"It was good for some of the players to get some minutes under their belt and they all came through it fine," said United coach Mike Phelan.
"Paul came off the tour early which gave him an extra week or so.
"He has worked really hard, his injury is fine, he's came through the training and he is in contention for the weekend."
Two games in one night shows strength in depth.
He added: "It turned out the way we wanted it and it was a good evening for everybody.
"The manager likes to get these games in before the season starts and it has worked out pretty well.
"We had another game against Glentoran, so that shows that we have got a big squad this season.
"We can safely say it is going to be a long hard season, but we've got the good players to cope with that."