HOW IT HAPPENED: Linfield 2 Ballymena United 1
F-T: LINFIELD 2 BALLMENA UNITED 1
91: Key injury-time claim by Ferguson off another dangerous McGrory delivery as Ballymena push for a last-gasp equaliser
89: GOAL - Linfield 2 Ballymena United 1 (Callacher own goal)
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Hide AdLate drama as McGrory's whipped cross ends up diverted over the line eventually by Callacher as he slides in to block the delivery and it deflects off Ferguson on to the centre-back
87: SUB (Linfield) - Allen on for Hery
82: Stewart's drive is blocked by a sliding Ervin as Ballymena, once again, gift possession to Linfield
77: SUB (Linfield) - Waterworth on for Lavery
73: Fine run by Clarke with neat footwork to create space but his drive proves high and wide
72: Chance for Ballymena as Winchester's free-kick eventually drops at the back post for Burns but he can only poke the ball wide
67: SUB (Linfield) - Stewart on for Cooper
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Hide Ad55: Miscue by Ervin hands possession to Linfield and Millar and Lavery link up but Clarke is unable to take advantage inside the box
46: SUBS (Ballymena United) - An. Burns and Friel on for Whiteside and Kane
H-T: LINFIELD 2 BALLYMENA UNITED 0
44: GOAL - Linfield 2 (Cooper 2) Ballymena United 0
Cooper with his second as he nips in to control and steer home Millar's cross from the right
35: GOAL - Linfield 1 (Cooper) Ballymena United 0
Cooper afforded time and space to cut in from the right and drift across the edge of the box unchallenged before smashing home
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Hide Ad24: Audacious effort by Millar from distance clips the top of the Linfield crossbar with Ferguson at full stretch
15: Ballymena settling into the game - with McGrory's fine run fed wide by Winchester to Kane but his clipped cross proves too high
9: Cooper, twisting and turning on the left, attacks the box and delivers a low cross which Millar can only turn the wrong side of the post on the run
1: An early example of the blistering pace by Shayne Lavery as he races forward to put Johnny Addis under pressure
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Hide AdLINFIELD: Ferguson, Stafford, Callacher, Cooper, Millar, Lavery, Clarke, Fallon, Hery, Mulgrew, McGivern.
Subs: Deane, Larkin, Waterworth, Shevlin, Stewart, Hume, Allen.
BALLYMENA UNITED: Glendinning, Addis, Whiteside, Harpur, McCullough, K.Kane, McGrory, Winchester, Ervin, Millar, Kelly.
Subs: Williamson, Mayse, McGinty, Friel, An.Burns, Carville, Lavery.
Referee: Jamie Robinson