Colin Coates
Former Crusaders captain on BBC Sport NI

Portadown soaked up a lot of pressure, and the disallowed goal was the only chance of the half for them.

Hewitt was possibly a yard or two offside, but it is hard to tell. It is difficult, it was a very, very tight call.

Lovely move from Linfield who go from back to front with pace.

Ethan McGee finds Kitt Nelson in the middle of the park with the midfielder skipping past two players before finding Rhys Brennan in space down the left.

Brennan cuts in onto his favoured right foot and strikes a curling effort just wide of the far post from the edge of the box.

Not far away from an opening goal at Shamrock Park.

A win tonight for Linfield would see David Healy's side leapfrog Coleraine to the Irish Premiership summit, until tomorrow at the very least.

That being said, it won't be an easy task for the Blues tonight at Shamrock Park, with Portadown seemingly rejuvenated with two wins and a draw in their past three league outings after a slow start to the campaign.

Ports manager David Jeffrey makes three changes to his side following Tuesday's League Cup exit.

Adam Towe, Conor Falls and Benji Wells make way with Eamon Fyfe, Ben Kennedy and captain Gary Thompson returning to the starting XI.

David Healy on the other hand makes just one change following his side's victory at champions Larne on Tuesday night, with Matthew Fitzpatrick returning to lead the line at the expense of Kobei Moore who drops to the bench.

Portadown: McCarey, Isamala, Carson, Altintop, Chapman, Fyfe, Teelan, Scott, Hewitt, Thompson (c), Kennedy.

Subs: Barry, MacKinnon, Towe, Falls, Wells, Flanagan, Dos Santos Martins.

Linfield: Johns, Shields (c), Brennan, McClean, Frizzell, Hall, Baird, McGee, Nelson, Fitzpatrick, McCullough.

Subs: Glavin, Nolan, Wells, Brown, Mulgrew, Millar, Moore.