Survival key aim for Glenavon's final five games

Glenavon's post-split fixtures: Portadown (H), Saturday, 4 April, Ballymena United (A) Tuesday, 7 April, Bangor (A), Saturday 11 April, Crusaders (H), Saturday, 18 April, Carrick Rangers (H), Saturday, 25 April

Michael O'Connor has done a great job since coming in as Glenavon boss given they looked certain to go down when he took over in October.

While they may still be in 12th, they are just one point behind Crusaders and before their recent defeat by Larne, they went unbeaten in four league games.

One of those was a huge 3-0 victory at Seaview over the Crues that narrowed the gap.

Given they are playing teams around them and with their current good run of form, they have a good chance of avoiding the automatic drop and instead moving up to 11th and playing in the promotion/relegation play-off.

Survival is the key aim at the business end of the season and that 11 April fixture at home to Crusaders will be huge in the context of their quest to stay up.