Penicuik Athletic v Broxburn Athletic

Report

PENICUIK ATH                 3    KATELEZA (2), PONTON

BROXBURN ATHLETIC    1   KELLY

Penicuik Athletic  Cordery, Sproule (Caddow 67m) ,  Baptie , Young , Page , Connolly , Irving , Jones , Sampson , Kateleza , Ponton  sub Williams

Referee  Mr Shepherd   Assistants  Mr Allan , Miss Allan

Attendance  200

Nicholas Locke opened up the first opportunity of the match when he set up Conor Kelly who made room but shot over . The hosts turned up the pressure and in 7 minutes a good ball into the box found Arran Ponton who saw his attempt get deflected for a corner . The corner came in and Lambert Kateleza saw his shot blocked and cleared . Four minutes later Scott Irving put a great ball into the box but it was just inches to much in front of his attackers and the ball drifted out for a bye kick . On thirteen minutes Kateleza was through on goal but shot over from 25 yards out . Conor Wallace made a good save at the expense of a corner when Kyle Sampson broke into the box and shot . The opening goal came after 20 minutes when a corner into the back area of the box found LUMBERT KATELEZA who’ shot through a crowded box into the net . Conor Kelly turned and shot on 26 minutes but was well wide right of the target . The home side doubled their lead on 29 minutes when a free kick to the back post was met by Callum Connolly who rolled it back along the goal line for LAMBERT KATELEZA to have the easiest of chance’s to roll the ball into the empty net . Just after the half hour mark Conor Kelly stung the fingers of the keeper who gathered his shot at the second attempt . Ross Nimmo had a shot wide left after a penetrating run down the right into the box .

Any chance of a comeback for the visitors was wiped out in the first minute of the second half when a ball into the box from the right was met by the head of ARRAN PONTON who steered the ball into the corner of the net . Conor Kelly was set up by Greg Binnie but the striker’s shot was saved .A minute later on 9 minutes Sampson broke away into the box and Wallace saved at his feet . Just after the hour mark Kateleza opened up a chance for Wayne Sproule but the full back shot over . Conor Kelly shot from the left hand side of the box and was disappointed when his shot came off the inside of the right hand post and bounced straight into Cordery’s arms who was beaten for the shot .  Sampson linked up good play and his pass to Sproule saw him shoot and Wallace saved well .Broxburn got a life line on 85 minutes when a free kick into the box was headed down by Christopher Townsley to CONOR KELLY to prod the ball home .Broxburn pressed for more in the last five minutes but was to little to late .Ryan Baptie in the middle of the Broxburn pressure saw a free kick from 35 yards out on the left shave the bar ..We need to pick ourselves up for big game on Saturday at Jeanfield Swifts with a 1-30pm kick off in the league .