Match Report

Leverstock Green exited the Herts Senior Cup at the second round stage as they were defeated by Hitchin Town for the second time in ten days.

Leverstock had a chance to take the lead in the 4th minute as Iker Noguera Leon won the ball in midfield and played it through for Jeffrey Sekyere to have a run at goal, but his shot was saved by keeper Tyler McGregor. A minute later it was Hitchin who took the lead with the simplest of corner routine. The ball was played low into the box and Kye Tearle came in unmarked at the near post to sweep home a shot.

Hitchin might have had a second in the 20th minute as Cole Butler broke clear of the defence, but Harry Way turned his shot round the post. Leverstock had another chance in the 31st minute similar to their earlier chance. but this time it was Nat Connolly winning the ball and threading it to Leon, but his eventual shot was straight at McGregor.

The second half was a generally low-key affair, with much of it played in the Leverstock half, although some good defending kept them in the game. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica had Leverstock’s best chance of the half with a run into the box in the 74th minute, but McGregor saved the shot with his legs. Three minutes later a scrambled goal from Mbunya Alemanji saw Hitchin take a 2-0 lead which they held onto comfortably for the remaining minutes.

Hitchin Town (1) 2 (Tearle 5, Alemanji 77)
1. Tyler McGregor, 2. Will McNeill, 3. Callum Kane, 4. Toby Syme, 5. Blue Joy, 6. Ciaren Jones, 7. Diogo Freitas-Gouveia (15. Lewis Franklin 60 mins), 8. Josh Coldicott-Stevens, 9. Ade Gbolahan (17. Mbunya Alemanji 73 mins), 10. Kye Tearle (14. Callum Nicholson 73 mins), 11. Cole Butler. Subs not used: 12. Josh Jackman, 16. Taylor Rhiney.
Leverstock Green (0) 0
1. Harry Way, 2. Callum Neal, 3. John Gyabaah, 4. Josh Dooley (14. Matt Forkin 78 mins), 5. Tom Georgiou, 6. Nat Connolly (16. Juan Pablo Velasco H/T), 7. Joe McCarthy (17. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica 56 mins), 8. Dan Pett, 9. Jeffrey Sekyere, 10. Marcus Warren (12. Justin Dass 82 mins), 11. Iker Noguera Leon (15. Aldo Petagine 82 mins).