Glenavon Sweeps Crusaders 4-0 in Dominant Grand Slam!

Glenavon climbed off the bottom of the Irish Premiership table with a 3-0 victory over Crusaders, who now occupy the automatic relegation spot. 10 weeks ago, Crusaders were in 11th position and 12 points clear of Glenavon at the foot of the table. However, goals from Paddy Burns, Luke McGerrigan and Conor Falls secured the three points for the Lurgan Blues who leapfrog the Crues thanks to a superior goal difference.

At the Coleraine Showgrounds, Will Patching netted the only goal of the game as Coleraine defeated Cliftonville. In Saturday's other match, Ballymena United were the 2-1 victors against Carrick Rangers, who suffer their second defeat in a row. On Sunday, Linfield and Glentoran face each other in the BetMcLean Cup final with the match live on BBC Two Northern Ireland and the BBC iPlayer.

Glenavon win relegation six-pointer at Seaview The home side threatened first in a quiet opening to the game on 16 minutes when Fraser Bryden managed to get a cross in from the right. However, just as a Crusader attacker threatened to get his head on the ball, Harry Murphy managed to clear the ball away to safety before the referee blew for a free-kick in favour of the defender. On 25 minutes, Glenavon had their first spell of pressure and went close to opening the scoring, but Murphy couldn't steer home Paul McGovern's free-kick.

Two minutes after the break Crusaders almost grabbed the lead when Finley Thorndike sent Bryden clear on goal, but the striker couldn't beat stopper Jacob Carney, who made a superb save. Then, on 60 minutes, Glenavon broke the deadlock through their first meaningful attack of the half. Peter Campbell curled a superb delivery from the left and Burns was there to fire home from close range.