport

Shane McCabe
BBC Radio Ulster summariser

I can't see past Dungannon Swifts todsy.

Once they get going with their free-flowing football, but it'll be interesting to see how the Welders set up against them.

I think Dungannon are going to win this convincingly.

It's very much a case of friends reunited as these north west neighbours meet at the Coleraine Showgrounds.

'Home' team Limavady United currently ground share with today's 'visitors' as work continues on their own ground, while no less than seven of Paul Owens' starting XI played for the Premiership club at one time or another.

The Roesiders' head coach makes two changes to the team which started the midweek defeat at Ards as Mikhail Kennedy and Lewis Tosh drop to the bench and are replaced by forwards Leon Boyd and Ryan McNickle.

Bannsiders' boss Ruaidhri Higgins makes five changes to the side which lined out in last week's heavy defeat at Dungannon Swifts as Dylan Boyle, Matthew Shevlin, Charles Dunne, Cameron Stewart and Ben Wylie are all benched.

Dean Jarvis, Rowan McDonald, James Akintunde, Senan Devine and Will Patching, back from a one match suspension, get the nod.

Limavady United: Gallagher, Farren, T. Boorman, P. Lowry, S. Lowry (c), R. Boorman, Butcher, Brown, Mullan, Boyd, McNickle.

Subs: Doherty, Walker, Kennedy, Tosh, McClintock, Martin, Parkhill.

Coleraine: Schofield, Jarvis, Patching, Cooper, Ives (c), McDonald, Okoro, Coyle, Akintunde, Connolly, Devine.

Subs: Webb, Boyle, Shevlin, Dunne, McGonigle, Stewart, Wylie.

Referee: Shane Andrews.

Image source, BBC Sport NI

In this afternoon's only Premiership fixture Ballymena United host Portadown at The Showgrounds with both teams in dire need of a win.

The Sky Blues have picked up only four points from their last five games with the Ports only two points better off in that time.

Oran Kearney makes three changes to the side which lost 2-0 to Larne last time out with Dylan McGeouch, Sean Murray and top scorer Igor Rutkowski all coming into the starting XI. Out go Aaron Jarvis, Kian Corbally and the suspended Success Edogun.

Niall Currie also rings the changes following Tuesday night's defeat to Cliftonville with Josh Ukek, Tabu Minzamba and former Ballymena United star Shay McCartan all handed starts in place of Lee Chapman, Gideon Tetteh and Abu Obhakhan.

Ballymena United: Wade, Toure, Rutkowski, O'Donnell, Clarke, Ebbe, Thompson, McGeouch, McCallion, Murray, Sule.

Subs: Breen, Lafferty, Gould, Jarvis,, O'Reilly, McCurry, Hood.

Portadown: Moore, Ismala, Altintop, Ukek, McCullough, Fyfe, Teelan, Minzamba, McCartan, Towe, Carson.

Subs: Gibson, Tetteh, Traynor, Obhakhan, Scott, Annett, Quinn.

Image source, BBC Sport NI

Only one change for the cup holders to the side that defeated Coleraine 3-1 last time out in league action.

Tiernan Kelly drops to the bench for Dungannon, with Kealan Dillon taking his place.

A host of changes to the H&W Welders team though that lost 2-1 to Annagh United last weekend.

Lewis Patterson, Craig Harris, Ewan McCoubrey, James McClay and Ronan Wilson all come into the starting line-up, while James McCarthy, Daylen Farren, Harry O’Connor and Liam McKenna drop to the bench.

Dungannon Swifts: D Dunne, S Scott, K Dillon, L Ucha Alves, A Glenny, S Gordon, C McGinty, P Doyle, D Wallace, G Bigirimana, S McAllister

Subs: A Henderson, P Maguire, T Kelly, J Knowles, M Smith, A Mitchell, K Moore

H&W Welders: S Safaei, L Patterson, D Kearns, C Harris, E Devine, E Nto, E McCoubrey, J McClay, R Wilson, D Mhondiwa, K Nelson

Subs: G Walker, J McCarthy, M McLellan, L Mullan, H O’Connor, D Farren, L McKenna

Image source, BBC Sport NI

BBC Sport NI will provide live coverage of the much-anticipated BetMcLean Cup final between big Belfast rivals Linfield and Glentoran at Windsor Park on Sunday, 15 March.

