Ballymena skipper Matthew Clarke hauls back Adam Frizzell and finds his name in referee Steven Gregg's notebook as a result.

Mark Connolly has the ball in the net from Rowan McDonald's corner but his joy is short-lived as referee Shane Andrews blows for a foul on Bangor goalkeeper Gareth Deane.

Gareth Deane with his first save of the afternoon to deny Joel Cooper's low left shot.

Matthew Fitzpatrick nods over at the near post from a Kyle McClean corner as Linfield chase a second goal.

A half chance for the hosts.

Reece Neale begins the move with a clever pass to Iestyn Hughes down the left.

He whips a ball across the face of the Coleraine goal where Ben Arthurs chests the ball into the path of Ben Cushnie who is unable to keep his effort on target.

A whipped Peter Campbell corner finds Harry Murphy at the back post, but the defender fails to keep his header on target from close range.

The visitors breathe a sigh of relief.

Kealan Dillon is the latest to have a go, but Andrew Mills comfortably collects his shot from range.

Jonny Tuffey once again makes a smart save to deny Tiarnan O'Connor from finding the opening goal.

Jordan McEneff sets O'Connor free through the middle, but Tuffey is quick off his line and smothers the Larne centre-forward to deny him from slotting the ball past him.

Tiernan Kelly nods Leo Alves' corner just over the crossbar.

Not too much of note so far in the opening 10 minutes, but both teams are keen to get the ball into the final third.

Ballymena break quickly with Igor Rutkowski feeding a pass to Success Edogun, whose fierce strike is palmed over the crossbar by Chris Johns.

Reece Neale curls a free-kick from the left wing on to the head of Ben Arthurs but the big striker's header goes just the wrong side of the post.

Finlay Thorndike tries to catch goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson out as he shoots instead of crosses from a free-kick in a dangerous area.

Ferguson is alert to the danger and gathers routinely.

A long throw-in from Reece Neale causes a bit of panic in the Coleraine defence before goalkeeper Ryan Schofield gathers.

Ryan Curran nicks the ball off Sean Carlin and bursts into the box, but can’t quite get it out of his feet with Brian Healy screaming for it at the back post.

He checks back and lays it to Rory Hale, who’s bundled over, but referee Michael McKenna waves away the penalty appeals.

Rowan McDonald delivers a corner deep into the heart of the Bangor area but no-one in a red shirt is able to connect.

Good early pressure from the away side.

James Akintunde does well to rob Lewis Francis of the ball inside the Bangor penalty area but his attempted cross goes out for a corner.

Jonny Tuffey is forced into action within a minute as he pushes Tiernan O'Connor's right-footed effort around the post.

The resulting corner comes to nothing.

Kealan Dillon can't control Leo Alves' delivery and the ball sails out of play.

That was a good chance for the home side to test Andrew Mills between the posts for Glentoran.

An early chance for Linfield as Matthew Fitzpatrick's shot is kept out by the foot of Ballymena keeper Brad Wade.

The visitors have been forced into a last change with Patrick McEleney starting in place of Sean Murray, who had been named in the original starting line-up.