Chester City - W Brown, Hatswell, Guyett, Bolland, Brady, McIntyre, Davies, Carey, Carden, Clare, Sugden.

City have been appealing against Daryl Clare's sending off at Southport for the last week but were disappointed when the appeal failed and Clare was confirmed to begin a 3 match ban at Leigh. However a second appeal was made and the match referee agreed to view the video evidence. This time the news was good and Clare's red was reduced to just a yellow, therefore the City marksmen was declared available for selection.

The side remained the same as the team which were eliminated from this seasons FA cup last saturday.

Around 600 - 700 city fans turned up at Hilton Park on a cold Saturday afternoon, outnumbering the Leigh fans 3 / 1.

City started brightly and won 2 early corners. The seals took the lead as early as the 6th minutes when Australian defender Scott Guyett met a cross from the right and headed in from close range.

City were on top throughout the first half and the lead was doubled when Man of the match Daryl Clare netted on 27 minutes.

Sugden made it 3-0 on 41 minutes with a strike from just inside the area which left Coburn helpless in the Leigh goal.

After the half time break City were not as attackive but continued to control the game and keeper Wayne Brown was rarely called into action.

Leigh striker Dino Maarmia did have a chance to pull one back for the home side but squandered the chance with Wayne Brown helpless.

ex Leigh striker Michael Twiss replaced Ryan Sugden on 82 minutes and collected the ball on the left and ran past two before floating a pin point cross to Daryl Clare who had a simple task of nodding Chester into a 4-0 lead from close range.

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