Glenavon maintained a 100% away record in the Carnegie Premier League with another superb performance on the road. This time it was Institute on the receiving end of a powerful attacking display, though once again the Lurgan Blues looked vulnerable against opposition free kicks.

Institute could have taken the lead as early as the 3rd minute when Steven Campbell latched onto a back pass and, but for Tuda Murphy stretching to his full extent to get a glove to the lob, the home side would have been off to the perfect start. As, it was, Glenavon took the lead only five minutes later when Lewis Hamlin stepped up to the penalty spot after he himself had been brought down by Alan Ryan as the Lurgan Blues leading scorer looked to take the ball round the keeper who was deputising for regular keeper Michael Dougherty, sent off last week for a similar offence.

Glenavon could have doubled the lead in the 10th minute when Neal Gawley's header was deflected wide from Douglas’ free kick and skipper Conor Walsh somehow put the ball over from a yard out as the hosts failed to clear the resulting corner.

Ryan Campbell then hit the post for 'Stute after Murphy had been forced to head out an extravagant high back pass from Gavin McDonnell. Gawley then had a gilt-edged chance to add the second for Glenavon when Adrian Harper’s cross found him 6 yards out in the centre of the goal but he put a free header wide with the net at his mercy.

Institute got back into the game on the stroke of half time when on-loan full back Liam McKenna forced the ball over the line in a goal mouth scramble after Kee had driven a free kick into the box.

The visitors got the second half off to the ideal start with less than a minute on the clock as Kearney and Hamlin rose with the keeper to challenge for Okunayia’s cross as it dropped under the bar, the ball breaking for Kearney to tap in. The big forward struck again on the hour mark as he slid the ball in at the back post at the end of a flowing Glenavon move. A free kick in the Glenavon half dropped to Douglas and he threaded it through to Hamlin. He took the ball to the bye line and fired over a superb low cross which Kearney slotted in at the back post.

‘Stute defender Mark Scoltock gave his side renewed hope in the 72nd minute when he headed in Boyle’s free kick from just outside the left edge of the Glenavon box. Straight from the restart Gavin McDonnell took the ball on a long run deep into the opponents half. He picked out Kearney but the striker put the ball wide with only Ryan to beat but in the end Glenavon ran out comfortable winners to delight the happy visiting fans, many of whom where in fancy dress.