Match ends, Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3.
ChesterChester2BraintreeBraintree Town3
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
Formation 4-4-2
- 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
- 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
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Chester FC 2, Braintree Town 3.
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Attempt missed. Kieran Charnock (Chester FC) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by John Rooney.
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Corner, Chester FC.
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Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).
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Craig Mahon (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
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Foul by Kenny Davis (Braintree Town).
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Tom Peers (Chester FC) wins a free kick.
Booking
Ben Heneghan (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Ben Heneghan (Chester FC).
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Dan Sparkes (Braintree Town) wins a free kick.
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Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Chester FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Foul by Alan Massey (Braintree Town).
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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.
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Corner, Chester FC.
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Hand ball by Matt Paine (Braintree Town).
