Glentoran welcome fellow Gibson Cup hopefuls Coleraine to the Oval this afternoon, looking to extend their winning run to six games in the Irish Premiership.

The Bannsiders on the other hand can climb to within one point of the Glens with a win, heading into the split still very much in the title picture.

The hosts have won the last five head-to-head meetings so come into today's fixture brimming with confidence.

In regards to team news, Glens boss Declan Devine makes just the one change to his side that thumped Cliftonville 3-0 here on Wednesday night. Aaron McEneff returns to the starting XI with Jack Malone dropping to the bench.

Ruaidhri Higgins also makes just one alteration from last weekend's 1-0 win, also against Jim Magilton's side. James Akintunde replaces Matthew Shevlin up front.

Glentoran: Mills, Cooney, Kamson Kamara, Larmour, O'Rourke, Singleton, McEneff, Palmer, Clarke, Hoban, Amos.

Subs: Crellin, Burt, Malone, Daniels, Stewart, Gallagher, Jenkins.

Coleraine: Schofield, McDonald, Connolly, Dunne, Ives, Patching, Coyle, Cooper, Wylie, Akintunde, Devine.

Subs: Webb, Jarvis, Boyle, Glackin, McGonigle, Stewart, Okoro.

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Hello and welcome to our live text commentary for the final pre-split Saturday.

Last night, Larne extended their lead at the top of the table to five points with a win over Glenavon, while Carrick Rangers overcame Linfield.

Today, Glentoran will aim to respond and close the gap to the Inver Reds when they host Coleraine, who sit third.

Elsewhere, Dungannon Swifts welcome Bangor, who are without a win in their past eight games, to Stangmore Park.

Bottom of the table Crusaders will try and leapfrog Glenavon into 11th when they travel to play Portadown.

Then, at 20:00 GMT, Cliftonville and Ballymena United will meet at Solitude.

As ever, we will have a live text commentary, in-play clips from the matches with a match report, highlights and reaction to follow.

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Thanks for joining us this afternoon. Enjoy!