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  1. YELLOW CARD

    Linfield 2-0 Bangor

    Robbie Garrett is the first player shown a yellow card by referee Declan Hassan.

  2. YELLOW CARD

    Carrick Rangers 0-2 Glentoran

    Carrick Rangers defender Billy Joe Burns is booked by referee Shane McGonigle for dissent.

  3. Carrick Rangers 0-2 Glentoran

    Jim Ervin
    Former Ballymena United manager on Sportsound

    It is going from bad to worse for Carrick.

    2-0 down and now they have just lost Reece Glendinning in defence. Ryan Waide has gone off injured as well.

    This just adds to Stephen Baxter's injury concerns and players not available.

  4. Linfield 2-0 Bangor

    Chris Johns rushes off his line but is beaten to the ball by Tiernan Mulvenna, who nips in front of the Linfield goalkeeper but can't quite create a shooting opportunity for himself.

    It's scrappy defending but the Blues eventually clear and Johns breaths a sigh of relief.

  5. RED CARD

    Carrick Rangers 0-2 Glentoran

    The afternoon is going from bad to worse for Carrick Rangers as Reece Glendinning, recalled to the starting line-up, is shown a red card by referee Shane McGonigle for a challenge on Glentoran forward Jordan Jenkins.

    The hosts are down to 10 men and trail 2-0 to a vibrant Glentoran.

  6. HITS THE WOODWORK

    Crusaders 1-0 Dungannon Swifts

    A corner from Leo Alves falls to Adam Glenny, who hits a shot that beats Musa Dibaga, but hits the post.

  7. Watch Hoban heads home second

    Carrick Ranger 0-2 Glentoran

    Two for Glentoran and two for Pat Hoban at Taylors Avenue to give the visitors a comfortable advantage.

    Watch: Pat Hoban scores to double Glentoran's lead

  8. Crusaders 1-0 Dungannon Swifts

    Adam Glenny goes close for Dungannon Swifts.

    A cross from Andrew Mitchell is cleared as far as Glenny and the defender fires a low shot which goes wide of the post.

  9. Carrick Rangers 0-0 Glentoran

    Ryan Cooney with a free-kick from an almost identical position to that which led to Patrick Hoban's second goal but this time the Carrick Rangers defence deals with the danger.

  10. Carrick Rangers 0-2 Glentoran

    Midway through the first half and it's fair to say that the hosts have been caught cold by a blistering start from their visitors.

  11. Crusaders 1-0 Dungannon Swifts

    Crusaders nearly have a second.

    Brendan Hamilton plays a ball through to Elliot Dunlop, who delivers a low pass to Finley Thorndike, but his shot goes over the bar.

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  12. Watch: Hoban tucks home opener for Glens

    Carrick Ranger 0-2 Glentoran

    Watch as Pat Hoban scores the first of a quickfire double for Glentoran at Taylors Avenue.

    Watch: Pat Hoban gives Glentoran the lead.

  13. goal

    GOAL - Linfield 2-0 Bangor

    Matt Yates (19 mins)

    It's two goals in two minutes for Linfield and this time it's Matt Yates who finds the back of the net!

    Kyle McClean finds Yates with a beautifully disguised pass, before Yates strikes fiercely with his left foot and finds the roof of the net.

    Yates' strike is right at Patrick Solis Grogan in the Bangor goal, but there is nothing he could do about it with the pace the ball is struck at.

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  14. Linfield 1-0 Bangor

    Paddy McLaughlin
    Sportsound summariser

    It was a good finish.

    Charlie Allen showed great composure.

  15. Watch: Thorndike gives Crues an early lead

    Crusaders 1-0 Dungannon Swifts

    Here is how Finley Thorndike kept his cool to give Crusaders an early lead at Seaview.

    Watch: Thorndike gives Crusaders an early lead

  16. goal

    GOAL - Linfield 1-0 Bangor

    Charlie Allen (17 mins)

    Linfield break the deadlock and it's Charlie Allen who gets the goal!

    Matthew Fitzpatrick squares the ball from the right with both Chris McKee and Allen in the box.

    McKee takes a swipe but misses the ball entirely, with Allen taking his time, composing himself and firing home to give the Blues a deserved lead.

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  17. goal

    GOAL - Carrick Rangers 0-2 Glentoran

    Pat Hoban (14 mins)

    The visitors double their lead on the quarter hour and again it's the Cooney-Hoban axis that does the trick.

    This time, the defender floats a free-kick from the touchline into a crowded penalty area where Hoban rises highest to glance his header past a helpless Pengelly in the Carrick goal.

    What a start from the Glens!

  18. SUBSTITUTION

    Carrick Rangers 0-1 Glentoran

    We spoke too soon about Ryan Waide.

    He is unable to shake off his injury and leaves the field to be replaced by Eoghan McCawl.

    Not a great start for the home side.

  19. goal

    GOAL - Carrick Rangers 0-1 Glentoran

    Pat Hoban (9 mins)

    The visitors are in front inside the opening 10 minutes and what a fine goal it is.

    Ryan Cooney makes great strides down the right wing before whipping a first time ball across the face of the Carrick goal.

    The home defence fails to deal with the delivery and there is Glentoran's top goalscorer Pat Hoban who takes a touch before drilling the ball low into the bottom corner of the net past Scott Pengelly.

  20. Carrick Rangers 0-0 Glentoran

    A brief pause in play as Carrick Rangers' Ryan Waide receives treatment midway inside his own half.

    Thankfully for the home side, he's fit to continue.