Kidderminster | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
v | Kettering | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
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On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
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Tony Breeden | [31/12] | Laurie Walker | ||||||||||
Lee Vaughan | [2/34] | Max York | ||||||||||
Mike Williams | [3/17] | Nathan Ralph | ||||||||||
Luke Jones | [4/15] | Ashley Westwood | ||||||||||
Tom Marshall | [6] | Jerel Ifil | ||||||||||
James Vincent | [8/20] | David Bridges | ||||||||||
Dave Hankin | [7/18] | Danny Mills | ||||||||||
Kyle Storer | [24/11] | Marcus Kelly | ||||||||||
Steve Guinan | [9/25] | Charlie Wyke | ||||||||||
Anthony Malbon | [27/29] | James Gray | ||||||||||
Nick Wright | [14/26] | Ben Ford | ||||||||||
Ryan Rowe | [10/22] | Jamie Navarro | ||||||||||
Callum Gittings | [18/23] | Pat Noubissie | ||||||||||
Mickey Demetriou | [22/30] | Ben Joyce | ||||||||||
Dan Bradley | [30/35] | Taras Petranyur | ||||||||||
Dean Lyness | [21] | - |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
Kettering | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Kidderminster | Kettering | ||
25 | Nick Wright (penalty) | 19 | Ben Ford |
54 | Nick Wright | ||
72 | Anthony Malbon | ||
74 | Ryan Rowe | ||
82 | Luke Jones | ||
89 | Mike Williams |
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Kidderminster | Kettering | ||||||
62 | Rowe | Guinan | Rowe to striker. | 88 | Joyce | Wyke | Joyce to striker. |
73 | Demetriou | Wright | Demetriou to left wing. | 88 | Petranyur | Mills | Petranyur to right midfield. |
81 | Bradley | Malbon | Bradley to attacking midfield. Now 4-2-3-1. |
Kidderminster | Kettering | ||
Ifil 76 Foul | |||
Referee: Kevin Johnson (Weston-Super-Mare) |
Harriers' biggest win of the season, and biggest since beating Halifax by the same score at The Shay in 2008, moved them up to fourth place in the league. Results elsewhere were very kind with Luton, York and Southport all drawing meaning that Harriers' destiny is in their own hands - if they win their remaining two games they will clinch a place in the play-offs; the current run of five wins in a row and six from the last seven games has been perfectly timed to carry the team into the play-off places. Nick Wright's hat-trick against Newport on Easter Monday earned him a call up to the starting line-up for the first time in seven games as one of two changes to the side, Kyle Storer also returning after suspension to take the place of the injured Jack Byrne. Harriers started brightly and had the ball in the back of The Poppies' net after 19 minutes when Anthony Malbon headed in from Dave Hankin's cross but he had fouled Kettering player-manager Ashley Westwood in the process and the goal was disallowed. Moments laster sloppy defending put Harriers were on the back-foot; James Gray's shot was blocked and Ben Ford, in acres of space, followed up to lash the ball past Tony Breeden. Harriers only needed five minutes to draw level, however, Wright scoring from the penalty spot after Anthony Malbon had been fouled by Jerel Ifil. Kettering had made themselves hard to break down but Harriers could have taken the lead on the half-hour after Wright set up Hankin who saw his long-range shot tipped round the post by Laurie Walker for a corner. Eight minutes after the interval cracks began to show in Town's defences; from a Kettering corner Harriers counterattacked, Hankin carrying the ball forward before releasing Wright through the inside-left channel into the penalty area before despatching a shot across Walker into the net for his 17th goal of the season. Just before the hour mark Harriers could have increased their lead but Luke Jones headed over from Storer's free-kick. The visitors began to collapse on 71 minutes; Hankin was again involved, this time his pass set substitute Ryan Rowe clear on the left who got into the penalty area before rolling the ball square to Malbon who was left with an easy tap-in for his eighth goal of the season. Two minutes later substitute Rowe made it 4-1 when he headed Storer's free-kick past Walker. Kettering's heads had dropped completely by now and it was just a matter of how many more goals Harriers would score. With nine minutes remaining Jones headed in Harriers' fifth, connecting with another Storer free-kick, and in the 89th minute - they didn't quite make it into stoppage time this time - skipper Mike Williams got in on the act and headed in the sixth goal after Mickey Demetriou and Rowe had combined on the left to create the chance. James Vincent went close in stoppage time, shooting over after a jinking run had created the opening for himself. |
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