Crues held to 0-0 draw at home to Blues, Swifts beat Bannsiders 4-0

Linfield haven't won on the Shore Road for two years

In the Danske Bank Premiership, our featured game saw defending champions Crusaders held to 0-0 by David Healy's Linfield.

Linfield midfielder Stephen Lowry was sent off 5 minutes into the second half.

He praised his teammates for getting a draw with 10 men.

Elsewhere, 

Dungannon beat Coleraine 4-0, Glenavon beat Cliftonville 3-2, ten-man Ards beat Portadown 1-0,

Ballymena grabbed a 1-0 win away to Ballinamallard, and it finished Glentoran 0-1 Carrick Rangers.