Irish Premiership
FT: Carrick Rangers 1-0 Portadown
FT: Dungannon Swifts 1-3 Coleraine
Henderson nets opener & Doherty doubles advantage, McAllister pulls one back; Shevlin restores two-goal lead
FT: Glentoran 2-0 Limavady United
FT: Linfield 0-3 Ballymena United
McKee fires Ballymena ahead & adds a second, then Edogun makes it three
Matthew Shevlin (78 mins)
The visitors restore their two goal advantage and it's no surprise that Matthew Shevlin is amongst the goals.
The striker, with 20 goals last campaign, is there at the back post to tap home a Lewis McGregor cross from the right.
It's a long way for the Swifts now.
Dungannon Swifts 1-2 Coleraine
Dungannon defender Ben McMaster reaches into his pocket for the first time this afternoon to book Barney Mckeown for a foul on Matthew Shevlin.
Glentoran 2-0 Limavady Utd
Triple change for Limavady as Alfie Gaston, Ronan Wilson and Ruairi Boorman all come on in place of Oisin Duffy, Leon Boyd and Sean Carlin.
Carrick Rangers 1-0 Portadown
Another change for Portadown as Baris Altintop comes on in place of Rhys Breen.
Carrick Rangers 1-0 Portadown
Carrick make a change in midfield with Joe Crowe replacing Jordan Forsythe.
Linfield 0-3 Ballymena Utd
Charlie Chapman replaces Kieran Offord for the home side with 16 minutes left on the clock.
Dungannon Swifts 1-2 Coleraine
Lewis McGregor replaces Senan Devine for Coleraine as we reach the midpoint of the second half.
Carrick Rangers 1-0 Portadown
Paul Heatley swivels and fires home the opener for Carrick Rangers at Taylors Avenue.
Heatley fires Carrick into the lead
Glentoran 2-0 Limavady United
Hoban off and running again!
Goals are like busses in east Belfast as, after over an hour's wait for the first, Pat Hoban provided Glentoran's second just two minutes later.
Here's how last season's top scorer opened his account for 2026-27.
Glentoran 2-0 Limavady United
Carrick Rangers 1-0 Portadown
David Jeffrey looks to his bench for the first time as he brings on Matthew Carson in place of Jack Scott.
Sean McAllister (69 mins)
Hope for the home side as Sean McAllister pulls a goal back with just over 20 minutes remaining.
The midfielder picks up possession midway inside the Coleraine half and, unchallenged, drills a low shot past Lewis Webb from 25 yards.
Is the comeback on?
Success Edogun (70 mins)
It's a third for Ballymena United as Success Edogun finds the bottom corner to send the away fans into a frenzy!
Linfield are caught out as Edogun is afforded far too much time and space as he bears down on goal and strikes just inside the post from the edge of the box.
It's turned into a disastrous afternoon for David Healy and his side but a dream start to the season for the Sky Blues.
Linfield 0-2 Ballymena Utd
See Chris McKee rifle home a 25-yard drive to increase Ballymena United's advantage over Linfield in their Windsor Park meeting.
Watch: Chris McKee scores for Ballymena to make it 2-0
Dungannon Swifts 0-2 Coleraine
Ben Doherty extends Coleraine's advantage with a fine finish at Stangmore Park in his first Irish Premiership match since returning to the club from Derry City.
Ben Doherty doubles Coleraine's lead
Glentoran 2-0 Limavady Utd
Another change for Glentoran as Josh Kelly replaces Ross Clarke.
Linfield 0-2 Ballymena Utd
Josh Archer comes agonisingly close to adding a third for the visitors as his curling effort flies just wide of the target.
Glentoran 2-0 Limavady United
Jordan Stewart has certainly been a super sub at the Oval this afternoon.
Here's how he opened the scoring for Declan Devine's side.
Glentoran 1-0 Limavady United
Paul Heatley (62 mins)
The deadlock is broken at Taylors Avenue and it's the evergreen Paul Heatley who is on the scoresheet.
Danny Gibson's cross from the left is only half-cleared by the Portadown defence and Heatley is on hand to gleefully smash a shot past Aaron McCarey.
Dungannon Swifts 0-2 Coleraine
Dungannon Swifts head coach Rodney McAree rings the changes as he looks a way back into this game.
Danny Alves, Shea Gordon and Kealan Dillon all make way and are replaced by former Coleraine favourite Jamie Glackin, Corey Smith and Darragh McBrien.
Linfield 0-2 Ballymena Utd
David Healy has seen enough and looks to his bench for the first time.
Kobei Moore and Dylan Wells replace Ryan Nolan and Adam Frizzell with just over 25 minutes left on the clock.
