Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Braintree Town (6th, 74 pts) and Hereford United (20th, 51 pts). Recent form flatters Hereford United's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 20th. Scoring rates set the scale: Braintree Town 1.24 scored and 0.85 conceded per game, Hereford United 0.96 and 1.37, with the league averaging 1.35.
Braintree Town entered with three wins in a row. Defeat had followed defeat for Hereford United — four in succession. The last-five ledger: Braintree Town 10/15, Hereford United 1/15.
The venue was The Amlin Stadium in Braintree, with room for 4,151 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.




