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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Underhill Stadium
  • Attendance: 2206
  • Referee: D'Urso, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

79mins

Chester are replacing Michael Branch with Tom Curle.

78mins

Goal!! Barnet have scored with Giuliano Grazioli putting it in the back of the net.

73mins

Barnet are replacing Adam Gross with Simon King.

69mins

Goal!! Tom Curtis scores for Chester.

68mins

It's red. He's off. Anthony Charles has been sent off.

62mins

Barnet are replacing Ben Strevens with Jason Norville.

62mins

Richard Graham is replaced by Dwane Lee.

46mins

Marcus Richardson is being taken off, Justin Walker has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Carl Regan is being taken off, Sean Hessey has come on in his place.

44mins

Goal!! Chester have scored with Ryan Lowe putting it in the back of the net.

37mins

Nicky Bailey is booked for dissent.

37mins

Marcus Richardson is booked for dissent.

36mins

It's red. He's off. Stewart Drummond has been sent off.

34mins

The referee has booked Anthony Charles.

34mins

Adam Gross is booked for unsporting behaviour.

31mins

Michael Branch goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

29mins

Chris MacKenzie goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

14mins

Goal!! Chester have scored with Michael Branch putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Chester are still unbeaten on their travels after beating Barnet despite playing most of the match with 10 men in a heated encounter at Underhill.
Michael Branch, Ryan Lowe and Tom Curtis all scored for Chester, who had Stuart Drummond sent off by referee Andy D'Urso in the 36th minute.
Barnet, who also finished the match with 10 men after Anthony Charles was sent off, grabbed a late consolation through Giuliano Grazioli.
Chester took the lead against the run of play when Michael Branch pounced in the 14th minute. The former Wolves striker bundled the ball over the line after Barnet failed to clear Ben Davies' short corner.
Until then Barnet had gone closest through Grazioli and Dean Sinclair who were both denied by Chester keeper Chris Mackenzie.
Barnet pressed for an equaliser with Grazioli, Damian Batt, Liam Hatch and Ben Strevens all spurning good chances .
Chester were then reduced to 10-men when Stuart Drummond was sent off for kicking out at Nicky Bailey. Referee Andy D'urso did not hesitate with his decision and produced a straight red card.
As the match swung in Barnet's favour Grazioli thought he had pulled the Bees level, but was unfortunate to see his scissor-kick from 12-yards strike the cross bar.
Chester then grabbed their second a minute before half time when Ryan Lowe latched on to Mackenzie's goal-kick before firing the ball into the bottom left corner.
After the restart Barnet looked to make their extra man count but they soon found themselves with only 10 men after Anthony Charles was shown a second yellow card for a late foul.
Their misery was added to when Tom Curtis scored Chester's third. The ex-Mansfield player was released by Lowe before producing a neat finish from the edge of the box.
Grazioli gave Barnet's fans some to cheer about when he scored from close range with 12 minutes remaining, but it was too late to spark a comeback.

Barnet

Chester City

Corners

92

Fouls

1612

Goal attempts

205

Shots off target

151

Offsides

43

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