Wycombe Wanderers defeated non-league Ebbsfleet United 2-0 in a practice match at Adams Park on Thursday, March 25.
Alex Samuel gave the Chairboys the lead on 17 minutes after he scored from a Garath McCleary diagonal pass, before Scott Kashket double the host’s advantage just after the hour mark with a tidy and clever effort.
Several trialists also played for Wycombe in the win.
This was the seventh practice/friendly match that Wanderers have taken part in so far this season with this being their fourth win.
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Just before their inaugural season in the Championship began in September, Wycombe played three matches in August.
These included two away fixtures against Southampton’s Under 23s at St Mary’s and against Aston Villa at the Bodymoor Heath Training Ground (Villa’s training ground).
Gareth Ainsworth was in attendance
Well played, boys.
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Wanderers defeated the Saints 1-0 thanks to a Samuel strike, but they lost to the Villains 5-2, with Kashket and Onyedinma scoring for Gareth Ainsworth’s men.
Between these two matches, there was a friendly fixture at Adams Park against West Ham, in which Wycombe lost 5-1.
Samuel again was Wycombe’s goal scorer.
A fixture against Chesham United followed on the eve of the season at The Meadow which Wanderers lost 2-1, before a resounding 4-1 victory over Bournemouth’s Under 21s happened during the November international break.
Alex Samuel bagged himself a hat-trick in the victory.
And prior to their friendly against Ebbsfleet on March 25, the final practice fixture Wycombe took part in was against Brentford B in January, which Wanderers won 1-0 at Adams Park.
Alex Pattison scored the winner with a penalty.
Wycombe and Ebbsfleet have only met each other once in competitive football - an FA Cup match in November 1962, in which Wanderers lost 3-1.
The team that played Ebbsfleet at Adams Park:
First-half XI: Allsop, Grimmer, Jacobson, Trialist-CB1, Trialist-CB2, Gape, Pattison, McCleary, Onyedinma, Kashket, Samuel.
Second-half XI: Anderson, Grimmer, McCarthy, Knight, Trialist-CB1, Thompson, Pattison, Adeniran, Mehmeti, Kashket, Trialist-CF.
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