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Despite Lewis Hamlin's fifth goal of the season cancelling out Austin Friel's opener for the hosts, Dungannon Swifts eventually ran out worthy winners to put themselves in with a great chance of making it to next month's CIS Cup Quarter Final. The winner came 16 minutes from time from former Glenavon defender Adam McMinn as he looped a header into the net from a superb free kick delivered by JP Gallagher.

Friel had given Swifts the lead in the 22nd minute when his first time shot from McAllister's cross found the bottom corner of Murphy's net.

Barry Meehan had a great chance to equalise on the half hour when David Bracken held up the ball and played it into the full back's run into the box. He steadied himself and unleashed a well-struck shot that Nelson parried. An attempted clearance from the rebound almost cannoned into the Swift's net off a defender's body before Stephen Magennis latched onto the loose ball just outside the box and forced another good save from Nelson as he struck a curling shot with the outside of his right boot. Unfortunately Magennis, who had been playing at right back in a re-jigged defence for injury-hit Glenavon, picked up a knock in the process and had to be replaced by 16 year old Chris McAdam.

Glenavon had a better start to the second half and Paul Walsh's mazy run set up a chance for Hamlin but McMinn threw his body in the way to block his shot. Seconds later, though, Murphy had to dive to his left to turn away Friel's shot. As the ball was played into the danger area again Meehan's weak clearance only went as far as Niall McGinn and the young winger was unlucky as his shot crashed back off the bar.

In the 59th minute a misplaced cross-field pass by Swift's American winger Matt Walton was picked up by Walsh. He outpaced McConkey in the right back slot and whipped over a cross that beat Nelson all ends up, leaving Hamlin with the simple task of slotting the ball into the empty net.

At this stage Glenavon looked likely to go on and score another but McMinn's goal proved otherwise and this inspired Dungannon to press home their advantage. McAdam got a vital touch to deny McCabe as he burst onto Walton's pass and rounded Murphy and the big Glenavon keeper kept out a Shea Campbell penalty after the ex-Glenavon striker was tripped in the box by Jonny Cowan. McAllister and Campbell both hit the woodwork for the Swifts with Hamlin putting an effort wide for Glenavon from Bracken's cross.