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By Ben Goddard

  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • Kidderminster Harriers 0 Hereford 0
  • RED CARD
  • 25) Pearce tries to knock the ball back to Hall and is being chased by Hemmings who gets caught and goes down in the tangle.
  • Referee Ruebyn Ricardo shows Pearce a red
  • Kidderminster Harriers 1 Hereford 0
  • 28) Hall flaps at the first ball which Hodgkiss hacks clear it falls straight to Austin who catches it clean and fires into the top corner. Some strike.
  • Kidderminster Harriers 2 Hereford 0
  • 32) Quick play sees Hemmings play in Morgan-Smith who makes no mistake firing home
  • Kidderminster Harriers 3 Hereford 0
  • 36) Alex Penny cleverly traps the ball inside the box before pulling it back for Morgan-Smith who smartly fires home.
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  • ROLLING MATCH REPORT
  • It took 19 minutes for the first shot at goal when Maziar Kouhyar'd quick free-kick was cut out by Omari Sterling whose shot from a tight angle was easily saved by Hall
  • Harriers then had two good chances within as many minutes.
  • Firstly Sam Austin found Amari Morgan-Smith whose effort across Hall sails just wide of the bottom corner.
  • And then the ball was knocked down to Ashley Hemmings inside the box who poked the ball wide under pressure.
  • The game changed in the 25th minute with a controversial red card for Bulls defender Krystian Pearce.
  • Pearce tried to knock the ball back to Hall before being chased down by Hemmings and getting caught in a tangle.
  • Referee Ruebyn Ricardo spent no time in showing Pearce a straight red card.
  • Harriers were ahead three minutes later when a Jared Hodgkiss clearance fell nicely onto the boot of Sam Austin who rifled the ball home from outside the box.
  • The Bulls had the chance for an immediate equaliser as Ryan McLean got in behind the hosts before picking out Mo Touray who blazed his effort over with the goal at his mercy.
  • It was Harriers who doubled their lead on 32 minutes when a quick passing move saw Hemmings pick out Omari Morgan-Smith who made no mistake firing home.
  • A shell-shocked Hereford were three goals behind minutes later when Alex Penny cleverly trapped the ball inside the box before pulling it back for Morgan-Smith who smartly fired home.
  • Despite Hereford looking better in the second half Kiddy were showing their form and Morgan-Smith released Sterling who sent his effort wide under pressure.
  • Morgan-Smith was next to test the Bulls goal with his angled shot flying just wide with Hall beaten.
  • After being introduced at half-time Miles Storey worked tirelessly to find a way back into the game.
  • On 71 minutes the forward created space for himself before sending a stinging effort just wide.
  • Brandon Hall was fortunate not to concede an embarrassing fourth goal on 76 minutes as he tried to run the ball out only to be tackled by Morgan-Smith but referee Ricardo judged the goalkeeper to be fouled in the process.
  • Defender Caleb Richards was keen to get in on the goal scoring jinking his way into the box beating several Bulls players and then putting his shot wide.
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  • Attendance: 3,912 (686 Hereford)
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  • TEAM NEWS
  • Hereford: Hall, Hodgkiss, Pearce, McLean, Patten (Egan 27), Touray (Storey 45), Owen-Evans, Pollock, Vincent, Kouhyar (Pinchard 85), Revan
  • Subs: Gillela, Sondergaard
  • Ryan Lloyd, who came off injured on Saturday, is out for Keenan Patten.
  • Kidderminster Harriers: Simpson, Penny, Richards, Cameron, Montrose, Austin (c), Morgan-Smith, Hemmings, Sterling, Bajrami, Preston
  • Subs: Lowe, Carrington, Foulkes, White, Redmond
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  • PRE-MATCH
  • HEREFORD FC have made the trip to local rivals Kidderminster Harriers for this evening's National League North clash.
  • The Bulls beat Harriers 2-0 in the reverse fixture last month Jaanai Gordon along with Tom Owen-Evans scored at Edgar Street.
  • However, Hereford were knocked out of the FA Trophy to their opponents on penalties after a 1-1 draw when Omari Morgan-Smith and Ryan McLean scored the goals.
  • A large crowd is expected for the game with 3,250 tickets already sold.
  • Kidderminster sit in 3rd with a home record of W8, D1, L2.
  • Hereford are in 8th and have an away record of W3, D3, L5
  • The Bulls currently sit a point off the play-off places and a win tonight would see them move above Kettering into seventh.
  • A draw would see the Bulls move level on points with Kettering.
  • Meanwhile, Curzon Ashton are also in action tonight and could move above the Bulls if Josh Gowling's side lose.
  • Since losing to Hereford last month Kidderminster have won four and drawn one in the league as they keep pace with the top two sides.

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