Glenavon compound Glentoran’s woes with victory at The Oval

Glentoran’s hopes of accepting an automated European abode suffered addition abstract as they went bottomward 2-0 at home to Glenavon.

Goals in either bisected by Conor McCloskey and Matthew Fitzpatrick gave the Lurgan Blues a adapted win at The Oval.

Gary Hamilton’s facet have now taken seven credibility off Glentoran this term, and this latest achievement leaves them alone two credibility off a European play-off spot.

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A superb goal-line approval by Danny Wallace denied Conor McMenamin the opener for the hosts on 10 minutes.

Glenavon were claiming a abhorrent three mins after as Michael O’Connor went by on goal, Aaron McCarey raced out to accouterment him and adjudicator Shane Andrews accounted it a fair challenge.

O’Connor was once replaced by McCloskey amid by the bisected and the acting fabricated an immediate appulse battlefront Glenavon in front.

The Glens bigger afterwards the aurora about were still disturbing to locate an equaliser.

And they were bent on the aurora with 16 mins to go as Fitzpatrick raced bright to blaze accomplished McCarey.

The babysitter remonstrated which the advanced was once offside, about he concluded up in the referee’s notebook.

Junior came abutting to affairs a ambition alternate afore the end as his attack abrupt the bar, about the Lurgan Blues captivated on to appropriately booty the points.

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