Match ends, Braintree Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 4.
Havant & Waterlooville scored twice in the dying minutes to edge Braintree 4-3 in a thrilling National League finish.
Rory Williams opened the scoring for the visitors after two minutes when he beat Michael Clark to a loose ball and shot past Ben Killip.
Just after the half hour the home side were level when Mohamed Bettamer headed the ball back in and Reece Grant headed home from six yards.
With seven minutes to go to half time Braintree took the lead when Bettamer hammered a free-kick into the top-right corner from 25 yards.
Havant levelled in first-half added time as Jordan Rose netted but Braintree were back in front as Grant chipped the keeper for his second of the game.
Nicke Kabamba and Alfie Rutherford then scored late in injury time to secure their side's dramatic victory.
Report supplied by Press Association.
Line-ups
Braintree
Formation 4-4-2
- 21Killip
- 2MulebaSubstituted forPattisonat 46'minutes
- 6Hill
- 14Della VerdeSubstituted forOchiengat 69'minutes
- 16Lyons-Foster
- 5Clark
- 4Durojaiye
- 7Allen
- 23Bettache
- 10Bettamer
- 25GrantBooked at 57minsSubstituted forFrimpongat 90+2'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Pattison
- 12Frimpong
- 19Rowe
- 20Ochieng
- 22Rrapaj
Havant & Waterlooville
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Young
- 3Williams
- 6Harris
- 11TarbuckSubstituted forCosgroveat 84'minutes
- 17RoseBooked at 60mins
- 5WoodfordBooked at 28mins
- 4Stock
- 7Fogden
- 8Lewis
- 9PaveySubstituted forRutherfordat 76'minutes
- 10Kabamba
Substitutes
- 12Cosgrove
- 14Carter
- 15Huggins
- 16Robinson
- 20Rutherford
- Referee:
- Sam Purkiss
- Attendance:
- 407
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Braintree Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 4.
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 4. Alfie Rutherford (Havant & Waterlooville).
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 3. Nicke Kabamba (Havant & Waterlooville).
Substitution
Substitution, Braintree Town. Christian Frimpong replaces Reece Grant.
Substitution
Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Aaron Cosgrove replaces Bradley Tarbuck.
Substitution
Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Alfie Rutherford replaces Alfie Pavey.
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 3, Havant & Waterlooville 2. Reece Grant (Braintree Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Braintree Town. Henry Ochieng replaces Lyle Della Verde.
Booking
Jordan Rose (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Reece Grant (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Braintree Town. Christie Pattison replaces Jonathan Muleba.
Second Half
Second Half begins Braintree Town 2, Havant & Waterlooville 2.
Half Time
First Half ends, Braintree Town 2, Havant & Waterlooville 2.
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 2, Havant & Waterlooville 2. Jordan Rose (Havant & Waterlooville).
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 2, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Mohamed Bettamer (Braintree Town).
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 1, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Reece Grant (Braintree Town).
Booking
Ryan Woodford (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!
Goal! Braintree Town 0, Havant & Waterlooville 1. Rory Williams (Havant & Waterlooville).
Kick Off
First Half begins.