Summary

  • FT: Ballymena United 2-0 Coleraine (15:00)

  • O'Connor double gives Sky Blues first home win over Bannsiders since 2012

  • FT: Carrick Rangers 1-2 Larne (15:00)

  • Heatley breaks the deadlock but goals from O'Connor and O'Neill turn game on its head

  • FT: Cliftonville 1-2 Crusaders (15:00)

  • Ryan Curran own goal put Crues in front and Brooks doubled lead before Casey pulled a goal back

  • FT: Dungannon Swifts 1-0 Bangor (15:00)

  • Early Glenny goal gives Swifts all three points

  • FT: Linfield 0-1 Glentoran (15:00)

  • Glens beat Blues at Windsor on Boxing Day for first time courtesy of Thomson goal

  • FT: Portadown 1-0 Glenavon (15:00)

  • Wilson goal helps Ports to derby win

  1. CLOSE!published at 15:41 GMT 26 December 2025

    Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders

    Elliot Dunlop breezes past Jonny Addis and drills a low effort towards the near post, but Lewis Ridd makes a sharp save with his foot.

    The winger has looked lively every time he’s had the ball and has been the standout player in the opening 39 minutes.

  2. Postpublished at 15:39 GMT 26 December 2025

    Linfield 0-1 Glentoran

    Half a chance for the Blues as Kyle McClean's header is almost met by Ben Hall following an Ethan McGee long throw-in, but the Linfield defender can't quite get any contact on the ball.

  3. Postpublished at 15:39 GMT 26 December 2025

    Dungannon Swifts 1-0 Bangor

    Ben Arthurs goes on a great solo run taking Peter Maguire out of the game with clever footwork, but Steven Scott manages to block the shot from the Bangor striker.

  4. Watch: Curran own goal has Crues aheadpublished at 15:38 GMT 26 December 2025

    Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders

    Jarlath O'Rourke celebrates, but it looks like Ryan Curran got the final touch as he heads into his own net to give Crusaders the lead at Solitude.

    Media caption,

    Ryan Curran's own goal gives Crusaders the lead at Solitude

  5. Postpublished at 15:38 GMT 26 December 2025

    Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders

    Thomas Lavery skips past Elliot Dunlop with ease and drives into the penalty area before drilling a low effort towards the far post, but it flashes just wide.

  6. YELLOW CARDpublished at 15:35 GMT 26 December 2025

    Carrick Rangers 0-0 Larne

    Larne captain Leroy Millar is the first player to go into referee Steven Gregg's notebook for a late challenge on Paul Heatley in the centre circle.

  7. Postpublished at 15:35 GMT 26 December 2025

    Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders

    The away side fails to deal with a cross from the left, and it drops kindly for Eric McWoods.

    The striker spins sharply and gets a shot away, but it clips a defender on the way through and flies behind for a corner.

  8. 'Two goalkeepers wouldn't have saved that!'published at 15:34 GMT 26 December 2025

    Linfield 0-1 Glentoran

    Liam Beckett
    Sportsound summariser

    You might just have seen goal of the season.

    He [Thomson] did what I love to see players do, as Linfield defenders backed off, he pulled the trigger from 25 yards.

    As good a season as Chris Johns is having in the Linfield goal, he had no chance whatsoever. Two goalkeepers wouldn't have saved that!

  9. Postpublished at 15:33 GMT 26 December 2025

    Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders

    Keevan Hawthorne swings in a teasing cross from the left towards the six-yard box, but Jarlath O’Rourke stays switched on and clears the danger.

  10. Postpublished at 15:33 GMT 26 December 2025

    Carrick Rangers 0-0 Larne

    Just over half an hour gone at Taylor's Avenue where we await our first goal.

    Plenty of industry but a lack of quality in the final third as both teams battle for supremacy.

  11. Postpublished at 15:33 GMT 26 December 2025

    Ballymena United 1-0 Coleraine

    Daire O'Connor cuts the ball back across the face of the Coleraine penalty area but the in-rushing Aaron Jarvis can only miscue his effort wide of the target.

  12. CLOSE!published at 15:32 GMT 26 December 2025

    Portadown 0-0 Glenavon

    Great shot from outside the box from Glenavon’s Jack Malone but Aaron McCarey pulls of an even better save down low to his near post to send the ball behind for a corner which comes to nothing.

  13. goal

    GOAL - Linfield 0-1 Glentoranpublished at 15:30 GMT 26 December 2025

    Joe Thomson (29 mins)

    First blood to Glentoran in the Big Two derby and what a spectacular goal it is from Joe Thomson!

    The Glentoran midfielder is afforded too much time and space as he creeps forward before letting fly with an exquisite right-footed strike which finds the top corner.

    Goal of the season contender from Thomson, who gives the east Belfast side the lead just before the half hour mark.

  14. GREAT SAVE!published at 15:30 GMT 26 December 2025

    Linfield 0-0 Glentoran

    Chris Johns does extremely well to get down to his right and tip Cameron Palmer's volley around the post to prevent the visitors from going a goal in front.

    The Glens are enjoying a spell of pressure now and look to have found their mojo.

  15. Postpublished at 15:30 GMT 26 December 2025

    Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders

    That's the visitors' first goal in six league outings. Not how they’d have imagined it, but they won’t care one bit.

  16. Postpublished at 15:28 GMT 26 December 2025

    Carrick Rangers 0-0 Larne

    Leroy Millar's low cross is diverted out for a first Larne corner.

  17. Postpublished at 15:28 GMT 26 December 2025

    Dungannon Swifts 1-0 Bangor

    Bangor are beginning to find a rhythm in the game now.

    A lot of play is taking place in the middle of the pitch, as both teams attempt to create clear-cut chances.

  18. goal

    GOAL - Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaderspublished at 15:27 GMT 26 December 2025

    Ryan Curran O.G. (27 mins)

    Finlay Thorndike’s corner is whipped into a dangerous area, and Ryan Curran glances a header into his own net.

    You have to say, on the balance of play, it had been coming.

  19. Postpublished at 15:27 GMT 26 December 2025

    Portadown 0-0 Glenavon

    James Teelan controls a ball over the top of the Glenavon defence and finds a bit of space to get off the shot, but it’s a weak effort that Jacob Carney easily saves.

  20. Postpublished at 15:26 GMT 26 December 2025

    Linfield 0-0 Glentoran

    From the resulting free-kick, Matthew Fitzpatrick shoots from inside the area but his effort is blocked.

    The game has really livened up now as both teams go in search of an opener.