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By Ben Goddard

  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • Hereford 1 Gloucester City 0
  • 23) JAANAI GORDON: Kouhyar sends a searching ball to release Revan who crosses onto Gordon who nods home.
  • Hereford 2 Gloucester City 0
  • 45+1: TOM OWEN-EVANS: McLean does well to rush the full-back and wins the ball. He plays it inside to Owen-Evans who fires the ball home
  • Hereford 2 Gloucester City 1
  • 74) MATT GREEN: Forsyth tries to play Green off-side from a free-kick leaving the marksman free to head home.
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  • ROLLING MATCH REPORT
  • Gloucester had the opening chance in controversial circumstances as debutant Matt Green forced Ryan Lloyd off the ball before finding Ollie Hulbert who was denied by a James Vincent block.
  • The Bulls responded with an 11th minute chance with Jaanai Gordon running onto a through ball cutting it back for Tom Owen-Evans who steered his effort over.
  • Tommy O'Sullivan almost came back to haunt his side when his 18th minute free-kick flew just wide for Gloucester.
  • However, it was the Bulls who took a 23rd minute lead with Maziar Kouhyar finding the run of Seb Revan who crosses onto the head of Jaanai Gordon who headed in off the crossbar.
  • Aston Villa loanee Revan was having an impact and sent a deflected effort just over the crossbar.
  • Moments before the break Hereford doubled their lead with McLean beating his man before finding Owen-Evans inside the box to fire home.
  • After the break Hereford thought they deserved two penalties when first Kouhyar was brought down inside the box but referee Pratt waved away their appeals.
  • Moments later Owen-Evans controlled and claimed the ball came off a Gloucester hand but Pratt once again turned away their appeals.
  • The Bulls had a frantic moment at goal on the 61st minute.
  • Firstly Owen-Evans forced Cole into a fine save with the rebound falling to Revan whose effort was cleared off the line only to Gordon who flashed his effort just wide.
  • Revan was thriving under the Edgar Street lights and ran at the City defence beating two men before seeing his shot saved by Cole.
  • Gloucester were back in the tie on 74 minutes with O'Sullivan picking out the head of Green to head home.
  • Two minutes later City could have been level when a corner fell nicely for Danny Nugent who fired the ball just wide.
  • Moments later Hall was forced into a fine save and Ollie Hulbert narrowly missed the rebound.
  • Moments before full-time Bulls goalkeeper Hall miss-kicked to Nugent who should have scored but instead found an off-side Green.
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  • Attendance: 1,790
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  • TEAM NEWS
  • Hereford: Hall, Hodgkiss, Pearce, McLean (Storey 57), Owen-Evans, Lloyd, Pollock, Vincent (Forsyth 73), Kouhyar, Revan, Gordon ( Touray 63)
  • Subs: Egan, Gillela
  • Two changes Pearce for Egan and Hodgkiss for Gillela
  • Pearce returns from suspension while Hodgkiss played 45 minutes at Farsley on his return from injury.
  • Gloucester City: Cole, Robert, Dawson (c), Hulbert, Mensah, Leadbitter, Green, O'Sullivan, King, Nugent, Gerring
  • Subs: Hall, Thompson, Jeremiah, Sheaf, Armstrong
  • Matt Green making his Gloucester debut up front tonight. Hulbert starts against his former side. Tommy O'Sullivan also starts against his former side.
  • At the other end Owen-Evans broke quickly before picking out Storey at the back post only for goalkeeper Cole to palm the ball away.
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  • PRE-MATCH
  • HEREFORD FC host local rivals Gloucester City this evening for their re-arranged match at Edgar Street.
  • The sides were scheduled to play on December 28 but Covid-19 cases in the Bulls camp led to the game being postponed.
  • Hereford come into the game on the back of wins over Kidderminster Harriers and Farsley Celtic.
  • The Bulls come into tonight's game after a 4-0 drumming of Farsley Celtic on Saturday.
  • Ryan McLean, Tom Owen-Evans, Mo Touray and Miles Storey all scored.
  • Loanee signing Momodou Touray hopes to bring a ‘different dynamic’ to the Bulls attack for the remainder of the season.
  • The Salford City loanee scored on his Bulls debut in their 4-0 win over Farsley Celtic.
  • The 22-year-old had not trained with his Hereford team-mates before coming straight into the squad at Farsley.
  • Hereford are in 9th with a home record of five wins, two draws and four defeats.
  • Gloucester City are in 20th with an away record of one win, three draws and seven defeats.
  • Bristol Rovers forward Ollie Hulbert was on loan at Edgar Street earlier this season before returning to Bristol and heading out to Gloucester City.

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