Chester had an early chance in the third minute when Darryn Stamp just missed out on getting on the end of a Jamie Heard cross.

The Blues won the first corner of the game in the 10th minute after pressure from Daryl Clare. McIntyre took the corner but was too close to the keeper who leaped above the crowded goal area to save it with ease.

After a slow but patient start Chester won their second corner in the 13th minute.  Heard played it short to Clare who played it back to him, allowing him to cross the ball across the face of goal.  At the far side of goal on the edge of the box Scott Guyett rose above the crowd to send a powerful header into the back of the net to give Chester the lead.

The game continued at a fairly slow pace for much of the half.  McIntyre made a good interception to set Stamp up with half a chance from what was almost a free ball. Stamp's shot was well blocked though by the Accrington defence.

Accrington nearly equalised in the 39th minute following a substitution where Dean Calcutt replaced Steve Hollis.  Calcutt played a speculative but accurate long range shot towards the top right hand corner of Iain Turner's goal, bringing out an excellent save from the Chester keeper.

Accrington continued with their first real attacking spell of the game as it headed towards half time forcing a brace of corners as Danny Collins made some good interceptions. They could not capitalise though and the blues went in at half time with a deserved goal lead.

Into the second half and the blues looked brighter in the opening stages. On the 50th minute Sean Carey had a crack at goal after a sloppy clearance but it was well covered by Jon Kennedy in the Accrington goal.

Bolland did well to block some scrambled shots as Accrington made a foray down the right hand side.  The ball was eventually cleared away from danger by Sean Carey.

Daryl Clare had the chance to put the blues two goals ahead in the 58th minute after receiving a good ball from Jamie Heard who had made a run down the right. He tried to turn and shoot in one move but could only blast the ball high over the crossbar for a goal kick.

A similar chance came right on the hour mark with echoes of the goal at Telford. Again it was Jamie Heard making the run down the right and putting the cross in for Clare to header. This time though he was off target with the ball going wide left of goal.

On 70 minutes again a great chance to secure the game came Chester's way, this time to Michael Twiss from about 10 yards out. His shot hit the right hand post and crossed the face of goal before being cleared away.

Accrington won a corner quickly at the other end which Calcutt played close to the keeper which Turner failed to clear.  It fell to Ged Brannan but he only managed to blast the ball high over the crossbar.

Sean Carey had a shot at goal in the 88th minute as the blues continued to park themselves in the Accrington goal area.  His shot was saved low by the goalkeeper.

As nerves started to fray with news that Hereford had come from behind at the Shay to take a 2-1 lead, Daryl Clare settled the game once and for all after making a good run down the left.  With a clear goal in front of him, he was brought down inside the box by Robbie Williams who was dismissed for his efforts.

Daryl himself stepped up to take the penalty and knocked it into the bottom left of the net sending the keeper the wrong way.

Another three points then and a comfortable performance overall. MOM to Jamie Heard who set up several chances and was much improved on Tuesday.