Ilkeston are fielding the same side that won impressively at Littleton. Brave save by Stafford keeper diving at the feet of Ben Morris. Ilkeston are having most possession . 

Chance for Stafford but Hulme fails to control the sharp pass into the box. Stafford are now coming more into the game.  Deakin forced to save grubber on the wet turf.  Difficult chance falls to Hulme but he can't get his foot round it. Good spell for Stafford. 

38 minutes Callum Smith replaced by Ben Fairclough.

We're 10 minutes into the second half .   It's still 1-0.

Gibson and Fairclough combine well down left. Ilkeston now on top. 

White's cross headed over by Alex Marshall . Determined play by Fairclough wins corner. Terrific cross by Fairclough nearly causes another own goal by Stafford . Ball hits defender and spins narrowly wide. 10 minutes left.      2-0.

Milgate replaced by Allen .  Gibson and Morris replaced by Hopkinson and Edwards  82 minutes

Hopkinson nearly scores after keeper mistake but ball is cleared off line by defender. PARTRIDGE REPLaCED by Duffy 89 minutes.

Tonight's teams were :
ILKESTON : 1 Ian Deakin, 2 Lavell White, 3 Billy Bennett, 4 Chris Shaw, 5 Charlie Jemson, 6 Tom Marshall, 7 Ben Morris, 8 Jordan Wheatley, 9 Alex Marshall, 10 Montel Gibson, 11 Callum Smith.
Subs : 12 Ben Fairclough, 14 Micah Edwards, 15 Tim Hopkinson, 16 Elliott Hodgett-Young, 17 Conor Green.

STAFFORD : 1 Josh Moreton, 2 Ben Gutteridge, 3 Oliver Butler, 4 Matt Bartlett, 5 Tom Wright, 6 Walter Vundla, 7 Anthony Goodwin, 8 Jack Milgate, 9 Craig Hulme, 10 Jack Partridge, 11 Jasper Johns.
Subs : 12 Tom Duffy, 14 Charlie Marshall, 15 Taylor Allen, 16 Jordan Dodd.