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Team news: Witton make two changes to the starting line-up which beat Whitby Town on Saturday. Danny McKenna comes in for Isaac Baldwin who misses out through injury whilst James Lawrie makes his full debut in place of Cesaire Lingouba who is not involved. Steve McNulty starts on the bench whilst Rob Hopley & James Foley are both missing through injury.
Greg Hall, George Nugent, Danny McKenna, Josh Wardle, Nick Ryan, Will Sutton, Jawad Jebrin, Nathan Okome, Will Jones, Callum Saunders, James Lawrie.
Subs: Tom Owens, Steve McNulty, Nathan Woodthorpe, Raajan Gill.
Ashton name two former Albion players in their starting line-up in midfielder Michael Brewster & striker Tom Bentham.
Shot from 20 yards by Ashton’s Liam Tomsett on 10 minutes goes just wide of the Albion goal.
A left wing corner for the visitors on 14 minutes is headed into the ground and the ball bounces over the bar.
Ashton’s Jordan Hulme drags a shot wide on 20 minutes from the edge of the box.
Great ball in from the left on 20 minutes, it’s flicked on by Will Jones but Josh Wardle can’t control it at the back post and the Ashton keeper Ollie Martin gathers.
Good play down the left on 35 minutes and Jawad Jebrin finds George Nugent who fires wide from 15 yards.
Yellow card:
Ashton United’s Harry Coates on 39 minutes.
Half Time Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 0 Ashton United 0.
Attendance: 325.
Tom Bentham with a glorious chance for Ashton on 48 minutes but he gets it all wrong and it skews well wide.
Jawad Jebrin forces a good save from Ollie Martin in the Ashton goal on 54 minutes before Nathan Okome has a shot deflected out for a corner.
GOALLLLL
Latest Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Ashton United 0.
Callum Saunders puts the Albion in front on 55 minutes with his sixth goal of the season - converting James Lawrie’s right wing free-kick.
Yellow card:
Ashton United’s Michael Brewster on 73 minutes.
Yellow card:
Ashton United’s Adam Senior on 77 minutes.
Yellow card:
Witton’s Jawad Jebrin on 85 minutes.
Full Time Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Ashton United 0.
First game of the season for me, hard earned victory.
Defensively excellent but going forward still lacking. Saunders looks like he’ll score goals but he needs more service. However we are moving up the table.
Not a match that will live too long in the memory, but another well taken goal by Callum Saunders, who is looking to be a decidedly astute acquisition for the Albion after their indifferent start to the season.
And Witton do look to be a far better proposition when defending a lead, rather than when chasing the game after going a goal or two down, as was often the case a few weeks ago.
A good result defensively solid & some decent football at times. I thought Josh Wardle and Nick Ryan kept 2 decent forwards relatively quiet and James Lawrie and Nathan Okome played well in midfield & without jinxing him, it looks like we have a goalscorer in Callum Saunders. And also not a bad crowd even if they were a bit quiet vocally.
What a difference a few weeks make!!