HOW IT HAPPENED: Portadown 1 Ballymena United 2
F-T: Portadown 1 Ballymena United 2
91: SUB (Ballymena) - Kane on for McCartan
89: SUB (Ballymena) - Knowles on for Wylie
85: Ports substitute Murray at a stretch is unable to control his effort from the left-hand side of the area
83: SUB (Portadown) - Murray on for Salley
82: GOAL - Portadown 1 Ballymena United 2 (Redman)
Redman hooks home from close range after a scramble inside the box to attack a loose ball
80: SUB (Ballymena) - McCready on for Waide
80: SUB (Portadown) - Teggart on for Warde
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Hide Ad77: Carney with another fine save as Waide drills in a low shot from inside the box
76: YELLOW (Ballymena United) - Hume
75: SUB (Portadown) - McKeown on for Wilson
66: Great opportunity for Portadown as Guy wins back possession off Redman then heads towards the target but Glendinning gets a touch to divert the effort
65: YELLOW (Portadown) - Wilson
58: YELLOW (Portadown) - Warde
55: Carney again with the stop as Winchester fires goalwards from distance
54: Portadown with a positive start to the second half but Carney pulls off a brilliant save to deny McCartan his second goal of the game
H-T: Portadown 1 Ballymena United 1
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Hide Ad42: Ballymena with a strong finish to the half after grabbing an equaliser as Carney saves off McGrory then McCartan in quick succession
41: GOAL - Portadown 1 Ballymena United 1 (McCartan)
McCartan drifts across from left to right and takes advantage of the space afforded to angle a low drive beyond Carney from outside the area
40: Carney down low at his near post to collect Winchester's drive
38: Great opening on the counter by Portadown but Bonis opts to shoot from distance despite options either side and Ballymena stretched
30: GOAL - Portadown 1 (Warde) Ballymena United 0
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Hide AdA superb finish by Warde to break the deadlock against the run of play after clever work from Tilney and Bonis
16: McCartan with quick feet and a driving run to get into the box but McElroy at a stretch can only turn his low delivery over the bar
2: Early drive by Winchester from distance but Carney with strong hands to push away the effort for a corner-kick
6: McGrory's throw-in finds Kelly on the run and he bursts into the box then picks out Waide, who steers it wide from a great unmarked position
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Hide AdPORTADOWN: Carney, McCallum, Finnegan, Salley, Bonis, Wilson, Guy, Kerr, Warde, Scannell, Tilney.
Subs: Buchanan, McKeown, Lavery, Murray, Teggart, Conaty, Healy.
BALLYMENA UNITED: Glendinning, Redman, Winchester, McElroy, McCartan, Waide, McGrory, Hume, Kelly, S.Graham, Wylie.
Subs: D.Graham, Kane, Knowles, Ervin, Beattie, McCready, Farquhar.
REFEREE: Steven Gregg.
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