STORY OF THE MATCH: Portadown 2 Larne 1 - Shock defeat for leaders as Fyfe seals big win

Jack Scott and Eamon Fyfe converted assists from Josh Ukek to stun Premiership leaders Larne – with the visitors losing Chris Gallagher to a second-half red card in the shock 2-1 score.

F-T: Portadown 2 Larne 1

93: YELLOW (Portadown) - McCartan

91: Teelan battling to keep the ball wide on the left then finds McCartan in space but Ferguson stops the curling shot

A foul from Larne's Chris Gallagher to halt Portadown progress by Shay McCartan at Shamrock Park in the Sports Direct Premiership. (Photo by David Maginnis/Pacemaker Press)placeholder image
A foul from Larne's Chris Gallagher to halt Portadown progress by Shay McCartan at Shamrock Park in the Sports Direct Premiership. (Photo by David Maginnis/Pacemaker Press)

88: YELLOW (Larne) – Donnelly

87: O'Connor meets McKendry's corner-kick at the back post but his header drops the wrong side of the post

83: SUB (Portadown) - Obhakhan for Ukek

82: SUBS (Larne) - Magee and McKendry for Wallace and Millar

80: SUB (Larne) - Lusty for Ryan

78: McCartan's upfield punt leads to a tussle between Ukek and Donnelly with space to attack past the last line and the Larne defender is awarded a free-kick

76: Portadown engineer two quickfire openings - the first a Towe strike from the edge of the box before Ukek delivers a dangerous low cross

74: SUB (Portadown) – Teelan for Scott

68: Ukek causing Larne problems once again with his pace and power, driving in from the right to force Ferguson into a strong save

64: SUBS (Larne) – O’Connor and Sloan for O’Neill and McEneff

61: Wilson rising at the back post to connect to Fyfe’s corner-kick but Larne scramble clear

49: RED (Larne) - Gallagher

Second bookable offence has leaders Larne one goal down and one man down

H-T: Portadown 2 Larne 1

43: GOAL - Portadown 2 (Fyfe) Larne 1

Superb response by the hosts as Towe steers one shot just wide before determination by Ukek to get in behind the Larne backline ends in a cross swept home on the run by Fyfe

41: GOAL - Portadown 1 Larne 1 (Ryan)

Wonderful equaliser as Ryan's half-volley hit from outside the box spins off the post and over the line to cap brilliant build-up play

40: Moore racing out towards the edge of his penalty area as an out-stretched leg stops Ryan from converting after O'Neill sent the striker clear on goal

35: YELLOW (Larne) - Gallagher

26: Carson's attempt to clear instead drops back into the danger area and Ryan swivels but the snapshot through legs lacks power and Moore collects

18: GOAL - Portadown 1 (Scott) Larne 0

Superb run by Ukek showing pace and slick footwork cutting in from the left and poking the ball across the face of goal - with Scott knocking it over the line to give Portadown a lead against the run of play

17: Vital touch chasing back by Wilson to prevent Millar from breaking the deadlock after moving past the out-rushing Moore

12: Moore called into action twice in quick succession - initially to smother an opening for Millar then a decisive touch to divert O'Neill's angled drive

9: Portadown finding some forward ground now - with McCullough's long-range free-kick on target towards the inside of the right-hand post but Ferguson with a comfortable save

4: McEneff feeds a pass along the edge of the box for O'Neill to run on and meet but his curling effort clears the target. Larne in complete control over these early exchanges

3: Early Larne pressure - with Doherty's ball leading to two quickfire efforts by Ryan blocked in the box

PORTADOWN: Alex Moore, Baris Altintop, Luke Wilson, Lee Chapman, Josh Ukek, Steven McCullough, Eamon Fyfe, Jack Scott, Shay McCartan, Adam Towe, Josh Carson.

Subs: Divin Isamala, Jordan Gibson, Gideon Tetteh, James Teelan, Ahu Obhakhan, Rhys Annett, Ben Quinn.

LARNE: Rohan Ferguson, Aaron Donnelly, Chris Gallagher, Paul O’Neill, Sean Graham, Ronan Doherty, Leroy Millar, Jordan McEneff, Tomas Cosgrove, Andy Ryan, Logan Wallace.

Subs: Dylan Graham, Conor McKendry, Tiarnan O’Connor, Benji Magee, Dylan Sloan, Matthew Lusty, James Simpson.

Referee: Shane McGonigle.

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