HOW IT HAPPENED: Portadown Linfield

F-T: Portadown 1 Linfield 2

89: YELLOW (Portadown) - Lavery

85: Kerr corner-kicks from opposite sides met by McNally cause problems for Linfield - with Bonis’ miscue wide off the second delivery

83: Linfield survive as Kerr’s superb free-kick delivery is met by McNally but the goalbound header is blocked inside the crowded box

80: SUB (Linfield) - Lavery on for Waterworth

79: SUB (Portadown) - Salley on for Murray

76: Nasseri has a shot blocked in the box off Clarke’s cutback from the left then Millar cuts in from the right and his curling effort clips the post

72: SUB (Portadown) - McKeown on for Tipton

71: A neat exchange between Wilson and Hall ends with the latter’s delivery clipping the face of the crossbar

70: SUB (Linfield) - Nasseri on for Stewart

64: GOAL - Portadown 1 Linfield 2 (Waterworth)

Superb close-range finish on the run by the in-form Waterworth off Millar’s searching cross from the right

60: YELLOW (Linfield) - Pepper

60: YELLOW (Portadown) - Murray

60: RED (Linfield) - Hery. For an off-the-ball incident

60: RED (Portadown) - Crane. Second bookable offence

54: GOAL - Portadown (Bonis) 1 Linfield 1

Superb near-post header by Bonis to direct home Lavery’s cross after McNally’s ball from the back

46: Hery introduced off the bench and picks out Stewart, with the long-range drive forcing Pierce into a low save and the loose ball knocked out

46: SUB (Linfield) - Hery on for Mulgrew

H-T: Portadown 0 Linfield 1

38: YELLOW (Portadown) - Crane

35: Well-worked move along the left involving Lavery, Murray and Crane ends in Hall racing in at the back post to meet a cross but his effort flashing wide

24: GOAL - Portadown 0 Linfield 1 (Millar)

Linfield break the deadlock despite Portadown’s bright start as Millar’s shot from outside the area finds the net via a wicked deflection

18: Waterworth with his first sight of goal but the attempted lob clears the crossbar

9: A well-worked short corner by Tipton to Crane ends in Wilson’s header bouncing off the post

PORTADOWN: Pierce, Hall, Crane, Finnegan, Lavery, Tipton, Bonis, Murray, Wilson, McNally, Kerr.

Subs: Pengelly, McCallum, McKeown, Salley, Croskery, Conaty, Healy.

LINFIELD: Johns, Haughey, Callacher, Waterworth, Stewart, Millar, Clarke, McClean, Mulgrew, Pepper, Quinn.

Subs: Walsh, Stafford, Larkin, Lavery, Nasseri, Kearns, Hery.

Referee: Lee Tavinder.