Match Centre

Premiership
Tuesday 9 March 2021 (kick off: 7.30 PM)

Venue: Shamrock Park

Attendance: BCD

Referee: Lee Tavinder

Portadown home-team
1 FT 2
away-team Glenavon
  •   Chris Lavery 66'
  •   Gareth McCaffrey 46'
  •   Andy Hall 34'
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Andy Hall opened the scoring for Glenavon ©Stephen Hamilton/INPHO

MID-ULSTER REVENGE FOR GLENAVON

Glenavon gained revenge for Saturday's heavy defeat to Portadown by getting the better of their Mid-Ulster neighbours in the re-match at Shamrock Park.
 
Both sides had decent chances to go in front inside the opening half-an-hour. On 20 minutes Portadown's Lee Bonis fired wide inside the box but could only pull his effort wide while, a few minutes later at the other end, Gareth McCaffrey was denied by a combination of an acrobatic stop from Jacob Carney and a goalline clearance from Greg Hall. 
 
But the deadlock was broken on 34 minutes when Glenavon substitute Andy Hall fired through a crowded box after Conor McCloskey had knocked on a loose ball from a corner.
 
Paul Finnegan might have levelled for the Ports a short time later with an ambitious attempt from the halfway line which keeper Craig Hyland was lucky to spill the wrong side of the post.
 
McCaffrey had another chance after that but was thwarted by the inrushing Sam Warde who slid the ball to safety, and there was a further opportunity for the visitors late in the half but McCloskey lifted his shot over from the edge of the box.
 
Glenavon moved further in front in the opening minute of the second half, a great solo effort from McCaffrey after he collected a throw in, brought the ball onto his left foot and fired past Carney into the bottom corner.
 
And they came close to extending their lead just after the hour courtesy of McCloskey's curling drive from the edge of the box but Carney was able to turn it around the upright.
 
Portadown pulled one back on 66 minutes through Chris Lavery after he poked the ball home from Adam Salley's cross into the six yard box.
 
The sides traded chances after that. Andy Hall sent a cross onto the bar moments later followed swiftly by a Conan Byrne effort which was deflected just over.
 
The Ports chased the equaliser with Salley cutting inside before seeing his low effort stopped by Hyland while Luke Wilson had a header cleared off the line by Aaron Harmon.
 
Portadown: Carney, Hall, Crane, McCallum, Finnegan, Bonis, Murray, Wilson, Guy, Warde, Tilney subs Buchanan (not used), McKeown (not used), Lavery (replaced Tilney 57), Tipton (not used), Salley (replaced Murray 57), Teggart (not used), Conaty (replaced Guy 90+2)
 
Glenavon: Hyland, Coates, Byrne, Campbell, Moorhouse, Snoddy, Harmon, McCloskey, Garrett, Ward, McCaffrey subs Taylor (not used), Purkis (not used), Hall (replaced Coates 20), Fitzpatrick (replaced McCaffrey 64), Norton (not used), Douglas (not used), J. Doyle (not used)

  • FULL TIME
    Portadown   1 - 2 Glenavon
  •  Yellow Card

    Adam McCallum

    Players

    90+2'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Guy

    Players

    90+2'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Oisin Conaty

    Players

    90+2'
  •  Yellow Card

    Peter Campbell

    Glenavon

    90+2'
  • GOAL

    Chris Lavery

    Oxford Sunnyside

    66'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Gareth McCaffrey

    Players

    64'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Matthew Fitzpatrick

    Linfield

    64'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Stephen Murray

    Annagh United

    57'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Tilney

    Carrick Rangers

    57'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Lavery

    Oxford Sunnyside

    57'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Adam Salley

    Newry City

    57'
  • GOAL

    Gareth McCaffrey

    Players

    46'
  • GOAL

    Andy Hall

    Dundela

    34'
  •  Yellow Card

    Luke Wilson

    Portadown

    29'
  •  Yellow Card

    Lee Bonis

    Players

    21'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Colin Coates

    Ballymena United

    20'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Andy Hall

    Dundela

    20'

Portadown

  • Jacob Carney
  • Greg Hall
  • Christopher Crane
  • Adam McCallum 90+2'
  • Paul Finnegan
  • Lee Bonis 21'
  • Stephen Murray red substitution 57'
  • Luke Wilson 29'
  • Ben Guy red substitution 90+2'
  • Sam Warde
  • Ben Tilney red substitution 57'

Substitutes

  • Gareth Buchanan
  • Barney McKeown (1)
  • Chris Lavery green substitution 57' 66'
  • George Tipton
  • Adam Salley green substitution 57'
  • Stephen Teggart
  • Oisin Conaty green substitution 90+2'

Glenavon

  • Craig Hyland
  • Colin Coates red substitution 20'
  • Conan Byrne
  • Peter Campbell 90+2'
  • Gregory Moorhouse
  • Matthew Snoddy
  • Aaron Harmon
  • Conor McCloskey
  • Robert Garrett
  • Sean Ward
  • Gareth McCaffrey red substitution 64' 46'

Substitutes

  • James Taylor
  • Daniel Gibson
  • Andy Hall green substitution 20' 34'
  • Matthew Fitzpatrick green substitution 64'
  • Robbie Norton
  • Calvin Douglas
  • Josh Doyle (1)

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