Tamworth vs Braintree Town

12 April 2025 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee M Burgin

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–2

Beck-Ray Enoru 17’
Jordan Ponticelli 20’
Thomas McGlinchey 45+2’
Dan Creaney 90+5’

Jermaine Francis 7’
John Akinde 25’ (pen)

Match summary

Tamworth came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Braintree Town. Tamworth led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Jermaine Francis put Braintree Town ahead with a header in the 7th minute, Beck-Ray Enoru equalised in the 17th minute, Jordan Ponticelli put Tamworth in front in the 20th minute, John Akinde equalised from the penalty spot in the 25th minute, and Thomas McGlinchey put Tamworth back in front in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Dan Creaney made it 4-2 in stoppage time.

Braintree Town can feel hard done by, creating 3.46 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Tamworth's 2.37 from 13.

Match stats

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.37 xG 3.46

2.37 Non-penalty xG 2.70

Key events

Tamworth Braintree Town

Kick-off

7’

Jermaine Francis

0-1

Beck-Ray Enoru

1-1

17’

Jordan Ponticelli

2-1

20’

25’

John Akinde
Penalty

2-2

Thomas McGlinchey

3-2

45+2’

Half-time3-2

Dan Creaney

4-2

90+5’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Tamworth

Matthias Curley
Dan Creaney

Braintree Town

George Langston

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Tamworth 2.37 xGBraintree Town 3.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Braintree Town attacking Tamworth attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Jasbir Singh	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthias Curley Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kennedy Digie	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Haydn Hollis	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Callum Cockerill-Mollett Taken off	45′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Munashe Sundire	90′	–	–	1	0.17	–	–	–
Tom Tonks	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thomas McGlinchey Taken off	83′	1	–	1	0.13	–	–	–
Jordan Ponticelli Taken off	75′	1	–	2	0.67	–	–	–
Beck-Ray Enoru Taken off	88′	1	–	5	0.71	–	–	–
Dan Creaney	90′	1	–	3	0.67	–	–
Luke Fairlamb Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Fletcher Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Crompton Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle Finn Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kai Williams Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players14 players


Henry Gray	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Pinnington Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Langston	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Louie Annesley	90′	–	–	2	0.77	–	–	–
Ryan Clampin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marley Marshall Taken off	75′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jermaine Francis	90′	1	–	2	0.79	–	–	–
Matt Robinson	90′	–	–	1	0.00	–	–	–
Chay Cooper Taken off	71′	–	–	4	0.59	–	–	–
Kyrell Lisbie	90′	–	–	1	0.23	–	–	–
John Akinde	90′	1	–	4	1.08	–	–	–
Aidan Francis Clarke Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Blackwell Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alan Judge Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Tamworth win 46% Avg odds 2.03

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.58

Braintree Town win 28% Avg odds 3.24

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Tamworth D W W W L

Braintree Town L W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Braintree Town 0-1 Tamworth, 21 Sep 24 Next meeting: Braintree Town 1-2 Tamworth, 02 Sep 25 All Tamworth vs Braintree Town meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.