Ballinamallard United 0
Linfield 1
Linfield continued their early unbeaten run and go five points clear at the top of the Danske Premier League with this 1-0 victory over Ballinamallard.
It took a 25 yard pile driver from defender Sean Ward to seal the points in this tight contest at Ferney Park.
Ward picked the ball up on the half way line and as the space opened for him he drove forward before unleashing a low shot into the far corner past keeper Alvin Rouse.
Ballinamallard United
Rouse, McMenamin, McLaughlin, Lecky (McCabe 69), Friars, McKenna, Patterson (Courtney 66), Martin, McCartney, McCrudden (Lafferty 45), Campbell
Subs
Crilly, Smith,
Linfield
Glendinning, Haughey, Waterworth, Lowry (Kee 79), Bates, Millar (Sproule 66, Quinn 89), Burns, Ward, Clarke, Mulgrew, Glendenning
Subs Deane, Hegarty