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  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • 21) Babos' free-kick is over the head of Williams who turns and shoots only for his effort to be saved.
  • 33) Hereford are caught napping at the back as Fitzsimons kick reaches Sembie-Ferris and his effort is inches wide.
  • Scunthorpe United 0 Hereford FC 1
  • 40) Obadeyi works well with Okeke to send a cross forcing the goalkeeper into action.
  • From the resulting corner Obadeyi heads home the opening goal.
  • Scunthorpe United 1 Hereford FC 1
  • 52) Hereford fail to pick up Callum Roberts from a quick throw-in who finds the equaliser from inside the box.
  • Scunthorpe United 2 Hereford FC 1
  • 55) Curtis Pond saves the initial curling free-kick onto the crossbar but Kouogun is on hand to head home the rebound.
  • 59) Hereford are caught on the break and Roberts is played in on goal. Pond is out and down early and the Scunthorpe forward chips his effort over.
  • 63) Substitute Corbett sees his header from Pugh's cross rebound off Hudson and onto the Hereford post.
  • RED CARD
  • 66) Tensions boil over and Adam Rooney has been sent off as a member of the backroom staff. So has the Scunthorpe assistant.
  • Scunthorpe United 3 Hereford FC 1
  • 88) Hereford are hit on the break and Butterfield is in space before finding Liam McAlinden who nets to seal the points.
  • Scunthorpe United 4 Hereford FC 1
  • 90+3) A powerful strike from 25 yards out from Beestin gives Pond no chance of stopping it
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  • Attendance: 3,824 (219 Hereford)
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  • TEAM NEWS
  • Hereford: Pond, Skinner (Obadeyi 18), Hudson, Teixeira, Ceesay (McHale 68), Babos (Cowley 71), Williams, D'Ath, Okeke, Cameron, Howkins
  • Subs: Rooney, Phillips
  • Hereford make two changes from the side that beat Banbury as Cowley and McHale are dropped to the bench.
  • In come D'Ath and Ceesay.
  • Scunthorpe United: Fitzsimons, Ogle, Kouogun, Boyce, Roberts, Pugh, Butterfield, Scales, Sembie-Ferris, Denton, Whitehall
  • Subs: Evans, Beestin, Elliott, McAlinden, Corbett
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  • PRE-MATCH
  • HEREFORD have made the trip to Scunthorpe United this afternoon for their National League North clash.
  • With three matches remaining the Bulls sit two points outside the top seven play-off positions.
  • Today's game against second placed Scunthorpe and their final match at home to seventh placed Boston could prove crucial in the play-off race.
  • With fifth placed Alfreton just four points above Hereford anybody from Alfreton down to 11th placed Chester are in with a chance of a play-off place.
  • There are seven teams fighting for the final three play-off slots.
  • Scunthorpe have seen their league chance ended but are fighting to finish second.
  • Second place would assure them a home play-off semi-final and potentially home play-off final.
  • Scunthorpe are one of five teams to have won at Edgar Street this season and do so in convincing fashion.
  • Scunthorpe ran out 5-1 winners in January netting three times in the first half before Jason Cowley pulled a goal back.

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