Key Events
Making a fist of it
Chester pressing and two corners in quick succession end with James volleying wide.
Game on!
Rowe-Turner’s cross finds Bell who holds it up, and fashions room before slamming beyond Smith from 15 yards.
A little more fight
A little more fight shown these past five minutes but Blues can’t string anything meaningful together.
Flurry of chances
Wood go close as Lynch first denies Andrade and then Astles blocks a Balanta effort.
Fired wide
Hannah breaks from own half but opts to pull trigger from 25 yards and it flies wide. Had options.
Half time: Chester 0 Boreham Wood 2
Some boos ring around the ground after another turgid first half. A mountain to climb.
GOAL! Chester 0 Boreham Wood 2
Awful. Bruno Andrade bundles home after Chester are carved open with ease. 38 minutes and feels like game over.
Laboured
Chester have failed to respond to going behind. Really laboured stuff at the moment. Pretty miserable.
GOAL! Chester 0 Boreham Wood 1
Jeffers heads home corner after LRT had inexplicably put ball out.
Over
Great work from Zanzala to hold up ball and lay off White but his volley flies well over.
Just wide
Shaun Jeffers curls an effort just wide from 18 yards. Drops just wide. 23 mins.
Just wide
Good work from LRT on the left sees him stand cross up to Zanzala at the near post but he nods just wide.
Well wide
Dawson corner cleared as far as Shaw and his first-time effort from 25 yards blazes wide
Let off
LRT gives ball away on halfway line and Balanta runs at defence but opts to slide ball through and it runs out. His manager is furious.
Break in play
The linesman has done his hamstring and is getting treatment. Six minutes gone.
Early effort
White does well to bring down ball on edge of area, turns man and shoots but Smith gathers.