Crusaders had a chance to equalise on the half-hour but Glenavon goalkeeper Tuda Murphy blocked Rainey's pointblank effort.

BBC: Crusaders 2-1 Glenavon

Garrett should have killed off Ballymena on 69 minutes after a poor Blayney clearance but the keeper blocked the striker's pointblank effort and Gary Haveron stopped the follow-up effort.

BBC: Ballymena United 2-3 Newry City

Leon Thompson looked certain to halt Coalisland's prospects by blasting in a goal but former Tyrone player Peter Donnelly somehow got back to block the pointblank effort on the goal-line.

BBC: Dara Gallagher and Louis O'Neill