BBC Sport NI – Match Highlights.
Barely a minute on the clock when Greg Moorhouse heads Glenavon in front from a cross by James Singleton!
Fra McCaffrey flicks in an equaliser for the home side after 9 minutes following a quickly taken short corner.
McCaffrey scores again from close range to put the hosts in front in the 20th minute after Glenavon are again caught napping as United take a quick free kick on the left wing.
The Sky Blues strike again on the stroke of half time to make it 3-1 at the break with Denver Gage heading in from a free kick.
Glenavon get the early reply they need in the second half, Ciaran Martyn with a trademark header, Mark Patton supplying the assist with a cross after a lay-off by Guy Bates.
Moorhouse levels the scores at 3-3 after 61 minutes with his second goal of the night, running through onto another Bates lay-off before calmly slotting past the United keeper Ross Glendinning.
What a man! Moorhouse completes his hat trick and puts Glenavon back in front with 13 minutes of normal time remaining. Rhys Marshall intercepted a sloppy pass across the United midfield and drove forward, slipping the ball to Bates who lifted it over the defence and Andy McGrory squared it to leave Moorhouse with a tap in for his hat trick and the winning goal.
United’s double-goal scorer Fra McCaffrey sees a red card from referee Arnie Hunter for a bad challenge on James Singleton in the 80th minute.
Johnny Tuffey, who had pulled off a number of vital stops, was called on in stoppage time to deny Tony Kane from a well-struck volley from the edge of the box.
What a game!
What a comeback from Glenavon!
Glenavon: Tuffey, Lindsay, Marshall, Patton, Marron, McGrory, Moorhouse, Martyn, Elebert, Singleton, Bates. Subs: Neill (Lindsay 46), Kelly, Cooper (Patton 79), O’Brien, Gray (Bates 79).
Referee: Arnold Hunter