Harrogate Town 3-2 Havant & Waterlooville

Harrogate held on to top spot in the National League after beating Havant & Waterlooville in an entertaining game at Wetherby Road.

Nicke Kabamba opened the scoring for Havant in the sixth minute when Josh Huggins won a header that fell to the striker, who ran into the area before drilling a low shot past James Belshaw.

But hosts Harrogate were back on terms thanks to Callum Howe's towering header.

Town took the lead when Dominic Knowles poked home from George Thomson's corner before Jack Muldoon added the third five minutes later with a tap-in.

Karamba gave the Hawks a lifeline in the 63rd minute with his second goal of the match after he capitalised on a defensive mistake.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

• Line-ups
• Live Text

Line-ups

Harrogate

Formation 4-4-2

1Belshaw

6Burrell20Kitching14Agnew5Howe

17Kerry15Langmead7Thomson10Knowles

18Muldoon11Leesley

• 1Belshaw
• 6Burrell
• 20Kitching
• 14AgnewSubstituted forSuttonat 84'minutes
• 5Howe
• 17KerryBooked at 78mins
• 15Langmead
• 7Thomson
• 10KnowlesSubstituted forBeckat 70'minutes
• 18MuldoonSubstituted forWilliamsat 82'minutes
• 11LeesleyBooked at 33mins

Substitutes

• 3Parker
• 9Beck
• 13Cracknell
• 16Williams
• 21Sutton

Havant & Waterlooville

Formation 4-4-2

1Young

2Strugnell6Harris8Lewis3Williams

10Kabamba5Woodford12Cosgrove23Robinson

16Robinson15Huggins

• 1Young
• 2StrugnellSubstituted forSekajjaat 64'minutes
• 6Harris
• 8Lewis
• 3Williams
• 10Kabamba
• 5Woodford
• 12CosgroveSubstituted forPaveyat 74'minutes
• 23Robinson
• 16RobinsonSubstituted forSimpsonat 64'minutes
• 15Huggins

Substitutes

• 9Pavey
• 11Tarbuck
• 18Sekajja
• 19Simpson
• 20Rutherford

Referee:

Joe Hull

Attendance:

1,709

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Harrogate Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 2.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Harrogate Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 2.

3. 84'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Harrogate Town. Levi Sutton replaces Liam Agnew.

4. 82'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Harrogate Town. Aaron Williams replaces Jack Muldoon.

5. 78'

   Booking

   Lloyd Kerry (Harrogate Town) is shown the yellow card.

6. 74'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Alfie Pavey replaces Aaron Cosgrove.

7. 70'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Harrogate Town. Mark Beck replaces Dominic Knowles.

8. 64'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Jordan Simpson replaces Andy Robinson.

9. 63'

   Goal!

   Goal! Harrogate Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 2. Nicke Kabamba (Havant & Waterlooville).

10. 57'

    Goal!

    Goal! Harrogate Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Jack Muldoon (Harrogate Town).

11. 52'

    Goal!

    Goal! Harrogate Town 2, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Dominic Knowles (Harrogate Town).

12. Second Half

    Second Half begins Harrogate Town 1, Havant & Waterlooville 1.

13. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Harrogate Town 1, Havant & Waterlooville 1.

14. 33'

    Booking

    Joe Leesley (Harrogate Town) is shown the yellow card.

15. 12'

    Goal!

    Goal! Harrogate Town 1, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Callum Howe (Harrogate Town).

16. 6'

    Goal!

    Goal! Harrogate Town 0, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Nicke Kabamba (Havant & Waterlooville).

17. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

18. Posted at 14:56 8 Sep 201814:56 8 Sep 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.