Stevenage 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Billy Kee's penalty rescued a point for Accrington.

Billy Kee's late penalty denied Stevenage a fourth straight win as they were held at home to Accrington.

The home side went ahead in the first minute when Armand Gnanduillet bundled home with his knee after Jason Mooney parried Chris Whelpdale's effort.

Stanley were pressed back, but improved in the second half, with Kee and Matty Crooks close to an equaliser.

It eventually came when Whelpdale handled in the box, and Kee's spot-kick beat Chris Day to rescue a point.

Stevenage assistant manager Kevin Watson told BBC Three Counties Radio:

"The performance warranted a win today, we just need to be a little more ruthless by getting that second or third goal.

"We are six unbeaten and have a nice little run going, so we are going the right way. But it was disappointing not to win today.

"We are now talking about where we are going to go above us. We are the in-form team in the league now and everyone is training really hard to continue that, so hopefully we can win our next game."

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Line-ups

Stevenage

• 16Day
• 25Henry
• 4McCombe
• 6Hughes
• 23Okimo
• 3Cox
• 15Tonge
• 11Pett
• 28McFadzeanSubstituted forGormanat 69'minutes
• 31Gnanduillet
• 7Whelpdale

Substitutes

• 17Gordon
• 20Akinyemi
• 22Lee
• 27Johnson
• 29Crowe
• 32Conlon
• 34Gorman

Accrington

• 33Mooney
• 2Pearson
• 5DaviesBooked at 81mins
• 28Conneely
• 15Wright
• 7Mingoia
• 14Crooks
• 8WindassSubstituted forMcCartanat 76'minutes
• 34HallidayBooked at 53minsSubstituted forGornellat 63'minutes
• 29Kee
• 11McConville

Substitutes

• 1Etheridge
• 4Barry
• 6Proctor
• 10Gornell
• 12Wakefield
• 17McCartan
• 22Buxton

Referee:

Darren England

Attendance:

2,818

Match Stats

Home TeamStevenageAway TeamAccrington

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home8

Away11

Shots on Target

Home6

Away4

Corners

Home9

Away4

Fouls

Home11

Away13

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Stevenage 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Stevenage 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Armand Gnanduillet (Stevenage).

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Jamie McCombe (Stevenage).

Posted at 90'+3'

Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt saved. Terry Gornell (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt blocked. Matt Crooks (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'+1'

Mark Hughes (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Terry Gornell (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 88'

Mark Hughes (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Terry Gornell (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 87'

Lee Cox (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 86'

Jamie McCombe (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Piero Mingoia (Accrington Stanley).

Goal!

Posted at 85'

Goal! Stevenage 1, Accrington Stanley 1. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 84'

Penalty conceded by Chris Whelpdale (Stevenage) with a hand ball in the penalty area.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Piero Mingoia.

Booking

Posted at 81'

Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 81'

Dale Gorman (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 80'

Jerome Okimo (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Joe Wright (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 79'

Foul by Dale Gorman (Stevenage).

Posted at 79'

Joe Wright (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 77'

Attempt missed. Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Substitution

Posted at 76'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Shay McCartan replaces Josh Windass.

Posted at 73'

Attempt saved. Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Tom Pett (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

Substitution

Posted at 69'

Substitution, Stevenage. Dale Gorman replaces Callum McFadzean.

Posted at 68'

Attempt missed. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 63'

Callum McFadzean (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Matt Crooks (Accrington Stanley).

Substitution

Posted at 63'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Terry Gornell replaces Brad Halliday.

Posted at 59'

Foul by Callum McFadzean (Stevenage).

Posted at 59'

Joe Wright (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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