Braintree Town 2-0 Guiseley

Braintree kept Guiseley firmly entrenched in the survival struggle with a 2-0 win at Cressing Road, considerably enhancing their own prospects of staying in the National League.

There was little for the supporters to get excited about in the first period. Will Hatfield found space but shot wide for the visitors, and Craig Braham-Barrett fired just over for Braintree.

Jerome Okimo helped to break the deadlock early in the second half, coming up from the back to head in a set-piece, getting the Braintree faithful dreaming of salvation in two weeks' time.

Michael Cheek added a second from close range on 71 minutes to put matters beyond Adam Lockwood's men.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Braintree

• 22Beasant
• 11Braham-BarrettSubstituted forTwardekat 69'minutes
• 27Clohessy
• 20CorneSubstituted forFarrellat 90+2'minutes
• 18Goodman
• 3Okimo
• 29Parry
• 8Isaac
• 4Lee
• 7Midson
• 23Cheek

Substitutes

• 6Ashton
• 9Barnard
• 17Hall-Johnson
• 26Twardek
• 36Farrell

Guiseley

• 26Maxted
• 20Williams
• 15Palmer
• 8Hatfield
• 6Lawlor
• 2Brown
• 7Hurst
• 24WaltonSubstituted forPurverat 79'minutes
• 33Wesolowski
• 9BoyesSubstituted forRankineat 74'minutes
• 19PrestonSubstituted forAsamoahat 61'minutes

Substitutes

• 11Rankine
• 16Wells
• 22Purver
• 23East
• 34Asamoah

Referee:

Constantine Hatzidakis

Attendance:

624

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Braintree Town 2, Guiseley 0.

2. 90'+3'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Braintree Town 2, Guiseley 0.

3. 90'+2'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Braintree Town. Kyron Farrell replaces Sam Corne.

4. 79'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Guiseley. Alex Purver replaces Simon Walton.

5. 74'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Guiseley. Michael Rankine replaces Adam Boyes.

6. 71'

   Goal!

   Goal! Braintree Town 2, Guiseley 0. Michael Cheek (Braintree Town).

7. 69'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Braintree Town. Kristopher Twardek replaces Craig Braham-Barrett.

8. 61'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Guiseley. Derek Asamoah replaces Jordan Preston.

9. 57'

   Goal!

   Goal! Braintree Town 1, Guiseley 0. Jerome Okimo (Braintree Town).

10. Second Half

    Second Half begins Braintree Town 0, Guiseley 0.

11. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Braintree Town 0, Guiseley 0.

12. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

13. Posted at 14:26 14 Apr 201714:26 14 Apr 2017

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.