Match ends, Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3.
Chester 2-3 Braintree Town
- From the section Conference
Jordan Cox's double helped Braintree come from behind to beat Chester 3-2.
Sean McConville turned and fired in for the opener before Kenny Davis lobbed Jon Worsnop to equalise for Braintree.
The Iron doubled their tally as Cox diverted Dan Sparkes' cross from deep past Worsnop.
Chester levelled as Matt Brown nodded in from John Rooney's corner, but the visitors were back in front less than two minutes later as Cox pounced on a loose ball to seal all three points.
Line-ups
Chester
- 1Worsnop
- 4KaySubstituted forPeersat 55'minutes
- 5Brown
- 6Charnock
- 3Roberts
- 22HeneghanBooked at 87mins
- 8James
- 10Rooney
- 7Mahon
- 19HobsonSubstituted forRichardsat 59'minutes
- 16McConville
Substitutes
- 15Richards
- 18Riley
- 20Blake
- 21Peers
- 26Greenop
Braintree
- 1Hamann
- 2Brundle
- 20Clerima
- 6Massey
- 3Habergham
- 8Davis
- 5Paine
- 4IsaacSubstituted forSparkesat 31'minutes
- 26Mulley
- 18CoxSubstituted forMarksat 78'minutes
- 15AkinolaSubstituted forWalkerat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Walker
- 9Marks
- 10Strutton
- 11Sparkes
- 29Pentney
- Referee:
- Ben Toner
Match Stats
Home TeamChesterAway TeamBraintree
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away4
- Corners
- Home0
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away15
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3.
Attempt missed. Kieran Charnock (Chester FC) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by John Rooney.
Corner, Chester FC.
Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).
Craig Mahon (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).
Tom Peers (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Booking
Ben Heneghan (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Heneghan (Chester FC).
Dan Sparkes (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Chester FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Alan Massey (Braintree Town).
Tom Peers (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Braintree Town. Dan Walker replaces Simeon Akinola.
Substitution
Substitution, Braintree Town. Sean Marks replaces Jordan Cox.
Goal!
Goal! Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3. Jordan Cox (Braintree Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
Goal!
Goal! Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 2. Matty Brown (Chester FC) header from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by John Rooney with a cross.
Corner, Chester FC.
Hand ball by Matt Paine (Braintree Town).
Foul by Jordan Cox (Braintree Town).
Kieran Charnock (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Corner, Chester FC.
Attempt missed. Ben Heneghan (Chester FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Chester FC.
Foul by Kane Richards (Chester FC).
Simeon Akinola (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Chester FC) header from the right side of the box is too high.
Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).
Kingsley James (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Foul by Simeon Akinola (Braintree Town).
Gareth Roberts (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Attempt saved. Craig Mahon (Chester FC) header from the left side of the box is saved.
Corner, Braintree Town.
Substitution
Substitution, Chester FC. Kane Richards replaces Craig Hobson.
Foul by Ben Heneghan (Chester FC).
Simeon Akinola (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. John Rooney (Chester FC) header from outside the box misses to the right.
Goal!
Goal! Chester FC 1, Braintree Town 2. Jordan Cox (Braintree Town) header from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dan Sparkes with a cross.
Substitution
Substitution, Chester FC. Tom Peers replaces Michael Kay.