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York City 5-0 Braintree Town · National League

York City beat Braintree Town 5-0 in the National League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

York City and Braintree Town met in the National League at York`s LNER Community Stadium in York on Saturday, 24 January 2026.

Goalscorers

York City: O. Pearce 5', 22', 61'; G. Olley 18'; H. Boateng 28'. Braintree Town did not score.

How the match went

York City saw more of the ball, 67% of it. York City had 18 shots with 11 on target, Braintree Town 9 with 3 on target. There were 8 corners in total, 6 to York City and 2 to Braintree Town. York City conceded 9 fouls, Braintree Town 7. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for York City, 1 for Braintree Town).

Line-ups

York City started in a 3-4-3: Harrison Male, Morgan Williams, Zak Johnson, Mark Kitching, Jeff King, Alex Hunt, Hiram Boateng, Ben Brookes, Greg Olley, Josh Stones, Ollie Pearce.

Braintree Town started in a 3-4-1-2: Mason Terry, George Langston, Manny Omrore, Aidan Francis Clarke, Jacob Pinnington, James Vennings, Elliot Thorpe, Ben Drake, Goran Babić, Lewis Walker, Fletcher Hubbard.

More from this competition: National League fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 5'Goal! York City 1-0 Braintree Town. O. Pearce (York City) scores, assisted by B. Brookes.
  2. 18'Goal! York City 2-0 Braintree Town. G. Olley (York City) scores.
  3. 22'Goal! York City 3-0 Braintree Town. O. Pearce (York City) scores, assisted by Z. Johnson.
  4. 28'Goal! York City 4-0 Braintree Town. H. Boateng (York City) scores.
  5. 45'Half-time. York City 4-0 Braintree Town.
  6. 61'Goal! York City 5-0 Braintree Town. O. Pearce (York City) scores, assisted by G. Olley.
  7. 90'Full-time. York City 5-0 Braintree Town.
Full commentary (44 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: York City vs Braintree Town.
  2. 5'Goal! York City 1-0 Braintree Town. O. Pearce (York City) scores, assisted by B. Brookes.
  3. 9'Attempt missed. M. Williams (York City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.44.
  4. 11'Attempt saved. L. Walker (Braintree Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  5. 13'Attempt saved. J. Stones (York City), header. xG 0.10.
  6. 18'Goal! York City 2-0 Braintree Town. G. Olley (York City) scores.
  7. 18'Attempt saved. J. Stones (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  8. 22'Goal! York City 3-0 Braintree Town. O. Pearce (York City) scores, assisted by Z. Johnson.
  9. 28'Goal! York City 4-0 Braintree Town. H. Boateng (York City) scores.
  10. 34'Yellow card for B. Brookes (York City) for foul.
  11. 43'Attempt missed. J. Stones (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  12. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  13. 45+4'Yellow card for M. Omrore (Braintree Town) for foul.
  14. 45+5'Substitution, York City: R. Fallowfield comes on for M. Kitching.
  15. 45'Half-time. York City 4-0 Braintree Town.
  16. 46'The second half is under way.
  17. 46'Attempt blocked. J. King (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  18. 56'Substitution, York City: A. Newby comes on for J. Stones.
  19. 56'Substitution, York City: O. Banks comes on for B. Brookes.
  20. 58'Attempt missed. O. Pearce (York City), header. xG 0.14.
  21. 59'Attempt missed. F. Hubbard (Braintree Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  22. 59'Attempt blocked. A. F. Clarke (Braintree Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  23. 61'Goal! York City 5-0 Braintree Town. O. Pearce (York City) scores, assisted by G. Olley.
  24. 61'Substitution, Braintree Town: J. Emmanuel-Thomas comes on for E. Thorpe.
  25. 61'Substitution, Braintree Town: Z. Massiah-Edwards comes on for J. Vennings.
  26. 61'Substitution, Braintree Town: J. Akinde comes on for F. Hubbard.
  27. 61'Substitution, Braintree Town: C. Cooper comes on for L. Walker.
  28. 68'Substitution, York City: J. Grey comes on for H. Boateng.
  29. 68'Substitution, York City: D. Batty comes on for O. Pearce.
  30. 68'Attempt saved. M. Omrore (Braintree Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.19.
  31. 70'Attempt saved. J. Grey (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.29.
  32. 73'Attempt saved. J. Grey (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.30.
  33. 74'Attempt saved. A. Newby (York City), left-footed shot. xG 0.38.
  34. 76'Attempt missed. A. F. Clarke (Braintree Town), header from a corner. xG 0.12.
  35. 76'Attempt blocked. B. Drake (Braintree Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  36. 79'Attempt missed. G. Olley (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.12.
  37. 82'Attempt saved. M. Williams (York City), header from a corner. xG 0.20.
  38. 83'Attempt missed. O. Banks (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  39. 84'Attempt missed. J. Grey (York City), right-footed shot. xG 0.12.
  40. 90'3 minutes of added time.
  41. 90+1'Attempt saved. C. Cooper (Braintree Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  42. 90+3'Attempt blocked. J. Emmanuel-Thomas (Braintree Town), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.16.
  43. 90+3'Attempt missed. B. Drake (Braintree Town), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.09.
  44. 90'Full-time. York City 5-0 Braintree Town.
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