What a tackle from Danny Wallace.

The Point skipper made up ground superbly to make a fantastic last-ditch tackle on Navid Nasseri as the Glens striker went through on goal.

Great pace and great timing from Wallace because that had goal written all over it.

Super strength from new Point signiing Colm Deasy, who shrugs Marcus Kane off superbly before delivering a low cross that was cleared.

A golden opportunity for Glenavon to equalise as Greg Moorhouse finds space in the box before dragging his right-footed effort wide of the target.

His reaction says it all - he should have been burying that. The ball from Josh Daniels to pick him out was superb and deserved a better finish.

Dylan Davidson is denied his first goal for Glenavon. The winger just strayed offside before measuring a brilliant volley into the far corner after being picked out by Sammy Clingan.

It was off the ball and it wasn't clear what happened, but Glens forward Robbie McDaid has been down for a few minutes now.

He has got to his feet and looks to be ok. One to keep an eye on.

The Glentoran frontline is a fluid one and their two wingers, Navid Nasseri and Hrvoje Plum have both switched flanks already.

They are maybe trying to inject a bit of life into the Glens attack, which has just gone a bit flat in the last few moments.

Chance for Institute to take the lead here against the run of play! Seamus Sharkey is adjudged to have fouled Alex Pomeroy inside the box and the Glenavon man receives a booking.

He knows how to strike a free-kick, but Hrvoje Plum failed to hit the target with one from 20 yards.

He didn't catch it properly and it deflected wide off the Warrenpoint wall.

Glenavon are well on top here.

Danny Purkis flashes a dangerous ball across the Institute goal before Dylan Davidson forces Rory Brown into his first save.

Ominous signs for the visitors already.

Two and a half minutes in, and we've had our first effort on goal.

It was Chris Gallagher with a low shot from 20 yards, but Mark Byrne got down to save well.

The Glens are bossing it so far.

We're under way in east Belfast.

There is a Glenavon debut for Matthew Snoddy, who joined the club on loan from Crusaders earlier this week, while Greg Moorhouse makes his first start following his return to the club.

There is also a debut for Danny Purkis following his move from East Belfast.

Daniel Larmour and Caolan Marron also come into the side in a much-changed line-up from last week's Irish Cup defeat by Coleraine.

For Institute, Rory Brown returns between the sticks while Evan Tweed and Shaun Leppard are also included in the line-up, but there is no place for former Glenavon midfielder Niall Grace, who has been placed on the transfer list by 'Stute boss Sean Connor.

Put simply, both teams need a win today. Following Larne's victory last night, Gary Hamilton's Glenavon are now 11 points adrift of the top six. If they're to close that gap before the split, they can't afford to drop points against relegation-threatened sides at home.

Institute, who haven't won since stunning Coleraine in November, can narrow the gap on tenth-placed Dungannon to just two points after the Swifts' game with Ballymena was called off.

With clear incentives for both sides, it should be an intriguing encounter at Mourneview.

Glenavon: Tuffey, Larmour, Marron, Daniels, Moorhouse, Clingan, Purkis, Snoddy, Singleton, Davidson, Sharkey

Subs: Doyle, Byrne, Harmon, McCloskey, Beggs, Garrett, Jenkins

Institute: R Brown, C McLaughlin, D Curry, G Brown, McCready, Tweed, Leppard, Crown, Burke, Brogan, Pomeroy

Subs: Wells, R Morrow, B McLaughlin, Obhakhan, McCauley, Bradley, Hume

Image source, Glenavon v Institute

A first-half Jordan Owens header gave Crusaders a 1-0 win away to Coleraine in the latest Friday Night Football TV offering.

It moved the Shore Road men up to second in the table behind local rivals Cliftonville.

Portadown have confirmed the departure of highly-rated young goalkeeper Bobby Edwards.

The American, who earned lavish praise from Ports boss Matthew Tipton on the Irish League Behaviour podcast, has returned to the States after accepting an offer to play in the MLS.

"Bobby has received an offer to go and play in the MLS and after chatting with him over the last 24 hours, I’ve told him to take up the offer as it’s an excellent opportunity for him to progress his career," said Tipton.

Portadown, who are three clear at the top of the Championship, face H&W Welders at Tillysburn Park this afternoon.

There's no doubting the air of positivity that has engulfed the Oval of late, and that could be set to increase even further today with the visit of Warrenpoint Town.

Mick McDermott's fifth-placed team welcome the bottom side to east Belfast knowing that a win could take them top of the Irish Premiership on goal difference - for a few days at least.

The Glens are three points behind leaders Cliftonville in the table, with the Reds set to play title holders Linfield at home on Saturday night.

Warrenpoint, level on points with 11th-placed Institute in the table, have been busy in the transfer market this week and boss Barry Gray hands debuts to new signings Ryan Swan, Colm Deasy and Kealan Dillon.

Glens manager McDermott makes two changes to the side that knocked Portadown out of the Irish Cup, with Robbie McDaid coming back in up to and Paddy McClean starting in defence.

Glentoran: Antolovic, Garrett, Kane, Peers, Gallagher, McDaid, Pepper, McClean, Nasseri, Plum, Van Overbeek.

Subs: Morris, Frazer, Herron, Crowe, Gordon, Cowan, O’Connor

Warrenpoint Town: Byrne, Bennett, McVeigh, O’Sullivan, Doyle, Scannell, Wallace, Mullen, Dillon, Deasy, Swan.

Subs: Turker, Smith, Young, Watters, Lynch, Cowan, Hutchinson.

Image source, Glentoran v Warrenpoint Town

#TimeToClimb.

That's been Glentoran's message throughout this increasingly exciting season.

And their words have been anything but empty. Unbeaten in their last 13 league games, the east Belfast side can displace Cliftonville at the summit with three points over bottom-placed Warrenpoint Town at The Oval this afternoon.

Glentoran, who edged out Portadown on penalties in last week's thrilling Irish Cup tie, are aware of Warrenpoint's stubbornness, having required a stoppage-time header from Patrick McClean to win when the sides met at The Oval in September.

That clash is part of a reduced Irish Premiership programme today, with Glenavon hosting Institute at Mourneview Park in the day's only other game following the postponement of Dungannon Swifts v Ballymena United due to a waterlogged pitch.

Glenavon and Institute both are hoping to bounce back after crashing out of the Irish Cup last week. The Lurgan Blues fell to Coleraine while 'Stute lost to Dungannon Swifts.

With Cliftonville and Linfield meeting at Solitude on Monday evening, Glentoran have the chance to succeed where Coleraine failed last night and move above the Reds on goal difference.

There may only be two games but we're still expecting a busy afternoon, so stay with us as we bring you goal clips, text and analysis from today's action.