Lye Town 0-0 Sutton Coldfield Town

Sutton were to able to increase the gap over the chasing-pack to 4 points with a draw at Lye

It took 22 minutes before either goalkeeper had a shot to deal with, when a free-kick just outside the Sutton penalty-area saw a shot that landed on the roof of the net

5 minutes later saw a strike from outside the penalty-area caught comfortably by Sutton keeper Lottie McElroy

Sutton’s first chance came on the half-hour mark, when Amelia Lightfoot’s shot was pushed out for a corner by the Lye goalkeeper

Freya Smith bravely got her head in the way of a powerful effort from the Lye attacker to divert the ball out for a corner with 10 minutes to play in the first-half

3 minutes before the break the Lye goalkeeper pulled off a fine save to tip an effort from Jordan Atkin round the post

McElroy saw another shot comfortably held on the stroke of half-time

HT - 0-0

Sutton had the first chance of the second-half in the opening minute, however the shot from Lightfoot was off-target

10 minutes into the second-half, another shot from outside the penalty-area was comfortable for McElroy

A minute later saw a long-range free-kick again held by McElroy

Sutton had appeals for a penalty turned down on 57 minutes when Chloe Handy went down in the area

The next real chance did not come until 10 minutes from time, when another long-range free-kick saw McElroy called into action

2 minutes later saw McElory tip a shot onto the post before collecting the loose-ball

FT - 0-0

Player-of-the-Match was Freya Smith who defended well throughout and whose ball-distribution was excellent despite the difficult surface