Coleraine 0-0 Larne
Dan Bent's afternoon is over after only 13 minutes.
The defender appeared to pick up a shoulder injury in an earlier challenge and is unable to continue.
Jordan McEneff is his replacement.
A big loss for Gary Haveron's side this early on.
Crusaders 0-1 Ballymena United
Ballymena threaten again as Success Edogun gets to the bye-line before cutting the ball back to Chris McKee but last week's two-goal hero scuffs a shot wide of the target.
Kyle McClelland (17 mins)
The visitors hit the front against the run of play as Kyle McClelland volleys into the back of the net from inside the area past a helpless Garth Deane.
Reece Neale clears Rory Hale's initial cross, but second time around the ball falls kindly for McClelland who swings his right foot at it and fires Cliftonville in front in emphatic fashion.
Kris Lowe (14mins)
Dungannon have the opener and it is a deserved lead.
Aaron McCarey picks up a close pass from his team-mate inside the area and an indirect free-kick is awarded.
Jamie Glackin pops the balls to Sean McAllister who fires the ball towards goal. McCarey saves but straight into the path of Lowe who fires high into the net from five yards.
Coleraine 0-0 Larne
Will Patching, invited to shoot by a retreating Larne defence, tries his luck from distance but Rohan Ferguson is equal to the task, safely gathering the ball on his goal line.
Limavady United 0-0 Carrick Rangers
Carrick Rangers are forced into an early substitution as Adam Lecky's afternoon is over after only 11 minutes.
Daire O'Connor comes on to replace the striker.
Linfield 0-0 Glentoran
Linfield break once again through Matthew Fitzpatrick and he plays the ball back for Kieran Offord, who fires just off target.
'Big Two' derbies are normally entertaining and tense and this one has certainly been both in the opening 10 minutes.
Igor Rutkowski (10 mins)
Ballymena have an early lead from the first meaningful attack of the game.
Crusaders fail to clear a ball into the danger area and although Kurtis Forsythe makes a brave block, Igor Rutkowski nips in just ahead of team-mate Josh Archer to bury a shot into the corner of the net for his first goal of the season.
Coleraine 0-0 Larne
Howls of derision from the home fans as referee Ian McNabb refuses to award Joel Cooper a free-kick under pressure from Christopher Gallagher.
Linfield 0-0 Glentoran
The ball falls to Jack Malone in the box, but he hesitates which gives Kyle McClean time to thwart the chance.
Malone should have really had a go there.
Coleraine 0-0 Larne
A chance for the home side but Rob Slevin's header from a Will Patching corner goes just the wrong side of the post.
Limavady United 0-0 Carrick Rangers
The first chance of the game falls the way of Limavady United as the Carrick Rangers defence fails to properly deal with Rodney Brown's cross. The ball drops for Alfie Gaston whose first-time effort is blocked by Nathan Gartside.
Coleraine 0-0 Larne
A first corner of the afternoon goes the way of Coleraine.
Portadown 0-0 Dungannon Swifts
Sean McAllister is again causing problems for the Portadown defence with a smart turn and shot on the edge of the area, but it curls just over the crossbar.
All the visitors at the moment.
Bangor 0-0 Cliftonville
Bangor come close again as Lewis Harrison heads just wide off the post after rising highest to meet Harry Lynch's corner kick.
Bright start from the Seasiders.
Linfield 0-0 Glentoran
Darragh Leahy's poor pass nearly gifts Jordan Jenkins a good chance with Chris Johns colliding with the striker when gathering the ball.
The away side want a penalty, but referee Shane Andrews has absolutely no interest in listening to their appeals.
Bangor 0-0 Cliftonville
Bangor create the first opportunity of the afternoon as Iestyn Hughes goes down the right-hand side and picks debutant Steven McCullough out at the back post.
McCullough heads towards goal but his effort is blocked off the line.
Crusaders 0-0 Ballymena United
Away we go at Seaview with the earliest of early season league leaders Ballymena looking to get a win against Crusaders.
Linfield 0-0 Glentoran
The corner comes to nothing, but this has been a bright start from the home side.
Coleraine 0-0 Larne
A first sight of goal for Larne as Dylan Sloan finds space on the right hand side of the penalty area but his effort goes well wide of the target.
Highlights: Bangor v Cliftonville
Kyle McClelland, Ben Quinn and Liam McStravick all found the net to secure a comfortable Cliftonville win on their travels away to Bangor.
Kyle McClelland broke the deadlock with a brilliant volley in the first half before Ben Quinn doubled the Reds' lead on the stroke of half-time.
McStravick secured the three points for the visitors in the 80th minute after finding the top corner from the edge of the box.
After last week's north Belfast derby success, it's two wins from two for Jim Magilton's side to start the Irish Premiership campaign with the Seasiders losing their first match of the season.
Cliftonville have taken six points from their opening two games
When the first goal went the way of the visitors, it was against the run of play in the 17th minute.
McClelland's fine volleyed finish from inside the area came after Bangor failed to deal with a Rory Hale cross.
After taking the lead, the Reds looked increasingly threatening on the counter-attack with Bangor having a few half chances of their own up the other end.
Just as it looked like the north Belfast side were going in at the break a goal to the good, they doubled their lead right on the stroke of half-time.
It was Quinn who hooked the ball home from an acute angle after his own effort struck the upright following a deep cross from Oliver Samuels which Quinn met with his head.
Cliftonville captain Hale came close on a couple of occasions to finding a third but was denied by Gareth Deane multiple times.
Substitute McStravick put the icing on the cake for the Reds as he found the top corner from the edge of the box in the 80th minute with the pick of the goals from Clandeboye Park.
Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton: "First half they created better opportunities and 2-0 [at half-time] flattered us.
"We regrouped at half-time. We showed a little bit more quality in our play and overall we're really delighted with three points.
"It's not easy coming here."
Bangor boss Lee Feeney: "We had big moments in the game, should have taken them, and didn't.
"We went in 2-0 down and I was sort of like 'I don't mind this at the minute, we're playing well'.
"I thought we were going to get the next goal. We didn't and the second-half we fell apart and Cliftonville steamrollered us the last 25 minutes."
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 Cliftonville | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
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2 Carrick Rangers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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3 Coleraine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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4 Ballymena United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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5 Glentoran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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6 Crusaders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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7 Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
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8 Linfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
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9 Larne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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10 Portadown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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11 Limavady United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
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12 Bangor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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Manager: Lee Feeney
Manager: Jim Magilton
Manager: Lee Feeney
Manager: Jim Magilton
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