Havant & Waterlooville 0-0 Boreham Wood

Havant gained their first point in the National League with a hard-fought 0-0 draw at home to Boreham Wood.

Ellery Balcombe pulled off an amazing close-range stop for the visitors in the first-half after Andy Robinson intercepted David Stephens' poor pass.

The visiting keeper was also on top form to deny Wes Fogden with a bullet header.

Balcombe smothered a prospective chance for Hawks forward Nicke Kabamba as he bore down on goal as the hosts pressed for a a first win since gaining promotion last season.

After the break, affairs remained tight and even last-season's 20-goal man Angelo Balanta could not make an impression.

Ryan Young saved well from substitute Bradley Ash late on to get the Hawks off the mark.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Havant & Waterlooville

Formation 3-5-2

1Young

4Stock11Tarbuck23Robinson

3Williams10Kabamba7Fogden16Robinson17Rose

9Pavey6Harris

• 1Young
• 4StockSubstituted forCarterat 46'minutes
• 11Tarbuck
• 23RobinsonBooked at 77mins
• 3WilliamsSubstituted forHugginsat 70'minutes
• 10KabambaSubstituted forRutherfordat 84'minutes
• 7Fogden
• 16Robinson
• 17Rose
• 9Pavey
• 6Harris

Substitutes

• 5Woodford
• 8Lewis
• 14Carter
• 15Huggins
• 20Rutherford

Boreham Wood

Formation 4-4-2

21Balcombe

2Woodards3Ilesanmi7Shakes5Parry

4Ricketts6Stephens8Champion10Murtagh

19Balanta20Shaibu

• 21Balcombe
• 2Woodards
• 3Ilesanmi
• 7Shakes
• 5Parry
• 4Ricketts
• 6Stephens
• 8ChampionBooked at 84mins
• 10Murtagh
• 19BalantaBooked at 66mins
• 20ShaibuSubstituted forAshat 75'minutes

Substitutes

• 11Ash
• 12Fyfield
• 14Thomas
• 16Smith
• 18Clifford

Referee:

Declan Bourne

Attendance:

1,348

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Havant & Waterlooville 0, Boreham Wood 0.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Havant & Waterlooville 0, Boreham Wood 0.

3. 84'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Alfie Rutherford replaces Nicke Kabamba.

4. 84'

   Booking

   Tom Champion (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

5. 77'

   Booking

   Paul Robinson (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

6. 75'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Boreham Wood. Bradley Ash replaces Justin Shaibu.

7. 70'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Josh Huggins replaces Rory Williams.

8. 66'

   Booking

   Angelo Balanta (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

9. 46'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Mike Carter replaces Brian Stock.

10. Second Half

    Second Half begins Havant & Waterlooville 0, Boreham Wood 0.

11. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Havant & Waterlooville 0, Boreham Wood 0.

12. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

13. Posted at 19:44 7 Aug 201819:44 7 Aug 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.