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Ollie Pearce had completed his brace within 10 minutes, before strikes from Alex Hunt and Josh Stones sealed a comfortable win for York.

The Press’ Gabriel Ramsey was at the LNER Community Stadium on Saturday and provides the match stats and his player ratings.

PLAYER RATINGS

Alfie McNally – 7

McNally had little to do on a comfortable afternoon for the goalkeeper. He faced one shot, a routine stop from Tyrese Fornah, but was impeccable with his catching throughout. He distributed well too and did well in the build-up play.

Joe Felix – 8

A strong performance at wing-back for Felix. He came back into the side and impressed down the right, often beating his man and linking up well. An assist too, which was so well-taken on his part. Defensively solid too.

Ryan Fallowfield – 7.5

Fallowfield rarely does anything too flashy, but he does that dirty work so well. He got stuck in, organised his back line well and contributed to the clean sheet.

Zak Johnson – 8

Northampton might have offered very little going forward, but this City back three was a large reason for that. Johnson won his duels, frustrated Matty Warhurst and kept the visitors from progressing into the box.

Mark Kitching – 7.5

Kitching was one of the top performers in the first-half. He made three crucial headers in dangerous areas, moved City up the pitch and worked relentlessly. He came off at half-time but did his job until that point.

Harry Boyes – 8

Another good display from Boyes. He attacked down the left and delivered some really good crosses into good areas, which a lot of the time were unfortunately occupied by a very physical Northampton back three. An assist for City’s third too.

Hiram Boateng – 7

A solid performance from Boateng. City won the midfield battle, and he was at the centre of a lot of that. He got stuck in and won his battles.

Arthur Read – 8

Another strong game from Read, who continues to impress. He worked the ball really well and found himself in tight areas a lot, but got out of it every time. He’s certainly taking his opportunities.

Alex Hunt – 8

Superb Hunt. Three goals in four games for him, and he performed admirably in a slightly altered role than normal. Playing further ahead than usual, Hunt got on the ball and shifted it around really well. Him and Banks are two of City’s most technically gifted players, and they both linked up brilliantly yesterday.

Ollie Banks – 7.5

As mentioned, Banks showed his quality, particularly with the long switch that unlocked Felix for City’s fourth goal.

Ollie Pearce – 9

A man-of-the-match performance and a real striker’s performance from Pearce. He led the line brilliantly, chasing every ball forward, challenging the Northampton defence and scoring two excellent goals.

Substitutions:

Zech Medley – 6.5

Medley dealt with what came his way and looked solid when coming on.

Josh Stones – 7.5

There was a real urgency about Stones’ play. It was similar to what was on show last season, harassing the opposition defence and never giving up on any ball that came within his vicinity. A deserved goal for him.

Alex Newby – 6.5

Newby wasn’t too involved but had some nice touches and passes.

Frankie Maguire – 6.5

Similarly to Newby, Maguire didn’t see too much of the ball at a time in the game where each team slowed down.

Jovan Malcolm - 6.5

Malcolm was on for little over 15 minutes and ran hard, also having a chance which went just wide.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Ollie Pearce led the line brilliantly and marked the day with two excellently-taken goals.

TEAM NEWS

Scott Lindsey named three changes for City from Saturday’s 5-2 defeat at Grimsby Town.

Josh Stones, Jack Hunt and Joe Grey all dropped to the bench.

Joe Felix came in for J. Hunt, whilst Banks and Boateng were brought back in after missing Grimsby through a concussion and suspension.

Alex Hunt shifted into the number 10 to accommodate Boateng dropping deeper, whilst Ollie Pearce moved up front.

REFEREE: Martin Coy

BOOKINGS: Wormleighton (40)

ATTENDANCE: 4,273 (413 from Northampton)

POSSESSION: City 67, Northampton 33

SHOTS ON TARGET: City 6, Northampton 2

SHOTS OFF TARGET: City 5, Northampton 9

CORNERS: City 4, Northampton 1

OFFSIDES: City 1, Northampton 0

FOULS: City 6, Northampton 13