League

Bath Stadium
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Yunes Djebbour managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cleator Moor AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Yunes Djebbour was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdellatif Merah breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cheb Bourebbou was out of position in the 12 minute of play, and Toufik Ammour capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Toufik Ammour really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Abdellatif Merah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anis Adjimi, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Bath's Toufik Ammour sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cheb Bourebbou narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 24 minutes into the game, Buba Tayebi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bath's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cleator Moor AFC the free kick. If Anis Adjimi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Yunes Djebbour's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abdellatif Merah was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Bath's Réda Djenane got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Cleator Moor AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Taha Harkati in the 36th minute. After taking down the ball on Cleator Moor AFC's corner Taha Harkati fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Abdellatif Merah quite easily take care of the ball. Yunes Djebbour struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Abdellatif Merah didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cleator Moor AFC. After having played for 46 minutes, Anis Adjimi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cleator Moor AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anis Adjimi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Toufik Ammour was the one to do the kick off. Anis Adjimi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Abdellatif Merah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd match minute, Cleator Moor AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehdi Ziani to maneuver through the defense. Mehdi Cerbah took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cheb Bourebbou. Cleator Moor AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Azzedine Bouguerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Cheb Bourebbou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Toufik Ammour managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bath's supporters rose to their feet, but Toufik Ammour was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cheb Bourebbou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 76th match minute, Cleator Moor AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hafid Djebar to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 77 minutes, Azzedine Bouguerra managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bath's supporters crossed their fingers, but Azzedine Bouguerra was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Yunes Djebbour had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Azzedine Bouguerra came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Bath fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Azzedine Bouguerra couldn't finish the play. Taha Harkati kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Cheb Bourebbou came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by Bath's Toufik Ammour. But to his dismay, Toufik Ammour quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the Cleator Moor AFC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Bath.