HOW IT HAPPENED: Portadown Linfield
F-T: Portadown 1 Linfield 2
89: YELLOW (Portadown) - Lavery
85: Kerr corner-kicks from opposite sides met by McNally cause problems for Linfield - with Bonis’ miscue wide off the second delivery
83: Linfield survive as Kerr’s superb free-kick delivery is met by McNally but the goalbound header is blocked inside the crowded box
80: SUB (Linfield) - Lavery on for Waterworth
79: SUB (Portadown) - Salley on for Murray
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Hide Ad76: Nasseri has a shot blocked in the box off Clarke’s cutback from the left then Millar cuts in from the right and his curling effort clips the post
72: SUB (Portadown) - McKeown on for Tipton
71: A neat exchange between Wilson and Hall ends with the latter’s delivery clipping the face of the crossbar
70: SUB (Linfield) - Nasseri on for Stewart
64: GOAL - Portadown 1 Linfield 2 (Waterworth)
Superb close-range finish on the run by the in-form Waterworth off Millar’s searching cross from the right
60: YELLOW (Linfield) - Pepper
60: YELLOW (Portadown) - Murray
60: RED (Linfield) - Hery. For an off-the-ball incident
60: RED (Portadown) - Crane. Second bookable offence
54: GOAL - Portadown (Bonis) 1 Linfield 1
Superb near-post header by Bonis to direct home Lavery’s cross after McNally’s ball from the back
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Hide Ad46: Hery introduced off the bench and picks out Stewart, with the long-range drive forcing Pierce into a low save and the loose ball knocked out
46: SUB (Linfield) - Hery on for Mulgrew
H-T: Portadown 0 Linfield 1
38: YELLOW (Portadown) - Crane
35: Well-worked move along the left involving Lavery, Murray and Crane ends in Hall racing in at the back post to meet a cross but his effort flashing wide
24: GOAL - Portadown 0 Linfield 1 (Millar)
Linfield break the deadlock despite Portadown’s bright start as Millar’s shot from outside the area finds the net via a wicked deflection
18: Waterworth with his first sight of goal but the attempted lob clears the crossbar
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Hide Ad9: A well-worked short corner by Tipton to Crane ends in Wilson’s header bouncing off the post
PORTADOWN: Pierce, Hall, Crane, Finnegan, Lavery, Tipton, Bonis, Murray, Wilson, McNally, Kerr.
Subs: Pengelly, McCallum, McKeown, Salley, Croskery, Conaty, Healy.
LINFIELD: Johns, Haughey, Callacher, Waterworth, Stewart, Millar, Clarke, McClean, Mulgrew, Pepper, Quinn.
Subs: Walsh, Stafford, Larkin, Lavery, Nasseri, Kearns, Hery.
Referee: Lee Tavinder.
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