Horsham 2 Haringey Borough 0: Hornets extend unbeaten home run with Haringey Borough win
A goal in each half from Lee Harding and Greg Cundle sealed the win for the Hornets.
Despite Rob O'Toole's late penalty miss, the Hornets picked up their first league victory in five and maintained their play-off push.
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Hide AdHorsham remain sixth but are just a point behind place-above Carshalton Athletic and three behind fourth-placed Cray Wanderers.
Dominic Di Paola made a solitary change from Wednesday's 1-1 draw at Kingstonian. Cundle came in for Kieran Lavery.
Charlie Harris returned to the Hornets squad for the first time since the 1-0 defeat at Merstham on January 18.
The opening quarter of the game was a quiet affair. The Hornets had the majority of the possession but were struggling to turn the screw.
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Hide AdBut on 14 minutes, in their first real foray forward, Horsham opened the scoring.
Cundle's curled effort was fumbled by Borough keeper Johnathan Miles.
The ball fell to Harding who delicately dinked the ball over Miles' for his second goal in three games.
And three minutes later the Hornets had a great chance to double their lead
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Hide AdAlex Kelly's free-kick on the edge of the Haringey box fell just wide of the post.
Despite going ahead, Horsham failed to press home their advantage.
The hosts, again, retained the ball well but were lacking a cutting edge in the final third.
Haringey meanwhile were offering little in the way of attacking intent and were struggling to get a foothold in the game.
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Hide AdBut the clash saw a flurry of chances on 34 minutes. Chris Smith's cross found Jack Brivio at the back post but the Hornets' captain couldn't direct his header goalwards.
Borough replied with two efforts in as many minutes. Roman Michael-Percil had a shot on the edge of the box well blocked by Will Miles before the Haringey number seven forced a great save from George Bentley following a jinking run into the area.
Bentley was called into action almost immediately after the second half restart.
The Hornets keeper did well to palm away a Christopher Regis shot as Borough looked to take the initiative.