GLENAVON had perhaps the first serious scoring effort of note on 25 minutes when Crues 'keeper Sean O'Neill was forced to tip a Niall Henderson free-kick over the crossbar.

The deadlock was broken right on the stroke of half-time when an Aidan Watson cross was knocked on by Stuart Dallas for Declan Caddell to head home.

Then, on 55 minutes, Dallas made it 2-0 with a right-footed blast from the edge of the area after David Rainey had floated the ball over from the left.

Stephen Baxter's side might have added to their advantage through a Timmy Adamson header onto the bar while, later in the game, Davy O'Hare produced a fine point blank save to deny Jordan Owens.

Crusaders: O'Neill, McKeown, Magowan, Coates, Gargan, Caddell, Dallas, Watson, Adamson, Rainey, Owens subs McMaster (not used), Halliday (replaced Adamson 90), Leeman (not used), Hazley (not used), Snoddy (not used)

Glenavon: O'Hare, Neill, Jay Magee, Henderson, Harpur, O'Carroll, Lavery, D. Magee, Jonny Magee, Hagan, Graham subs Miskimmin (replaced D. Magee 65), Kelbie (replaced Hagan 65), Turkington (not used), Brennan (not used), Finlay (replaced Graham 65)

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• Declan Caddell opens the scoring at Seaview (Picture: William Cherry/PressEye.com)