STORY OF THE MATCH: Portadown 1 Bangor 1 – Hosts grab upper hand but visitors fight back
It was honours even at Shamrock Park as Eamon Fyfe broke the deadlock but Ben Arthurs left it level after the interval for a point apiece in the Premiership.
F-T: Portadown 1 Bangor 1
92: Strong defensive work by Neale in the box to frustrate Wylie twice inside the penalty area
85: SUBS (Portadown) - Annett and Minzamba on for Wilson and Teelan
85: SUB (Bangor) – Owens on for Cushnie
83: Fyfe starts a Ports move but his attempt to end with a finish results in a stretching header off the mark after link-up play involving Wylie and Teelan
81: Vital flicked header by McCullough to divert Neale's cross away from the waiting Francis at the back post
78: YELLOW (Portadown) – Altintop
77: SUB (Bangor) - Morgan on for Arthurs
75: McCarey with a juggling act under pressure from Arthurs and Cushnie inside the area before eventually collecting the ball
70: SUB (Portadown) - Ukek on for Isamala
67: Teelan's snapshot finds Deane from a promising position
65: SUB (Bangor) - McGuinness on for Boyd
61: Excellent passing and movement ends with a low Fyfe cross cut out at the front post by a sliding Harrison
54: Altintop with a sliding block off Arthurs' shot after Haughey's ball from deep is steered across the box by Cushnie
52: Mulvenna’s free-kick into the box is flicked goalwards on the run with a clever attempt by Haughey but it drops for McCarey
51: Fyfe and Teelan combine to work an opening with patient passing around the danger area before the latter's final attempt is wide of the mark
47: GOAL - Portadown 1 Bangor 1 (Arthurs)
Perfect start to the second half for the visitors as Cushnie's pass finds the run of Arthurs, who converts at the third time of asking after a save and block before the finish
H-T: Portadown 1 Bangor 0
46: Chapman, Wylie and Fyfe battling around the edge of the box and the ball arrives into Teelan's path but the promise ends with his miscue
35 - GOAL: Portadown 1 (Fyfe) Bangor 0
Fyfe with a low drive from the left-hand side of the packed penalty area to reward the hosts off a drilled finish for growing control
33: Massive moment as Wilson's shot from outside the box drops into the path of Fyfe via a deflection and his shot is saved by Deane with Chapman converting the rebound but an offside flag cuts short the home celebrations
25: Ports on the break as Wilson drives forward and shakes off Cushnie's foul attempt before finding Wylie on the right-hand side of the box but the effort proves high and wide on the run
23: Neale's inswinging corner-kick from the right has McCarey at a stretch and the Ports goalkeeper gets a glove on it, with the ball then coming back off the frame of the goal
22: Fyfe's long-range effort off an angled Ports free-kick comes back off the chest of goalkeeper Deane and MacKinnon reacts first but the defender's instinctive first-time shot comes back off the bar from a few yards
20: Arthurs slots home but with the offside flag up off Cushnie's pass behind the Ports backline
16: Boyd sets up Cushnie off a Bangor free-kick but his shot from inside the box lacks power - with a quick restart by Portadown dropping favourably for Teelan but his first-time strike clears the crossbar
15: YELLOW (Portadown) - MacKinnon
6: YELLOW (Bangor) – Francis
6: Wylie sharp to win the ball off Francis just inside the Bangor half and find the run of Fyfe but the latter's low drive is saved by Deane
PORTADOWN: Aaron McCarey, Divin Isamala, Baris Altintop, Lewis MacKinnon, Luke Wilson, Lee Chapman, Ben Wylie, Steven McCullough, Eamon Fyfe, James Teelan, Gary Thompson.
Subs: Alex Moore, Jamie Rea, Josh Ukek, Ryan Mayse, Tabu Rabby Minzamba, Rhys Annett, Ben Quinn.
BANGOR: Gareth Deane, Reece Neale, Mark Haughey, Lewis Harrison, Liam Hassin, Tiarnan Mulvenna, Ben Arthurs, Ben Cushnie, Harry Lynch, Lewis Francis, Jay Boyd.
Subs: Patrick Solis Grogan, Kyle Owens, Robert Garrett, Michael Morgan, Stephen McGuinness, Liam Burns, Alfie Mitchell.
Referee: Ross Dunlop.