STORY OF THE MATCH: Glenavon 2 Cliftonville 1 - Murphy caps vital comeback win by bottom side
Glenavon’s fight to beat the drop gained a major boost with comeback home success over Cliftonville as Paul McGovern and Harry Murphy turned the tables on Ryan Curran’s opening goal at Mourneview Park.
F-T: Glenavon 2 Cliftonville 1
91: SUB (Glenavon) – McGerrigan on for Ferris
89: Campbell picks out McKeown but his curling attempt is saved by Ridd
81: SUB (Glenavon) - McKeown on for McGovern
79: McGovern, twisting and turning, has Ridd diving low to push out his effort from the edge of the area
78: SUBS (Cliftonville) - Fapetu and Glynn on for Hale and Robertson
74: YELLOW (Cliftonville) McStravick
73: YELLOW (Glenavon) - Manager Michael O'Connor
68: SUB (Cliftonville) – Gormley on for Curran
64: SUBS (Glenavon) - Mountney and Gilmore on for Mallon and Lindsay
62: GOAL - Glenavon 2 (Murphy) Cliftonville 1
Mallon's drive is saved superbly by Ridd at the cost of a corner-kick Campbell sends into the heart of the danger zone and Murphy leaps highest to nod home
52: Penalty to Glenavon – after Wilson’s foul on Campbell – but Ferris' drilled shot down the middle is stopped by Ridd's trailing leg as he dives to his right
51: YELLOW (Cliftonville) - Wilson
50: Ferris attacks a Campbell cross but, at a stretch, is unable to gain any direction on the diving header
48: First chance of the second half as Hale whips over a ball met on the run by Curran but Carney is on hand to collect the header
H-T: Glenavon 1 Cliftonville 1 43: Mallon drives forward after winning back possession and slips a pass to Campbell but Addis recovers to intercept the cross off a promising counter-attack 41: McStravick - just moments after joining the game - has a free header in a central position but Carney pulls off a close-range save off the massive opportunity, with another teasing delivery by Robertson
39: SUB (Cliftonville) - McStravick on for Sheridan
36: Cliftonville twice close to moving back on top off openings for Kelly and Jordan before Robertson finds time and space but can only fire past the far post
29: Healy arrives on the edge of the box to connect with Robertson's low delivery off the right wing and his shot lacks a clean connection but still has Carney scrambling to push past the post
27: GOAL - Glenavon 1 (McGovern) Cliftonville 1
Campbell's low cut-back cross from the left is steered home by McGovern after a near-post run and angled finish
23: Lindsay drills a low shot goalwards after some neat build-up play around the box but, from a tight angle on the left, it finds the wrong side of the upright
21: GOAL - Glenavon 0 Cliftonville 1 (Curran)
Composure from Curran to control and convert with a composed close-range finish off a loose ball in the packed penalty area
16: Hale spreads the play wide to Robertson and his superb cross is headed out from a few yards by Murphy facing his own goal and from almost under the crossbar
8: Early mistakes from both teams - with Campbell close to breaking the deadlock off Ferris' quick pass but Ridd proves strong
GLENAVON: Jacob Carney, Jordan McMullan, Paddy Burns, Harry Murphy, Peter Campbell, Stephen Mallon, Nathaniel Ferris, Sean Carlin, Paul McGovern, Charlie Lindsay, Niall Quinn.
Subs: Mark Byrne, Luke Cartwright, Barney McKeown, Joshua Kee, Gavin Gilmore, John Mountney, Luke McGerrigan.
CLIFTONVILLE: Lewis Ridd, Jonny Addis, Harry Wilson, Rory Hale, Shaun Leppard, Reece Jordan, Sean Robertson, Aidan Kelly, Brian Healy, Joe Sheridan.
Subs: Conor Pepper, Micheal Glynn, Joe Gormley, Liam McStravick, Oisin Murray, Adebayo Fapetu, Shea McGarry.
Referee: Michael McKenna.