| 6¹ | HERNÁNDEZ's shot beat RÚNARSSON but rebounded off the Tranmere Rovers post. | 
| 7¹ | HERNÁNDEZ worked the ball to SRBENY, PELTIER collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper. | 
| 7¹ | SUCCESS beat BINKS but nudged the ball into the arms of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper. | 
| 15¹ | The motionless HENDERSON could only watch as a backpass from TRYBULL dropped just wide. | 
| 18¹ | A pin-point pass found HERNÁNDEZ and his right foot shot went narrowly over. | 
| 22¹ | CHARLES-COOK beat LIVERMORE and flicked the ball to JASPER who hit his effort wide. | 
| 24¹ | BOYATA was put clear by CHARLES-COOK and he beat HENDERSON but struck his shot wide. | 
| 35¹ | A header by CELINA at the far post was comfortably collected by HENDERSON. | 
| 38¹ | GOAL!! TRYBULL made space for HERNÁNDEZ who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, glanced the ball past RÚNARSSON. (1-0 Rushden&Diamonds) | 45¹ | A shot from SRBENY held no problem for RÚNARSSON. |  | 1² | CALVERT-LEWIN waltzed away from BERNARD and stabbed a poor shot over the bar. |  | 11² | A penalty box meleé resulted in SUCCESS driving the ball wide. |  | 14² | BERNARD ran onto a delightful ball from TRYBULL but blasted his shot wide. |  | 22² | Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled PELTIER to thump the ball just beyond the near post. |  | 27² | CALVERT-LEWIN headed over. |  | 27² | A refined cross from LIVERMORE was blasted goalbound by SUCCESS only for RÚNARSSON to palm clear. |  | 29² | A shot from PELTIER was smothered by the 'keeper. |  | 34² | A corner bobbled toward SRBENY who nodded an effort over. |  | 39² | GOAL!! A long clearance by the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper beat the Rushden&Diamonds defence and CALVERT-LEWIN blasted the ball past the advancing HENDERSON. (1-1) | 40² | McCALLUM beat four Tranmere Rovers players and thundered an effort over. |  | 42² | A cross from CHARLES-COOK left CALVERT-LEWIN in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. |  |  |