Can Glens cause an upset in Ferguson's first game?

BBC Sport NI looks ahead to Duncan Ferguson's first game in charge of Glentoran against league leaders Coleraine on Friday. Ferguson's first game as Glentoran manager will be live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website Duncan Ferguson's highly anticipated first game as Glentoran boss will come six days later than first expected, but it will be a real baptism of fire for the former Everton striker as his side face leaders Coleraine. As first games go there are few tougher than taking on the Bannsiders at their Showgrounds home in a game under the Friday night lights that will be live on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

While Coleraine did suffer their sole defeat of the season at home to a resurgent Linfield last month, they have since bounced back in style to win their next four and open up a two-point gap over the Blues, which can be extended with a win on Friday. With the Glens' game against Ballymena United on Saturday postponed because of a waterlogged pitch, Ferguson opted to make the trip to Seaview to see Ruaidhri Higgins' side dispatch 10-man Crusaders 5-0 for himself. That will have given him plenty of food for thought as to how to combat the in-form table toppers as he embarks on the latest chapter of his