Levi Ives plays a one-two with Will Patching, but Declan Dunne is quick to collect Ives' resulting pass into the box.

Coleraine go straight up the other end and now have the first corner of the game.

Tiernan Kelly breaks into the box, but he stumbles which gives Charles Dunne time to win back possession.

Here we go!

Can Dungannon win back-to-back Irish Cups or will Coleraine lift the cup for the first time since 2018?

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Gareth McAuley
Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Two NI

Former Northern Ireland defender Gareth McAuley on his 2003 Irish Cup final win with Coleraine:

It was the biggest game I'd been involved in at that stage. It was great to win one, wasn't so great so lose one the following year.

There will be boys who will be shouting and screaming, other boys will be quiet. The occasion doesn't matter. It's the game.

Signing one of the most valuable strikers in the Irish Premiership, new owners, fresh manager and big plans. It has been quite the year for Coleraine.

They have already secured European football this season thanks to their emphatic 6-2 victory over Glentoran on the final day of the campaign assuring them of second place in the league.

However, they now have a chance to add silverware to their cabinet for the first time since 2019 when they lifted the League Cup.

Coleraine finished the Irish Premiership season as the team in form and are unbeaten in their past nine games. Coincidentally, their last loss was against Rodney McAree's side.

It has been a season of big change with new owner Henry Ross adopting a full-time model, big player signings and plenty of switches off the pitch, but they could get a huge reward for all the perseverance on Saturday.

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It was a really sunny afternoon earlier, but it is now absolutely chucking it down.

That hasn't stopped both sets of fans from making their voices heard as the teams entered the pitch, though.

I can't remember the last Irish Cup final that it rained at, it has always been a lovely, sunny afternoon in recent years.

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David Healy
Linfield manager on BBC Two NI

Ruaidhri Higgins has done a commendable job. He's managed it well. I've known him a long time. He's had success with Derry in a cup final so today won't be anything new to him.

He's worked with Ireland and Stephen Kenny. A day like today, he will relish. He has a great team around him but you still have to manage it, put it together and perform.

Dungannon Swifts will set out to win the Irish Cup for the second season in a row when they take on Coleraine in the final at Windsor Park on Saturday.

So, just how difficult is it to retain the Irish Cup?

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Following loanee Aidan Harris returning to Newcastle United in the January window, Ryan Schofield has started between the posts for the Bannsiders since and has impressed.

The 26-year-old has registered five clean sheets and conceded 11 goals in 12 Irish Premiership matches.

As for Declan Dunne, he proved last season that he can step up in the big moments and saved a penalty in the shootout when the side were the victors against Cliftonville.

This season, he also played a pivotal role when they overcame the Reds on penalties once again to make this year's final.

Dunne has only played twice since their semi-final victory at Windsor and will be keen to make a similar impact than he did in last year's showpiece.

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What do you think of the team selections?

Who do you think's going to win?

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BBC Sport NI's pundits offer their predictions ahead of kick-off at the showpiece event of the season.

For the second year in a row, our online team is an all-female line-up!

You will be able to read Lauren McCann's report from Windsor later on today, while Faith Harper will be keeping you up to date with all the action on our social media channels.

Then you're stuck with me on live text duties today!

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The final is also a chance for Dungannon to secure European football for next season and the financial perks that come with it.

Last season, Rodney McAree's side were knocked out of the second qualifying round of the Uefa Conference League when they lost 3-1 against FC Vaduz despite a valiant performance after being reduced to 10-men.

Glentoran will also have an eye on the final as, if Coleraine win, they qualify for a European spot despite finishing outside the automatic spaces in third.

Coleraine know that no matter the outcome, they will be playing European football next season for the first time since the 2021/22 season.

Neither side will need much more motivation going into the final, but the Swifts may use the European pathway as an extra incentive.

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Mark Patton scored the winner as Glenavon beat Ballymena United 2-1 at Windsor Park in an Irish Cup final which saw three players sent off.

Glenavon's Gareth McKeown and United midfielder Gary Thompson saw first-half red cards while Kyle Neill's free put the Lurgan Blues ahead on 35 minutes.

Allan Jenkins levelled with a backpost strike before substitute Patton hit the bottom corner after 76 minutes.

Tony Kane was red-carded in injury-time as Ballymena finished with nine men.

It was Glenavon's first Irish Cup triumph since 1997 while Ballymena have not won it for 25 years.

Take a trip down memory lane and read the full report and watch the highlights here.

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David Jeffrey
Portadown manager on BBC Two NI

You could never have called it, there's been so many twists and turns. You have the might of Coleraine, the building of a new squad but you have the fairytale of the Swifts coming back for a second year. It's the right final at the right time.

Images of him hobbling down the touchline, suit on and crutches aloft to join the pile on in the Coleraine end after Eoin Bradley's late goal sealed a 3-1 win over Cliftonville in the 2018 Irish Cup final are permanently ingrained in Lyndon Kane's mind.

Cruelly, Kane was ruled out of the showpiece decider in the Windsor Park sunshine after injuring his metatarsal two weeks before the big day.

He had scored in the 3-1 semi-final win over Larne but missed out on a medal on one of the club's greatest days as he was not in the matchday squad.

Now, eight years on, Kane, as Bannsiders captain and one of the two remaining from the 2018 squad left in the current crop, will look to lead his hometown club to more Irish Cup glory when they face Dungannon Swifts in Saturday's final.

Read the full article with Kane here.

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It all comes down to this for Dungannon Swifts and Coleraine, who face each other at Windsor Park on Saturday to decide the next name to be inscribed on the Irish Cup.

The Swifts are aiming to defend their title against the Bannsiders who have not lifted the trophy since 2018.

The showpiece is the ideal finale for what has already been a season to remember with lots memorable moments and unexpected twists.

Ahead of the big day, BBC Sport NI looks at the talking points surrounding the final.

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David Healy
Linfield manager on BBC Two NI

Coleraine have won all the games in the split, Dungannon have lost all of them, but Coleraine's last defeat came against the Swifts. It shows the ability Rodney [McAree, Swifts boss] has. This is a different game, a different opportunity.

Rodney McAree makes six changes to the side who were thrashed by Irish Premiership champions Larne on the final day of the Irish Premiership season.

Declan Dunne returns between the posts with Adam Glenny, Paul Doyle, Danny Wallace, Gael Bigirimana and Sean McAllister also coming into the starting side.

There is just the one alteration to the Coleraine starting XI who were the comfortable victors against Glentoran to secure second position and a European spot.

Midfielder Mark Coyle comes into the side with Dylan Boyle dropping to the bench.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, McGinty, Marron, Wallace, Glenny, Bigirimana, Kelly, Dillon, Doyle, Alves, McAllister.

Subs: Henderson, Maguire, Knowles, Gordon, Mitchell, Moore, Smith.

Coleraine: Schofield, Kane, Dunne, Stewart, Ives, Doyle, Patching, Okoro, Wylie, Cooper, Shevlin.

Subs: Webb, Jarvis, Boyle, McGonigle, McDonald, Connolly, Devine.

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