Boreham Wood 2-3 Salford City

Substitute Matt Green scored an 88th-minute winner at Boreham Wood to keep Salford City's automatic promotion hopes intact.

The late rally had seemed unnecessary when Graham Alexander's men grabbed two early goals.

Carl Piergianni advanced from the back and headed in from a corner before Liam Hogan doubled the advantage with another nodded finish, this time from an Ibou Touray cross.

But the hosts surged back, cutting the deficit quickly through Ralston Gabriel from the penalty spot and levelling in the second half through Kieran Murtagh.

Late on, however, against the run of play, Green stabbed in to secure the three points and leave his side two behind National League leaders Leyton Orient.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

• Line-ups
• Live Text

Line-ups

Boreham Wood

Formation 4-4-2

1Huddart

6Stephens12Fyfield7Shakes3Ilesanmi

19Smith4Ricketts8Champion10Murtagh

20Shaibu9Gabriel

• 1Huddart
• 6StephensSubstituted forParryat 43'minutes
• 12Fyfield
• 7Shakes
• 3Ilesanmi
• 19SmithSubstituted forKanuat 85'minutes
• 4Ricketts
• 8Champion
• 10MurtaghBooked at 31mins
• 20ShaibuSubstituted forAshat 75'minutes
• 9Gabriel

Substitutes

• 5Parry
• 11Ash
• 15Cooper
• 16Kanu
• 21Legg

Salford

Formation 4-4-2

1Neal

2Wiseman6Piergianni15Redmond3Touray

5Hogan4Mafuta23Pond24Linganzi

20Dieseruvwe9Rooney

• 1Neal
• 2Wiseman
• 6PiergianniBooked at 60mins
• 15RedmondBooked at 44minsSubstituted forWhiteheadat 63'minutes
• 3Touray
• 5Hogan
• 4Mafuta
• 23PondSubstituted forGaffneyat 75'minutes
• 24Linganzi
• 20DieseruvweSubstituted forGreenat 75'minutes
• 9Rooney

Substitutes

• 7Green
• 11Walker
• 12Crocombe
• 18Whitehead
• 30Gaffney

Referee:

Richard Hulme

Attendance:

854

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Boreham Wood 2, Salford City 3.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 2, Salford City 3.

3. 88'

   Goal!

   Goal! Boreham Wood 2, Salford City 3. Matt Green (Salford City).

4. 85'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Boreham Wood. Idris Kanu replaces Kane Smith.

5. 75'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Salford City. Rory Gaffney replaces Nathan Pond.

6. 75'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Salford City. Matt Green replaces Emmanuel Dieseruvwe.

7. 75'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Boreham Wood. Bradley Ash replaces Justin Shaibu.

8. 70'

   Goal!

   Goal! Boreham Wood 2, Salford City 2. Kieran Murtagh (Boreham Wood).

9. 63'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Salford City. Danny Whitehead replaces Devonte Redmond.

10. 60'

    Booking

    Carl Piergianni (Salford City) is shown the yellow card.

11. Second Half

    Second Half begins Boreham Wood 1, Salford City 2.

12. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Salford City 2.

13. 44'

    Booking

    Devonte Redmond (Salford City) is shown the yellow card.

14. 43'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Boreham Wood. Manny Parry replaces David Stephens.

15. 31'

    Booking

    Kieran Murtagh (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.

16. 26'

    Goal!

    Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Salford City 2. Ralston Gabriel (Boreham Wood) converts the penalty with a.

17. 22'

    Goal!

    Goal! Boreham Wood 0, Salford City 2. Liam Hogan (Salford City).

18. 6'

    Goal!

    Goal! Boreham Wood 0, Salford City 1. Carl Piergianni (Salford City).

19. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

20. Posted at 14:35 19 Apr 201914:35 19 Apr 2019

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.