Aldershot Town 1-0 Braintree Town

Adam McDonnell's superb late free-kick helped Aldershot edge out Braintree at the Recreation Ground.

On the back of two wins in a row after dreadful start to the season, the visitors tried to seize the initiative.

Justin Amaluzor set up strike partner Virgil Gomis, whose goalbound effort was headed clear by Gabriel Osho.

The Shots responded to the Iron's early push and Scott Rendell had a shot deflected just wide.

At the other end, Reece Grant just failed to head in from a tight angle, and seconds later hit a post following a clever turn.

Braintree's misses proved pivotal as McDonnell's swerving dead-ball effort won the game for the Shots late on.

Match report supplied by the Press Association

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Aldershot

Formation 4-4-2

13Mannion

3Kinsella4McDonnell11Wanadio7Fenelon

5Fowler9Rendell16Gallagher19McCoy

23May24Osho

• 13Mannion
• 3Kinsella
• 4McDonnellSubstituted forLelanat 90+5'minutes
• 11WanadioSubstituted forBootyat 73'minutesBooked at 90mins
• 7FenelonSubstituted forHowellat 70'minutes
• 5FowlerBooked at 65mins
• 9Rendell
• 16Gallagher
• 19McCoy
• 23May
• 24OshoBooked at 72mins

Substitutes

• 1Cole
• 8Howell
• 12Bernard
• 15Lelan
• 17Booty

Braintree

Formation 4-4-2

13Jones

2Muleba14Della Verde26Gabriel17Ellul

16Lyons-Foster25Grant27Sagaf28James

30Amaluzor33Gomis

• 13Jones
• 2Muleba
• 14Della VerdeSubstituted forCassat 88'minutes
• 26Gabriel
• 17Ellul
• 16Lyons-FosterBooked at 22mins
• 25Grant
• 27Sagaf
• 28James
• 30AmaluzorSubstituted forPattisonat 56'minutes
• 33Gomis

Substitutes

• 3Webber
• 7Allen
• 11Pattison
• 20Ochieng
• 32Cass

Referee:

Andrew Miller

Attendance:

1,618

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Aldershot Town 1, Braintree Town 0.

2. 90'+6'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 1, Braintree Town 0.

3. 90'+5'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Aldershot Town. Josh Lelan replaces Adam McDonnell.

4. 90'+2'

   Booking

   Regan Booty (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

5. 88'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Braintree Town. Jake Cass replaces Lyle Della Verde.

6. 83'

   Goal!

   Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Braintree Town 0. Adam McDonnell (Aldershot Town).

7. 73'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Aldershot Town. Regan Booty replaces Luke Wanadio.

8. 72'

   Booking

   Gabriel Osho (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

9. 70'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Aldershot Town. Luke Howell replaces Shamir Fenelon.

10. 65'

    Booking

    George Fowler (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

11. 56'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Braintree Town. Christie Pattison replaces Justin Amaluzor.

12. Second Half

    Second Half begins Aldershot Town 0, Braintree Town 0.

13. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Braintree Town 0.

14. 22'

    Booking

    Kodi Lyons-Foster (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

15. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

16. Posted at 14:37 3 Nov 201814:37 3 Nov 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.