Stephen Baxter makes two changes to the Carrick Rangers side that swept past tonight’s opponents 4-1 in the league, with Billy-Joe Burns and Aidan Steele restored to the starting XI in place of Ryan McKay and Matthew Olosunde.

Jim Magilton, by contrast, shuffles the pack more heavily.

There are six changes from their last outing, with Conor Pepper, Liam McStravick, Brian Healy, Keevan Hawthorne, Joe Sheridan and Shea McGarry all dropping out.

Jonny Addis, Reece Jordan, Joe Gormley, Rory Hale and Joseph Toole come in, alongside Aidan Kelly, who is handed his Reds debut.

Carrick Rangers: Pengelly, Place, Callacher, Gibson, McCullough (C), Buchanan-Rolleston, Crowe, Heatley, Snoddy, Burns, Steele.

Subs: Donnelly, Lecky, McKay, Boyd, McCawl, Olosunde, Moore.

Cliftonville: Morrison, Addis, Wilson, Hale (C), Curran, Leppard, Jordan, Gormley, Kelly, Toole, Fapetu.

Subs: Ridd, Pepper, Robertson, McStravick, Hawthorne, Sheridan, McGarry.

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Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton says his side were "sloppy" during their 4-1 loss against Carrick Rangers at Solitude.

"It was a bright start. We played on the front foot, passed the ball really well and scored a great goal and that was about the highlight," Magilton told BBC Sport NI.

"After that, we got bullied physically. We stopped doing the things we were doing really, really well.

"We sat off, played too deep, didn't get high enough up the pitch and got sloppy. The goals obviously changed the game and the outlook, but they were better than us today."

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Carrick Rangers manager Stephen Baxter said he asked Danny Gibson for a "big performance" and the striker duly delivered with a hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Cliftonville.

Gibson struck twice in the first half and completed his treble in the second period, with Paul Heatley also on target to help Carrick to a first league win since 31 October.

And Baxter was delighted that Gibson was able to end his recent goal drought after requesting the forward to "make himself the hero" at Solitude.

"He's had a tough month or two where he hasn't scored as many as he would like, so it was about believing in himself, shaking it off, and just going out and playing the way he can. He did all of that," Baxter told BBC Sport NI.

"I thought he and Paul Heatley were a real handful and put the backline under pressure from start to finish.

"He'll get the headlines, of course, but there were strong performances all over the pitch. It takes a team to get the job done, and that's what will matter most to me."

The two sides are familiar opponents. So familiar, in fact, that they played on Saturday and Carrick ran out 4-1 winners.

Brian Healy's early goal broke the deadlock, but two goals from Danny Gibson and Paul Heatley's strike gave Carrick the lead at the break.

After the restart, Gibson completed his hat-trick and to give Stephen Baxter's side a convincing win.

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It's a big night of football in the Irish League with one final and three more cup ties.

Carrick Rangers and Cliftonville are vying for the first trophy of the season in the County Antrim Shield final at Seaview.

You can watch that one live right here or on BBC iPlayer, with Paul Leeman on commentary alongside Thomas Kane.

Elsewhere, there's also three rescheduled Irish Cup fifth round ties.

Two of the three Irish Cup games have been postponed, including Ballymena United v Larne and Loughgall v Knockbreda, but we'll have updates and clips from Glentoran against Strabane Athletic.

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