Second-half goals by Paddy Burns, Luke McGerrigan and Conor Falls moved Glenavon off the bottom of the Sports Direct Premiership as Crusaders suffered another blow in a 3-0 home loss.

F-T: Crusaders 0 Glenavon 3

90: SUB (Glenavon) - Lowe on for Carlin

89: Carney with a smart near-post stop after good work by Maguire to fire off a close-range shot

placeholder image — Glenavon's Sean Carlin and Finley Thorndike as Crusaders play host in the Sports Direct Premiership. (Photo by Alan Weir/Pacemaker Press)

84: SUBS (Glenavon) - Cartwright and Lindsay on for Murphy and McGovern

83: YELLOW (Glenavon) - Barr

79: SUBS (Glenavon) – Quinn and Mallon on for McGerrigan and Campbell

78: YELLOW (Glenavon) - McGerrigan

76: GOAL – Crusaders 0 Glenavon 3 (Falls) Ferris sent clear down the right and he cuts in, with Tuffey stopping the low angled drive but Falls is on hand to tuck away the loose ball

75: SUB (Crusaders) – Williamson on for McCart

70: SUBS (Crusaders) - Nixon, Anderson, Brooks and Maguire on for McKechnie, Weir, Thorndike and Dunlop

64: GOAL - Crusaders 0 Glenavon 2 (McGerrigan)

Another assist for Campbell - this time from open play - as his delivery into the box is met with a decisive McGerrigan header to double the Glenavon lead

59: GOAL - Crusaders 0 Glenavon 1 (Burns)

Campbell's free-kick delivery from the left is met by the in-rushing Burns to steer home from a position in the middle of the box

58: YELLOW (Crusaders) – Forsythe

57: Vital interception by Forsythe to step in and cut out Campbell's attempt to cut open the Crues defence on the counter-attack

54: Crusaders pressure building - with McKeown in the right place at the right time to deal with anything heading towards the Glenavon goal

47: First significant sight of goal for the home side - and it's a big opening as Thorndike slips the ball in behind the Glenavon backline for Bryden but Carney is out quickly to smother the effort

H-T: Crusaders 0 Glenavon 0

42: Bruce whips over a cross from the left but it drifts into the arms of Carney as the hosts bid to end the half on a high point

32: McGovern with another teasing set-piece delivery - this time a corner-kick, met by Murphy but his downward header is cleared by Weir

27: Murphy blocks the shot after McCart fires goalwards from outside the penalty area

25: Opening for Glenavon as McGovern's free-kick from the left finds a path to the back post and the in-rushing Murphy but it drops at the feet of the defender and deflects out before he can steer goalwards

23: High stakes at Seaview resulting in limited chances but open play by the top-flight's bottom two sides

CRUSADERS: Jonny Tuffey, Kurtis Forsythe, Robbie Weir, Keiran McKechnie, Finley Thorndike, Elliot Dunlop, Fraser Bryden, Cameron Bruce, Oilibhear McCart, Scot Rough, Lewis Barr.

Subs: Musa Dibaga Nimaga, Jacob Blaney, Adam Brooks, Josh Williamson, Stewart Nixon, Thomas Maguire, Lloyd Anderson.

GLENAVON: Jacob Carney, Jordan McMullan, Paddy Burns, Harry Murphy, Barney McKeown, Peter Campbell, Nathaniel Ferris, Sean Carlin, Conor Falls, Paul McGovern, Luke McGerrigan.

Subs: Luke Cartwright, Stephen Mallon, Kris Lowe, Gavin Gilmore, Michael Harkin, Charlie Lndsay, Niall Quinn.