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As Glenavon exited the CIS Cup at a cold, empty Windsor Park the Lurgan Blues will feel they must do better ahead of Saturday’s game with Larne. Second half goals from Linfield's Jim Ervin and Timmy Adamson snuffed out any slim chance of Glenavon qualifying for a Quarter Final CIS Cup place. In the end the result was immaterial anyway, with Dungannon Swifts victory over Ballymena United in this evening's other Group A game ensuring they progressed as Group runners up.

Glenavon started without Neal Gawley and Lewis Hamiln, while Tuda Murphy was still missing due to a knee injury.

John Douglas tries to curl one in through a packed Linfield defence.

Jamie Mulgrew had the first chance of the game when he saw his shot come back off the inside of the post, beating Rice and almost going in off the inside of the far post.

Eamon Murray might feel he should have done better with Glenavon’s first decent chance of the game when he beat the offside trap but couldn’t beat Alan Mannus with his low-driven effort. At the other end Thomas Stewart could have put Linfield in front when he shot straight at Rice. The Glenavon 'keeper spilt the effort with the loose ball being cleared for a corner. From that set piece Adrian Harper was forced into clearing off the line from Kris Lindsay’s header.

Alan Mannus has to punch clear under pressure from Barry Meehan

Glenavon hadn’t played too badly until the break, and might feel that on the balance of play that they edged the first half but that lasted until only 60 seconds after the restart when Jim Ervin put Linfield in front with a back post header.

Michael Keogh went close for Glenavon

Michael Keogh should have equalised for Glenavon but he wasted a glorious chance, almost identical to that of Murray’s earlier.

Linfield completed the scoring on 87 minutes with a deflected shot by substitute Timmy Adamson which wrong-footed Rice.