Big crowd turned up to back the Lurgan Blues. Photo by Alan Weir.
Gary Hamilton makes two changes, adding himself to the starting lineup with Greg Moorehouse dropping to the bench and Andrew Doyle gets his first start for Glenavon in place of Kris Lindsay. Andy McGrory is also amongst the substitutes having returned from holiday.
1: Bradley fires a left foot shot just wide from the edge of the box after he latches on to a weak defensive header from Simon Kelly’s ball into the KR box.
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5: 0-1 Chopart runs onto a through ball and slots a shot past Tuffey. He seemed to be well offside.
11: Andy Hall’s cross is headed clear by a defender as Hamilton was about to put his head on it.
13: Hauksson’s 25 yard free kick whistles just wide.
15: Magnusson palms a header away from the top corner as his own player almost heads Hall’s free kick into his own net.
25: Mark Patton does well and after his cross is deflected into the air Ciaran Martyn gets his head to it but it clears the bar and lands on the roof of the net.
26: Jonny Tuffey makes a great save to block a close range shot from Palmason
29: 0-2 Goalscorer Chopart evades a challenge from Rhys Marshall, carries the ball to the edge of the area and fires a low shot into the bottom corner to double his tally. Glenavon need to score four now without reply.
34: Bradley has a shot pushed round the post for a corner.
41: Cooper beats Beck in the KR box but slips; The referee says no penalty so Cooper picks himself up and is able to cut the ball back but the KR defence clears the danger.
49: Magnusson spreads himself well to block Ciaran Martyn’s close-range shot.
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52: 0-3 Fridjonsson pen. A long throw down the left wing released Fridjonsson and Simon Kelly was adjudged to have brought him down in the box as he tried to hold him off.
60: Magnusson tips Mark Sykes 20 yard dipping shot over the bar
62: Tuffey saves a Palmason shot.
68: 0-4 Morten Beck Andersen taps in after Fazaglic races down the left and unselfishly squares it for his fellow substitute
78: 0-5 KR running riot here as Haukkson is clean through and makes no mistake from inside the box.
78: Sixteen year old Jack O’Mahoney gets a debut as he replaces Andy Hall
80: 0-6 Fazaglic makes it six as tiring Glenavon have no answer to the movement and pace of rampant KR.
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Glenavon: Tuffey, Marshall, Kelly, Doyle, Patton, Hall (O’Mahoney 78), Martyn (C) (Kilmartin 71), Sykes, Cooper, Hamilton (Moorhouse 64), Bradley. Subs: Lindsay, McGrory, Kilmartin, Taylor (GK), Moorhouse, O’Mahoney
KR: Magnusson, Beck (2), Praest (Michaelsson 81), Gunnarsson, Margeirsson, Fridjonsson (Beck Andersen 56), Palmason, Sigurdsson (C), Chopart (Fazaglic 58), Jesepsson, Hauksson Subs: Fridgeirsson, Beck Andersen (11), Jennsson (GK), Fazaglic, Tryggvason, Michaelsson, Dordoarson
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
