STORY OF THE GAME: Glenavon 2 Portadown 4
F-T: Glenavon 2 Portadown 4
93: GOAL - Glenavon 2 Portadown 4 (Burns)
Substitute Burns adds to the Ports’ margin of victory with the final kick of the game as Murray picks up Taylor’s attempted clearance and feeds the midfielder, who drills home
88: YELLOW (Portadown) - Lavery
85: GOAL - Glenavon 2 (Singleton) Portadown 3
Sub McCloskey with another key moment as his corner-kick is headed home by Singleton to set up a thrilling finish
84: YELLOW (Portadown) - Murray
84: YELLOW (Glenavon) - O’Mahony
80: GOAL - Glenavon 1 Portadown 3 (Bonis)
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Hide AdPorts counter Glenavon’s mounting pressure with a goal on the break as Kerr finds Murray and Bonis shows determination to hit the penalty area then, under pressure, guide home
75: SUB (Glenavon) - Hamilton on for Jenkins
73: Pierce forced into a save at the expense of a corner-kick off Campbell’s curling free-kick
72: YELLOW (Portadown) - Hall
71: Drama in the penalty area as Campbell’s shot is deflected up in the air and Purkis’ reaction header hits off Hall and out for a corner-kick
65: Promising Ports opening off McNally’s ball upfield involving Burns and Murray ends with a comfortable save for Taylor off the latter
63: YELLOW (Glenavon) - Coates
61: SUB (Portadown) - Burns on for Guy
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Hide Ad56: Campbell, once again, a threat on the left and he cuts the ball back but Jenkins fires over from a promising position
54: GOAL - Glenavon 1 (Campbell) Portadown 2
Former Portadown Youth player Campbell, on his Premiership debut, finds the net at the far post as half-time subs O’Mahony and McCloskey combine for Glenavon
50: Campbell finds McCloskey inside the area but Portadown regroup to block the shot
50: Guy feeds the ball across the edge of the area but the shot by Bonis, racing on, lacks the power to trouble Taylor
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Hide Ad46: SUBS (Glenavon) - McCloskey and O’Mahony on for Byrne and Norton
H-T: Glenavon 0 Portadown 2
44: Birney and Byrne both attack a Norton cross into the box but the header fails to trouble Pierce
43: Promising opening created by Byrne to find Campbell, with the low cross towards Jenkins cleared by McNally
42: Byrne’s low free-kick delivery from wide on the left is guided back to Snoddy outside the area but his drive from distance drops wide
32: GOAL - Glenavon 0 Portadown 2 (Murray 2)
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Hide AdPortadown intercept possession and Lavery’s superb sliderule pass from deep cuts open the Glenavon backline. With home calls for offside ignored, Murray keeps his composure to slot home
23: YELLOW (Glenavon) - Jenkins
23: A loose ball fired upfield leads to a chase by Purkis but Pierce is out quickly to clear the danger
9: Byrne is at the heart of the Glenavon response and goalkeeper Pierce is off his line but unable to claim the Glenavon midfielder’s teasing corner-kick
7: GOAL - Glenavon 0 Portadown 1 (Murray)
Murray back on the scoresheet at Mourneview Park - but this time in Ports colours to net the visitors’ first goal back in the Premiership. Murray slotted home after Lavery’s pass down the left was steered across by Guy on his debut
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Hide Ad6: Well-struck free-kick from distance by Byrne but Pierce behind it for a comfortable save
GLENAVON: Taylor, Coates, Birney, Byrne, Jenkins, Purkis, Campbell, Snoddy, R.Norton, Singleton, Garrett.
Subs: Larmour, Doyle, McCloskey, O’Mahony, Hamilton, taylor, H.Norton.
PORTADOWN: Pierce, Hall, Finnegan, Lavery, Tipton, Bonis, Murray, Wilson, McNally, Guy, Kerr.
Subs: Pengelly, Crane, McCallum, McGrandles, Burns, Croskery, Glenfield.
Referee: Ian McNabb.
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