Gainsborough Trinity 1 Worcester City 1

GOALS: Gainsborough – Stamp (82 mins); City – Rowe (65 mins).

BOOKINGS: Gainsborough – Quinn (foul), Yates (foul). City – Morris (foul x2 and red card), Vaughan (handball outside area), Campion (foul), Rowe (kicking ball away), Geddes (kicking ball away), Vincent (simulation).

REFEREE: Mr Iain Turner 5

ATTENDANCE: 402

RATING: 3/5

Shots On: 3/5

Shots Off: 3/8

Corners: 5/3

Offsides: 6/2

Fouls (won): 9/5

Worcester (3-4-1-2):

6 Vaughan: Not a great deal to do until the latter stages when he was well protected by his defence. Some huge clearances that, with fine tuning, will be a huge asset.

7 Weir: A good all-round display both defensively and as an outlet down the right wing.

6 Campion: First game in a while after suffering a groin strain in pre-season. Looked tired as the game drew to a frenzied finale.

6 Morris: Put in another solid shift as part of a back-three but fell foul of an over-officious referee and was sent off in injury-time for a second booking.

7 McDonald: Rarely looked in danger and marshalled the defence supremely. The arrival of the wily Darryn Stamp brought a tougher test late on.

7 Gudger: Another faultless display and put in some vital blocks in the closing stages as Gainsborough pressed for a winner.

6 Nti: Struggled against the height and physicality of Trinity defender Adam Quinn.

7 Deeney: Following an indifferent pre-season looked to be heading back to his best with some sublime passes.

7 Rowe: Boosted by his goals in the final friendly against Blues, was a livewire throughout and linked well with Sean Geddes.

6 Geddes: Found limited space in a crowded midfield although he did link up well with former Stourbridge team-mate Ryan Rowe at times.

7 NASH: A tireless performance on his debut as he harried the opposition. Pivotal in a number of City’s best moves.

SUBS: Vincent 7 (for Nti 63), Dunkley 6 (for Rowe 69), Haynes 7 (for Campion 77). Subs not used: Gater, Lloyd-Weston.

Gainsborough: Budtz 7, Roma 6, Lacey 6, Binns 7, QUINN 8, Picton 6, Russell 7, Davis 6 (D’Laryea 69, 6), Bignall 6, Jarman 7, Yates 6 (Stamp 78, 7).

Subs not used: Wilson, Rigby, Karkach.

Man of the match: George Nash.