Philip Major
Sportsound summariser

Loughgall are lucky that they are comfortably in the top six in the Championship, but they are far enough off the top two that they are not going to challenge.

So, this is their cup final. That is why Darren Murphy was able to make six changes against Institute, he was able to rest up. Jim Magilton hasn't had the dame opportunity.

I think if we are looking for a potential upset, this could be the one.

Darren Murphy rings the changes after the Villagers' 2-0 defeat to Institute at the Brandywell, making six alterations to his starting line-up.

Ross Glendinning, Robbie Norton, Darragh Stewart, Paul McElroy, James Carroll and Kirk McLaughlin all come into the side, replacing Berraat Turker, Conor McCloskey, Daire Kelly, Aaron Prendergast, Liam Corr and Oliver Crowe.

Jim Magilton also reshuffles his Cliftonville team following the 2-0 win over Portadown at Shamrock Park.

Sean Robertson, Joe Sheridan and Ryan Curran drop out of the starting XI, with Keevan Hawthorne, Adebayo Fapetu and Joe Gormley drafted in.

Loughgall: Glendinning, Murdock, Wilson, Norton, Stewart, McElroy, Carroll, Scott, McLaughlin, McCann, Kerr.

Subs: Turker, Crowe, D. Kelly, Prendergast, McCaffrey, Corr.

Cliftonville: Morrison, Addis, Hale, Leppard, Gormley, Glynn, Toole, McStravick, J. Kelly, Hawthorne, Fapetu.

Subs: Ridd, Pepper, Curran, McCay, A. Kelly, Sheridan, Tohill.

Image source, BBC Sport NI

Liam Beckett
Sportsound summariser

I think Larne, to be honest, edged it for me on the night.

I thought it was excellent cup tie and end-to-end.

Limavady United manager Paul Owens said his side's Irish Cup quarter-final against Coleraine on Saturday was the draw he "didn't want."

Owens' side were the victors against Irish Premiership defending champions Linfield in the last 16 with Carrick Rangers defeated by the Bannsiders in extra-time.

Limavady sit second in the Championship but are without a win in their last three games while local rivals, Coleraine, are third in the Irish Premiership.

"This is the worst draw that we could have got and one that I didn't want," Owens said.

"Hopefully we'll play without fear and put in a good performance that will match the crowd.

"If we weren't playing Coleraine then I would be supporting them to win it and if they are to go on and be in the semi-final, strangely enough, I'll be going out to support them."

Coleraine boss Ruaidhri Higgins is a familiar face for Owens with both managers in the same class in Termoncanice Primary School.

Both played in the football team who reached the Northern Ireland schools final in 1994.

"I've so much respect for the people there; there's people at that club that I've known basically my whole life," Higgins said.

"But, on Saturday, our job is to try and get Coleraine FC into a semi-final of the Irish Cup which would be a brilliant occasion.

"I'm sure there'll be a good crowd here on Saturday, but we have to fully focus on the task at hand and try and put in a good performance for a few reasons."

Image source, BBC Sport

BBC Sport NI is to broadcast this season's BetMcLean Cup final between Linfield and Glentoran at Windsor Park live on BBC Two NI, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

The big Belfast rivals are meeting in the final of a knockout cup competition for the first time in 16 years.

The match will be played on Sunday, 15 March, with coverage beginning at 14:35 and the match kicking off at 15:00.

Presenter Stephen Watson will be joined in studio by David Jeffrey, Paul Leeman and Jim Magilton, who will provide expert analysis, with Thomas Kane joined on commentary by Colin Coates.

Nicola McCarthy will gather reaction pitchside at what is a hugely anticipated decider expected to be played in front of a huge crowd at the National Stadium.

Last week the Northern Ireland Football League [NIFL] confirmed the landmark decision that video assistant referees [VAR] technology would be used for the first time in the domestic professional game in Northern Ireland at the final.

Linfield will be targeting a 13th success in the competition, while the Glens aim to collect the silverware for the eighth time.

For the first time the winner of the competition will secure a place in the end-of-season European play-offs, leaving them just one game away from qualification for European competition.

Image source, Inpho