The latest round of Danske Bank Premiership action has so far produced victories for Cliftonville, Crusaders, Glenavon, Larne and new leaders Glentoran.

Kicking off on Friday evening, the Glens moved to the top of the table overnight with a 3-0 win away to Portadown.

James Singleton opened the scoring on 19 minutes with a slotted finish into the bottom corner after Jay Donnelly had knocked the ball on from the edge of the area. Then, four minutes after that, Conor McMenamin doubled the lead with a superb effort after cutting inside to beat Jethren Barr from around 20 yards.

Hrvoje Plum then completed the scoring on 73 minutes with a strike into the bottom corner after being found by Ally Roy from the edge of the area.

Coleraine, leaders prior to kick off, suffered their first defeat of the season at home to Glenavon.

Peter Campbell broke the deadlock midway through the first half after he beat Martin Gallagher low into the bottom corner.

The Bannsiders went in at the break on level terms. Leading scorer Shevlin ran through in pursuit of a ball over the top but was brought down inside the area by keeper Rory Brown before duly sending the resultant spot-kick into the net.

Glenavon restored their advantage three minutes into the second half through Robert Garrett who beat Gallagher from distance with a massively deflected effort that hit the post before spinning over the line.

Matthew Fitzpatrick added a third just after the hour after running at the home defence and beating Gallagher low to his right to secure an impressive 3-1 win for the visitors.

And Larne also hit three as they swept past Ballymena United at Inver Park..

They edged into the lead three minutes from the break through Paul O'Neill who popped up at the back post to tap the ball home after Leroy Millar had crossed from the left.

It got worse for the visitors early in the second half after Steven McCullough was dismissed for a challenge on Mark Randall.

Larne continued to dominate but it took Tiernan Lynch's side until the 78th minute to make sure of the points and O'Neill's second of the night with a slotted finish beyond his namesake after Ben Doherty had found him from the left.

Albert Watson completed the scoring right at the end after connecting with a corner to knock home Larne's third.

Cliftonville defeated Dungannon Swifts in a six-goal thriller at Solitude on Saturday.

The Swifts moved in front on 21 minutes when James Knowles converted from the spot but Ronan Hale levelled just after the half hour mark before Chris Gallagher handed the Reds the advantage in first half stoppage time.

The sides traded two goals in as many minutes early in the second half.

Joe McCready equalised for the Swifts on 49 minutes with a finish into the bottom corner but, within sixty seconds, Cliftonville went back in front when the unfortunate Michael Ruddy diverted a cross from the right into his own net. Chris Curran then made sure on 72 minutes with a low driven shot.

Meanwhile, at the Showgrounds, Crusaders came from behind to defeat Newry City.

The home side grabbed the lead on 21 minutes through Daniel Hughes from an acute angle down the right but a couple of goals just after the hour tipped the balance in favour of the visitors.

Philip Lowry levelled on 64 minutes from close range before, three minutes after that, Daniel Larmour bagged what proved to be the winner into the bottom right corner.

Carrick Rangers and Linfield complete the weekend tomorrow (Sunday) at the Loughview Leisure Arena, kick-off 2pm.