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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Deva Stadium
  • Attendance: 2598
  • Referee: Horwood, G

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

85 mins

Wycombe are replacing Scott McGleish with Reuben Reid.

80 mins

Simon Marples is being taken off, Kevin Roberts has come on in his place.

68 mins

Chris Holroyd is being taken off, Simon Yeo has come on in his place.

64 mins

Goal!! John Sutton scores for Wycombe.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 1.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45 mins

The referee has booked David McCracken.

45 mins

Matt Bloomfield goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

40 mins

Goal!! Chester have scored with John Murphy putting it in the back of the net.

39 mins

Chris Holroyd is booked for unsporting behaviour.

16 mins

Goal!! Chester have scored with Chris Holroyd putting it in the back of the net.

13 mins

Goal!! Sergio Raul Torres scores for Wycombe.

0 mins

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

Match Report

High-flying Chester City had to settle for a share of the spoils after an entertaining encounter with Wycombe.

Both managers named unchanged line-ups from the sides that picked up victories the previous weekend.

The visitors took the lead against the second-placed side in the 13th minute when a shot from Sergio Torres from the edge of the box took a deflection off a Chester defender sending it past keeper John Danby.

That lead was short-lived as Chester drew level three minutes later. A corner was played to Tony Dinning who mis-hit his shot and the ball fell to Chris Holroyd who took a touch before striking home from eight yards out.

The momentum was with Chester and on 24 minutes John Murphy missed a great chance to put his side in front when he got on the end of Ritchie Partridge's right-wing cross only to send his effort over the bar.

A great run by Martin Bullock saw him beat three men and tee the ball up for John Sutton, and just as he looked to fire home, Paul Butler arrived in the nick of time to get in a vital block.

Chester went ahead five minutes from the interval when a quickly taken free-kick found Partridge on the right flank, and his first-time cross was met by a downward header from Murphy which gave keeper Frank Fielding no chance.

Wanderers captain Dave McCracken headed over from a corner with an early second-half chance as the visitors came much more into the game.

And they were rewarded with the leveller on 64 minutes as Sutton fired in after Scott McGleish's initial header had been parried by Danby.

A difficult chance came the way of McGleish who headed over with 20 minutes left as Wycombe looked the most likely winners. Torres wasted a good opportunity, side-footing the ball over.

In a rare second-half Chester attack Paul Linwood rose highest in the box to power a header goalwards from Partridge's corner, but his 77th-minute effort was straight at Fielding.

At the death keeper Fielding produced a stop to deny sub Simon Yeo a goal that would have taken all three points.

Chester City Team

Wycombe Wanderers Team

Chester City

Wycombe Wanderers

Corners

4 7

Fouls

11 15

Goal attempts

10 13

Shots off target

3 7

Offsides

2 1

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