HOW IT HAPPENED: Linfield 8 Glenavon 1

Linfield fired eight goals past 10-man Glenavon on an afternoon that featured one red card, three penalty kicks and a string of talking points.
Shayne Lavery celebrates finding the net in Linfield's defeat of GlenavonShayne Lavery celebrates finding the net in Linfield's defeat of Glenavon
Shayne Lavery celebrates finding the net in Linfield's defeat of Glenavon

F-T: Linfield 8 Glenavon 1

92: GOAL - Linfield 8 (Callacher) Glenavon 1

Cooper with another driving run in injury-time and it ends with a ball to the back post for a sliding Callacher to convert

88: Ferguson protects Linfield's advantage with a save off Purkis' effort

79: GOAL - Linfield 7 (Cooper) Glenavon 1

Cooper drifts forward along the right in possession then bursts into the box and Tuffey is unable to keep out the low drive

66: Quinn's corner-kick is flicked goalwards by Millar but Harmon's defensive header hits off the bar

62: SUBSTITUTE (Glenavon): McCloskey on for Jenkins

61: SUBSTITUTES (Linfield): Quinn and Currie on for Stewart and Lavery

54: SUBSTITUTE (Glenavon): Larmour on for Doyle

53: GOAL - Linfield 6 (Stewart) Glenavon 1

Stewart sends Tuffey the wrong way off the penalty spot following handball awarded against Doyle

52: SUBSTITUTE (Linfield): McClean on for Mulgrew

50: YELLOW CARD (Glenavon): Singleton

47: Boyle sends Lavery clear of the offside trap but Tuffey, once again, makes the save

46: Linfield enjoy a bright start to the second half but Tuffey is alert to stop Cooper's near-post drive

H-T: Linfield 5 Glenavon 1

44: Tuffey with a smart save to deny Stewart after Cooper's sweeping pass from inside his own half released Millar

41: YELLOW CARD (Glenavon) - Jenkins

39: GOAL - Linfield 5 Glenavon 1 (Clingan)

Clingan with a clinical penalty kick after Doyle's clever run and pass released Snoddy and he was fouled inside the box

36: Patient passing by Glenavon around the edge of the Linfield area ends with Snoddy's sliderule pass behind but Purkis' low angled shot proves wide

34: GOAL - Linfield 5 (Clarke) Glenavon 0

Cooper's determined run ends with a cutback cross and, with Glenavon expecting a whistle for handball or that the ball had gone out, Clarke hooks home the deflected delivery

27: GOAL - Linfield 4 (Lavery) Glenavon 0

Lavery flicks home a Millar corner-kick with a glancing header inside the area

23: SUBSTITUTE (Glenavon): Clingan on for Byrne

21: RED CARD (Glenavon): Garrett. Glenavon, again, furious with the match officials as Garrett picks up a straight red card for, it appears, dissent

17: GOAL - Linfield 3 (Cooper) Glenavon 0

Cooper with a superb curling strike from outside the box against his former club, which nestled in the corner beyond Tuffey's full-stretch dive

15: GOAL - Linfield 2 (Millar) Glenavon 0

Millar converts the penalty following a foul on Fallon - with Glenavon furious given the build-up play continued with two balls on the pitch. Following a review of the footage, the foul appears outside the area

15: YELLOW CARD (Glenavon): Snoddy

11: YELLOW CARD (Glenavon): Birney

8: Millar attacks the open space on the left and finds Boyle unmarked in the area but the header clears the crossbar

5: GOAL - Linfield 1 (Fallon) Glenavon 0

Fallon alert to arrive in the box and finish after a Linfield attack down the right by Lavery, with the final delivery dropping courtesy of a deflection

LINFIELD: Ferguson, Robinson, Callacher, Cooper, Stewart, Millar, Lavery, Clarke, Fallon, Mulgrew, Boyle.

Subs: Moore, Shevlin, Kearns, McClean, Hery, Currie, Quinn.

GLENAVON: Tuffey, Doyle, Daniels, Byrne, Harmon, Purkis, Snoddy, Singleton, Garrett, Jenkins, Birney.

Subs: Larmour, Burns, Moorhouse, Clingan, McCloskey, Beggs, Davidson.

Referee: Ian McNabb

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