St@tto's Match Report - Scunthorpe United v Kidderinster Harriers 19 January 2002

Scunthorpe United 1(1) v (0)0 Kidderminster Harriers

Football League Division 3 - Glanford Park - 19 January 2002

Attendance: 3360

Individual Stats
Scunthorpe	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Thomas Evans 8	0(5)	0	0	0	0	[1]	Stuart Brock 5	0(2)	0	0	0	0
Nathan Stanton 5	0	0	0	0	0	[4/12]	Ian Clarkson 5	0	0	2	1	0
Andrew Dawson 5	0	0	0	0	0	[3]	Scott Stamps 6	1(1)	1	0	0	0
Alex Calvo-Garcia 5	0	1	2	0	0	[11/6]	Adie Smith 5	0	4	0	3	0
Mark Jackson 5	0	0	2	0	0	[5]	Craig Hinton 5	0	0	1	1	0
Stuart Thom 5	0	0	2	2	0	[6/26]	Abdou Sall 5	0	1	1	2	0
Lee Hodges 7	2(2)	1	2	2	0	[8/27]	Colin Larkin 7	3(2)	4	0	0	0
Terry Barwick 5	0	0	0	2	0	[12/8]	Danny Williams 5	1	1	2	2	0
Steve Torpey 6	1	3	1	2	4	[10/30]	Bo Henriksen 5	0	2	1	0	0
Brian Quailey 5	0	1	3	0	1	[19/14]	Andy Ducros 5	0	0	0	1	1
Peter Beagrie 6	0	0	2	2	1	[14/20]	Dean Bennett 6	2(2)	2	2	2	0
Martin Carruthers						[9]	Drewe Broughton 5	0	0	1	2	0
Jamie McCombe						[21/10]	Ian Foster 5	0	0	0	0	1
Lee Ridley						[23/11]	Sam Shilton
Scott Brough						[24/16]	Lee Ayres
Chris Bennion						[29/13]	Brendan Murphy

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Scunthorpe	10	6	5	3	6
Kidderminster	14	2	7	7	15

GOALS
Scunthorpe			Kidderminster
43	Steve Torpey	Rose unmarked to head Beagrie's left wing free kick in off the near post.

FORMATIONS
Scunthorpe: (White/Purple/White) 1 4-5-6-3 8-12-11-14 19-10	Kidderminster: (Red/Red/Red) 1 12-26-5-3 6-8-20 27-30-14

SUBSTITUTIONS
Scunthorpe		Kidderminster
46	Hodges to right central midfield, Barwick to right midfield.	14	Broughton	Ducros	Broughton to striker.
		76	Foster	Henriksen	Foster to striker.

BOOKINGS
Scunthorpe		Kidderminster
Thom 14 Foul		Smith 35 Foul Williams 54 Dissent Sall 63 Foul Bennett 80 Foul
Referee: G.Cain (Merseyside)

Match Report by St@tto

A disappointing afternoon for Harriers saw them beaten by a solitary goal despite dominating possession and creating a string of chances.

Harriers welcomed back Abdou Sall, Scott Stamps and Colin Larkin to the side as they looked to build on last week's defeat of Darlington. The opening period was an open affair with both sides looking to attack. Larkin was looking lively, and showed no signs of his recent hamstring injury, and was the first to test Evans in the United goal but the keeper kept it out.

Andy Ducros limped out after 13 minutes with a hamstring injury to be replaced by Broughton in attack but the big striker was not on his best form and didn't really get into the game. Harriers created many chances but their finishing was poor at best and Smith, Bennett, Larkin and Henriksen all wasted opportunities without testing Evans.

Against the run of play United took the lead just before half time. A disputed free kick on Harriers' right was taken by Beagrie and his floated cross was met by the head of Steve Torpey who was not marked properly by the Reds' defence and went in off the near post.

After the break the game continue in a similar fashion, Harriers had most of the possession and created loads more chances but still they could not find an equaliser. Dean Bennett twice forced Evans into action, and Larkin and Scott Stamps were also denied by the keeper, while at the other end Stuart Brock was called upon to prevent Hodges from increasing United's advantage.

Harriers now have two home games against sides that they should expect to beat in last placed Halifax and 18th placed Macclesfield, and no less than six points will be good enough to keep the promotion challenge on track.