Match Centre

Premiership
Monday 26 December 2022 (kick off: 2.00 PM)

Venue: BetMcLean Oval

Attendance: 6154

Referee: Raymond Crangle

Glentoran home-team
1 FT 2
away-team Linfield
  •   Jay Donnelly 54'
  •   Chris Shields 40' (pen)
  •   Eetu Vertainen 90'
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Eetu Vertainen celebrates Linfield's 90th minute winner ©Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

MATCH WINNING 'FINNISH' FOR EETU

Eetu Vertainen knocked home the late winner as Linfield defeated Glentoran in the Boxing Day derby at the BetMcLean Oval.

A quiet start to the game saw the sides exchanges half chances early on with Cameron Palmer testing Aaron McCarey from the edge of the area while, for the Glens, Terry Devlin sent a 20-yard effort dipping narrowly wide.

Linfield moved in front five minutes from the break. Vertainen was upended inside the area by Patrick McClean who conceded a penalty for his trouble and from the subsequent spot-kick Chris Shields confidently scored despite McCarey getting a hand to the ball.

Glentoran levelled nine minutes into the second half through Jay Donnelly after he connected with a McClean cross to send a looping header into the top corner.

McClean, who was having an eventful game, might have edged the home side in front from distance only to see his well taken effort go over the crossbar.

But it fell to Vertainen to secure a vital three points for the visitors when, right at the end of normal time, he broke free of his marker to hammer the ball high into the net.

Glentoran: McCarey, Kane, McCullough, Burns, Marshall, J. Donnelly, R. Donnelly, McClean, Clucas, Devlin, Plum subs Webber, Roy, Murray, Smith, Crowe, Purkis, Wightman

Linfield: Johns, Roscoe, Shields, Callacher, Cooper, McDaid, M. Clarke, Finlayson, Mulgrew, Vertainen, Palmer subs Walsh, McClean, McKee, Devine, Pepper, A. Clarke, McStravick

  • FULL TIME
    Glentoran   1 - 2 Linfield
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Eetu Vertainen

    Players

    90+2'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ethan Devine

    Ballymena United

    90+2'
  •  Yellow Card

    Eetu Vertainen

    Players

    90+1'
  • GOAL

    Eetu Vertainen

    Players

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Shields

    Linfield

    85'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris McKee

    Linfield

    85'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Robbie McDaid

    Linfield

    76'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Cameron Palmer

    Glentoran

    76'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Kyle McClean

    Linfield

    76'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Andrew Clarke

    Players

    76'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Marcus Kane

    Glentoran

    70'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Daniel Gibson

    Carrick Rangers

    70'
  • GOAL

    Jay Donnelly

    Glentoran

    54'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Hrvoje Plum

    Players

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Sean Murray

    Players

    46'
  • PENALTY SCORED

    Chris Shields

    Linfield

    40'
  •  Yellow Card

    Daniel Finlayson

    Players

    33'
  •  Yellow Card

    Patrick McClean

    Glentoran

    27'

Glentoran

  • Aaron McCarey
  • Marcus Kane red substitution 70'
  • Luke McCullough
  • Bobby Burns
  • Rhys Marshall
  • Jay Donnelly 54'
  • Ruaidhrí Donnelly
  • Patrick McClean 27'
  • Seanan Clucas
  • Terry Devlin
  • Hrvoje Plum red substitution 46'

Substitutes

  • Oliver Webber
  • Alistair Roy
  • Sean Murray green substitution 46'
  • Malachy Smith
  • Joe Crowe
  • Daniel Gibson green substitution 70'
  • Aaron Wightman

Linfield

  • Chris Johns
  • Sam Roscoe
  • Chris Shields red substitution 85' 40'
  • Jimmy Callacher
  • Joel Cooper
  • Robbie McDaid red substitution 76'
  • Matthew Clarke
  • Daniel Finlayson 33'
  • Jamie Mulgrew
  • Eetu Vertainen 90+1' red substitution 90+2' 90'
  • Cameron Palmer red substitution 76'

Substitutes

  • David Walsh
  • Kyle McClean green substitution 76'
  • Chris McKee green substitution 85'
  • Ethan Devine green substitution 90+2'
  • Conor Pepper
  • Andrew Clarke green substitution 76'
  • Liam McStravick

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