Tonight at The Oval, sixth-placed Glentoran welcome Dungannon Swifts to east Belfast.

Both teams come into this game on the back of victories on Saturday, The Glens put an end to their run of five consecutive league defeats after a convincing 3-1 win away to Newry in Rodney McAree’s first game in charge.

The visitors won 2-1 against Glenavon to close the gap between them and Newry to just one point.

Rodney McAree makes the one change to the side who started against Newry, with Aidan Wilson replacing Paddy McClean, who picked up a red card on Saturday.

The away side make five switches, with captain Ryan Mayse, Marc Walsh, Oran O'Kane, Padraig Lynch and Steven Scott all starting.

They replace Glentoran loanee Ben Cushnie, Joseph McCready, Michael Ruddy, Gerardo Bruna and Michael O'Connor, who also received a red card on Saturday.

Glentoran: McCarey, Kane (c), Wilson, McCullough, Burns, McCartan, Marshall, J. Donnelly, Devlin, Wightman, McGinn.

Subs: Webber, R. Donnelly, O’Connor, Smith, Crowe, Purkis, Plum

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, Marron, Knowles, Mayse (c), Walsh, Campbell, O'Kane, Lynch, McGee, Animasahun, Scott.

Subs: Nelson, McCready, McGinty, Francis, Smith, Moore, Bruna.

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Just three points and two places seperate these sides in the Premiership standings prior to kick-off at Seaview.

The Crues beat Linfield back in August in the Charity Shield, and also boast a strong record against the Blues this season in the league, having won here earlier in the season as well as picking up a point on their travels to Windsor Park.

Linfield travel to north Belfast fresh off the back of a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Ballymena United at the weekend, thanks to an Eetu Vertainen hat-trick.

Crusaders were held to a stalemate on their travels at Larne and are very much still in the title picture themselves.

Stephen Baxter makes just two changes to the side who claimed a point at Inver Park at the weekend. Ross Clarke replaces Declan Caddell with Adam Lecky coming in to lead the line in place of Dean Ebbe.

Blues boss David Healy also makes two changes from the side that beat the Sky Blues on Saturday. In come Joel Cooper and Cameron Palmer for Max Haygarth and Chris McKee respectively.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Burns (c), Hegarty, Lowry, Lecky, Forsythe, O'Rourke, Winchester, Larmour, Heatley, Clarke.

Subs: Murphy, Robinson, Weir, Caddell, Owens, Thompson, Boyd.

Linfield: Johns, Roscoe, Newberry, Shields, Cooper, M.Clarke, Finlayson, Mulgrew (c), Vertainen, A.Clarke, Palmer.

Subs: Millar, McDaid, Hall, McKee, Devine, Pepper, Quinn.

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It's another big night in the Premiership title race with all the contenders in action in a full programme of six fixtures.

Seaview with host the meeting of fourth-placed Crusaders and champions Linfield, who sit a point off the top as they chase a fifth straight Gibson Cup triumph.

Cliftonville lead the way and the Solitide pacesetters are on the road as they face Glenavon while Larne are also a point adrift of the Reds going into their Inver Park encounter against bottom side Portadown.

Will it be unlucky 13 for Coleraine? The Bannsiders will put their superb unbeaten run of 12 games on the line when they entertain Carrick Rangers.

Ballymena United go up against Newry City with kick-off at Warden Street delayed to 20:00 GMT because of traffic congestion.

Rodney McAree got his reign in charge of Glentoran off to a winning start at Newry on Saturday and the new boss will be determined to build on that victory against Dungannon Swifts at the Oval.

Just six points separate the top five and it promises to be a dramatic couple of the hours in the title shake-up.

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