Chester 2-3 Braintree Town

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
• Match Stats
• Live Text

Line-ups

Chester

Formation 4-4-2

1Worsnop

4Kay5Brown6Charnock3Roberts

22Heneghan8James10Rooney7Mahon

19Hobson16McConville

• 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

Formation 4-3-3

1Hamann

2Brundle20Clerima6Massey3Habergham

8Davis5Paine4Isaac

26Mulley18Cox15Akinola

• 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

1. Post update

   Match ends, Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3.

2. 90'+4'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3.

3. 90'+3'

   Post update

   Attempt missed. Kieran Charnock (Chester FC) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by John Rooney.

4. 90'+3'

   Post update

   Corner, Chester FC.

5. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).

6. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Craig Mahon (Chester FC) wins a free kick.

7. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).

8. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Tom Peers (Chester FC) wins a free kick.

9. 87'

   Booking

   Ben Heneghan (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

10. 87'

    Post update

    Foul by Ben Heneghan (Chester FC).

11. 87'

    Post update

    Dan Sparkes (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.

12. 86'

    Post update

    Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Chester FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

13. 85'

    Post update

    Foul by Alan Massey (Braintree Town).

14. 85'

    Post update

    Tom Peers (Chester FC) wins a free kick.

15. 83'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Braintree Town. Dan Walker replaces Simeon Akinola.

16. 78'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Braintree Town. Sean Marks replaces Jordan Cox.

17. 77'

    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.

18. 76'

    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.

19. 75'

    Post update

    Corner, Chester FC.

20. 75'

    Post update

    Hand ball by Matt Paine (Braintree Town).

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