Kidderminster Harriers 3(3) v (0)1 Macclesfield Town

National League - Aggborough - 13 February 2016

Attendance: 1693

Individual Stats
Kidderminster
Shots
Fouls
Off.
v Macclesfield
Shots
Fouls
Off.
 
On
Off
For
Ag
     
On
Off
For
Ag
 
Dean Snedker 5 0[2] 0 0 0 0 [13] Shwan Jalal 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Hodgkiss 5 0 0 0 0 0 [2] Andy Halls 5 0 1 0 0 0
Zaine Francis-Angol 5 0 0 0 1 1 [27/19] David Fitzpatrick 5 0 0 0 2(1h) 0
Keith Lowe 6 1 0 0 0 0 [29/4] Neil Byrne 6 1 0 0 0 1
Kelvin Langmead 5 0 0 0 1 0 [5] George Pilkington 5 0 0 1 1 0
Ousmane Fané 7 0 0 2 1 0 [24/23] Danny Whitaker 5 1(1) 1 2 3 0
Arthur Gnahoua 6 1 1 0 0 0 [11/26] Chris Sutherland 5 0 0 2 0 0
Tyrone Williams 7 0 0 1 1 0 [21/6] Paul Turnbull 5 0 0 0 1 0
Harry White 6 1 1 1 1 1 [14/27] Reece Turner 5 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Maxwell 7 0 0 1 3 0 [4/25] Reece Styche 5 0 0 1 0 0
Ben Whitfield 7 0 2 1 0 1 [34/10] Jack Sampson 5 0 1 0 2 0
Evan Garnett 5 0 0 0 1 1 [9/11] Danny Rowe 5 1(1) 0 2 0 0
Omari Patrick 5 0 0 0 0 0 [10/12] Dan Cowan 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Jones 5 0 0 2 0 0 [18/14] Kristian Dennis 6 1 1 1 0 1
James McQuilkin           [36/15] Tony Diagne          
Jonny Brown           [26/1] Ritchie Branagan          
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
Kidderminster 9 4 2 3 4
Macclesfield 9 2 4 4 4
GOALS
Kidderminster Macclesfield
10 Keith Lowe 90 Kristian Dennis
16 Harry White    
23 Arthur Gnahoua    
Formations
Kidderminster
    Snedker    
Hodgkiss Lowe   Langmead Francis-Angol
         
  Williams   Fané  
Gnahoua   Maxwell   Whitfield
    White    
Macclesfield
    Jalal    
Halls Byrne   Pilkington Fitzpatrick
         
  Turnbull   Whitaker  
Sutherland   Styche   Sampson
    Turner    
SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster Macclesfield
66 Garnett White Garnett to striker. 27 Rowe Styche Rowe to attacking midfield.
78 Patrick Whitfield Patrick to left wing. 27 Dennis Turner Dennis to striker.
82 Jones Gnahoua Jones to right wing. 85 Cowan Rowe Cowan to left wing.
BOOKINGS
Kidderminster Macclesfield
       
Referee: Steve Rushton (Staffordshire)
Match Report by St@tto

Three early goals from Harriers saw them sink Macclesfield and record their third win in-a-row.

Following on from the midweek win over Eastleigh Harriers made just one change to the team; Tyrone Williams came in for his first start, in midfield, in place of the injured Elton Ngwatala.

It was The Silkmen who started dangerously, though; from a corner on the right Neil Byrne rose to head goalwards powerfully but Harry White was well-positioned to clear off the line.

Harriers took the lead after just nine minutes, Ben Whitfield's left wing corner was bundled over the line at the far post by Keith Lowe, his first goal for Harriers since April 2009.  Harriers doubled their advantage on the quarter-hour mark; Whitfield's pass setting up White, is shot wasn't the most powerful but Shwan Jalal couldn't keep it out, the ball squirming through his grasp and into the net.

The great start by the home side continued midway through the half with the best move of the game; Luke Maxwell won the ball deep in his own half and sprayed a pass out the Whitfield on the right wing, his low cross to the far post found Arthur Gnahoua, playing against his former team, who fired past Jalal.

Macclesfield's start to the game was so bad that they made a double-substitution after less than 30 minutes, former Harrier Reece Styche - making his first start - one of those pulled, but it made little difference as the damage was already done.

After the interval Macclesfield showed more determination and enjoyed most of the possession but they didn't look like getting a foothold in the game; Harriers' midfield trio of Williams, Maxwell and Ousmane Fané were able to control the game and the back four were able to deal with anything that got through to them.

Eventually The Silkmen pulled a goal back in the last minute; Kristian Dennis blasting a free-kick over the wall and into the top corner of the net from 25 yards out.