In-form forward Eamon Fyfe secured a 2-1 away-day success for Portadown with his second-half header after the game burst into life following the break against Carrick Rangers.

97: Carrick with the ball in the net off Callacher’s header from a Crowe free-kick steered back by Lecky but the offside flag is up to rule out the last-gasp equaliser

88: YELLOW (Carrick) – Cherry

placeholder image — Portadown's Eamon Fyfe (left) up against Luke McCullough for Carrick Rangers in the Sports Direct Premiership. (Photo by David Maginnis/Pacemaker Press)

85: SUB (Carrick) - Buchanan-Rolleston on for McKay

84: SUB (Portadown) – McCartan on for Gibson

83: Portadown hit Carrick on the counter-attack as Teelan slips a pass into the path of Ukek but Gartside saves

75: SUBS (Carrick) - Steele and Burns for Snoddy and Scott

74: Cherry from distance but McCarey is behind it for a comfortable save

68: GOAL – Carrick Rangers 1 Portadown 2 (Fyfe) Fyfe heads home superbly off Teelan’s excellent cross from the left to steer the ball beyond a stretching Gartside

66: Fyfe denied by Gartside then the Carrick goalkeeper recovers to push away Wylie's fierce curling shot off a Gibson pass

64: SUB (Carrick) - Cherry on for Waide

60: SUB (Portadown) - Ukek on for Chapman

56: GOAL - Carrick Rangers 1 (Scott) Portadown 1

Scott slots home from the penalty spot with an assured shot after Isamala is adjudged to have fouled Waide in the box

55: YELLOW (Portadown) - Isamala

54: GOAL – Carrick Rangers 0 Portadown 1 (Wylie) Wylie with a sharp left-foot outside-boot finish from inside the area to find Gartside’s right corner following a McCullough delivery diverted into space by Callacher

53: McCarey alert to stop Lecky’s shot from a tight angle then his effort from the rebound bounces off the crossbar and out but just too high for the supporting Heatley to convert into the empty net

51: Crowe's searching ball from deep into the path of Gibson has McCarey racing outside his area to clear

H-T: Carrick Rangers 0 Portadown 0

43: Teelan attempt to chip over Gartside proves too high

39: Brilliant ball whipped in from the right by Waide just beyond a stretching Crowe

33: McCullough strides forward from deep and plays a searching ball into the run along the right of Gibson, with McCarey eventually claiming Lecky's flicked looping header

26: YELLOW (Portadown) - Altintop

25: Fyfe shows strength under pressure to keep the ball then cut it back for Gibson but the first-time shot clears the crossbar

19: McCullough intercepts a Carrick clearance attempt and feeds Teelan, with his clipped cross into the box just too strong for the in-rushing Chapman to meet from a few yards out

13: Scott's in-swinging free-kick from the left is met by Gibson as he jumps alongside Lecky but the glancing header lacks direction

11: Chapman's cross is flicked on by Teelan but just too high for Gibson to direct goalwards and Gartside is out to claim under pressure

9: Fyfe low free-kick from wide on the left straight into the arms of Gartside without a Portadown touch from the promising position

CARRICK RANGERS: Nathan Gartside, Jimmy Callacher, Ryan Waide, Daniel Gibson, Adam Lecky, Luke McCullough, Joe Crowe, Paul Heatley, Matthew Snoddy, Ryan McKay, Jack Scott.

Subs: Scott Pengelly, Billy Joe Burns, Aidan Steele, Benjamin Buchanan-Rolleston, Kyle Cherry, Reece Glendinning, Eoghan McCawl.

PORTADOWN: Aaron McCarey, Divin Isamala, Baris Altintop, Lewis MacKinnon, Lee Chapman, Ben Wylie, Steven McCullough, Jordan Gibson, Eamon Fyfe, James Teelan, Gary Thompson.

Subs: Alex Moore, Josh Ukek, Ryan Mayse, Tabu Rabby Minzamba, Shay McCartan, Rhys Annett, Ben Quinn.

Referee: Ian McNabb.