Match Report: Yeovil Town v Chesterfield

Yeovil Town were held to a 2-2 draw with top of the table side Chesterfield at Huish Park this afternoon. Yeovil were ahead twice in the game only to be pegged back on both occasions as goals from Gime Toure after 3 minutes was cancelled out by Jamie Grimes. Josh Staunton regained the advantage 10 minutes from time but substitute Jesurun Uchegbulam levelled the scores with 3 minutes of normal time remaining.

Chris Hargreaves made two changes to the side that drew with Eastleigh in mid-week. Charlie Wakefield dropped to the bench as Chiori Johnson came in while Alex Fisher was dropped from the side and replaced by Gime Toure.

Yeovil opted for a 5-3-2 formation with Chiori Johnson, Owen Bevan, Josh Staunton, Ben Richards-Everton and Jamie Reckord in front of Grant Smith. Matt Worthington, Lawson D'Ath and Sam Pearson made up the midfield while Malachi Linton and Gime Toure lead the front line.

On the bench was Morgan Williams, Max Hunt, Jake Scrimshaw, Finley Craske and Charlie Wakefield.

Chesterfield kicked off towards the home end.

Yeovil couldn't have hoped for a better start to the game as they were ahead after just 3 minutes as Gime Toure capitalised on a defensive mistake and fired Yeovil into the lead.

Unfortunatley it didn't last long as five minutes later Chesterfield were level. Grant Smith gave away a needless foul on the right side and Yeovil couldn't deal with the danger once it was crossed in. Grant Smith parried the ball into the path of Jamie Grimes who had an easy finish to level.

Yeovil were playing some neat football during the first half but didn't create that much in front of goal. In terms of general play they were matching the opposition and it was hard to tell that one side was top of the league while the other was languishing near the bottom.

Half Time: Yeovil Town 1-1 Chesterfield

Neither side made changes at half time and Yeovil almost went ahead 2 minutes after the restart when a cross in from the right was almost turned in by a Chesterfield defender but it went out for a corner.

Yeovil and Chesterfield made their first substitutions on 66 minutes as Sam Pearson made way for Ollie Craske while Chesterfield replaced Calvin Miller with Jesurun Uchegbulam.

3 minutes later Chesterfield made their second substitution as Jack Clarke was replaced by Michael Gyasi.

With 20 minutes to go Yeovil were actually looking the better side and were putting Chesterfield under pressure and playing with fluency.

Yeovil made their second substitution on 75 minutes when Malachi Linton was replaced by Charlie Wakefield.

Yeovil's pressure on the Chesterfield's defence paid off in the 80th minute when a corner from the right was eventually bundled in by Josh Staunton.

Both sides made their final substitutions on 83 minutes as Chiori Johnson was replaced by Morgan Williams while Chesterfield replaced Liam Mandeville with George Cooper.

This time Yeovil's lead lasted 7 minutes before Chesterfield equalised when substitute Jesurun Uchegbulam fired home at the near post.

5 minutes of time was added on but neither side could find the winner.

Full Time: Yeovil Town 2-2 Chesterfield

The performance today was much better to that of recent games. Yeovil played very well and probably deserved to win the game but we need to learn how to hold onto a lead properly rather than trying to hold the ball in the corner from the 84th minute.

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Match Attendance: 2,672 (367 from Chesterfield)

Yeovil Town

1 - Grant Smith, 3 - Jamie Reckord, 6 - Ben Richards-Everton, 7 - Matt Worthington, 8 - Lawson D'Ath, 10 - Gime Toure, 14 - Malachi Linton (replaced by 19 - Charlie Wakefield on 76 minutes), 15 - Sam Pearson (replaced by 18 - Finley Craske on 67 minutes), 17 - Chiori Johnson (replaced by 2 - Morgan Williams on 82 minutes), 26 - Owen Bevan, 32 - Josh Staunton

Substitutes

2 - Morgan Williams, 5 - Max Hunt, 11 - Jake Scrimshaw, 18 - Finley Craske, 19 - Charlie Wakefield

Kit

Green and White Striped Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks
Goalkeeper: Orange

Chesterfield

31 - Lucas Covolan, 3 - Brendan Horton, 5 - Jamie Grimes, 7 - Liam Mandeville (replaced by 10 - George Cooper on 84 minutes), 11 - Jack Clarke (replaced by 22 - Michael Gyasi on 70 minutes), 12 - Tyrone Williams, 20 - Jeff King, 21 - Calvin Miller (replaced by 18 - Jesurun Uchegbulam on 67 minutes), 26 - Darren Oldaker, 27 - Joe Quigley, 28 - Ollie Banks

Substitutes

18 - Jesurun Uchegbulam, 10 - George Cooper, 4 - Tim Akinola, 6 - Laurence Maguire, 22 - Michael Gyasi

Kit

All Blue
Goalkeeper: Purple

Officials

Referee: Elliott Swallows
Assistant: Grzegorz Kornasiewicz
Assistant: Thomas Kelly
Fourth Official: James Tewson