HOW IT HAPPENED: Dungannon Swifts 0 Warrenpoint Town 2

Goals at either end of the second half from Kealan Dillon and Alan O’Sullivan gave Warrenpoint Town a crucial victory over Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park.
Alan O'Sullivan came off the bench to score for Warrenpoint before having to go off injured late onAlan O'Sullivan came off the bench to score for Warrenpoint before having to go off injured late on
Alan O'Sullivan came off the bench to score for Warrenpoint before having to go off injured late on

90+5: Spectacular effort by Patton pushed away by Sava

87: Knox tries his luck with a long-range free kick which Johnston does well to parry away

84: GOAL - O'Sullivan races on to Dillon's through ball before slotting under Johnston

82: Byers header cannons off the post

79: Melee after Coyle's challenge on Wallace

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69: From the resulting corner Sava stands up well to block Smyth's header at the back post

68: The keeper produces an even better stop to Smyth's close range effort on to the post and away for a corner.

66: The ball drops to Carvill on the edge of the box but his first time volley is tipped over by Sava

57: King turns and drags a shot across the face of goal with Sava scrambling

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47: GOAL - Two minutes after the restart the visitors took the lead as Dillon's low shot squeezed past Johnston and in off the far post

H/T: 0-0

39: Warrenpoint spurned a great opportunity to break the deadlock as an attempted clearance ricocheted into Swan's path, but with only the keeper to beat he fired wide of the target

29: Back came the Swifts with Hughes slipping in Carvill, his low shot beat Sava, but that man Deasy somehow got back to hook the ball off the line

25: Another Knox free kick for Point and this time it flicks off a defender in the wall and crashes off the Swifts cross bar

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20: Johnston was called into action again as he got down well to push away Carroll's long range effort. From the resulting corner the keeper stands up well to block from Peers at the back post

19: Dillon shows good feet on the edge of the box but his shot is straight at the home keeper

17: Free kick for Warrenpoint and Knox's curling effort is palmed away by Johnston

15: Another good chance for the hosts as Byers climbs highest from Carvill's corner, but he heads over

8: Hughes tries his luck on the volley but again Sava is alert to deal with it

2: Great block by Deasy to deny Teelan a certain goal, from the rebound Lowe's header is tipped over by Sava

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