Reece Smith bags a brace Maidenhead end winless start by beating Barnet

Reece Smith brace helped Maidenhead turn the form table on its head. With a 3-1 win over Barnet in the National League.

A 21-year-old attacking midfielder in the National League for Maidenhead United. After coming through their academy. He shows versatility and is comfortable across the pitch, but looks most confident playing centrally behind the striker or from the left where he can cut inside on his stronger right foot.

Smith has a small stature, lacks in upper body strength. Can easily shrug off the ball. Despite this, one of his strengths is his electric acceleration, low centre of gravity and good levels of agility, combined with a close control which make him strong in 1v1 situations as well as carrying the ball forward from deeper positions.

Barnet had started the season with three wins out of four and Maidenhead had only picked up one point, but the hosts raced into a two-goal lead at York Road and never looked back.

Smith’s double was sandwiche by a first-half Tristan Abrahams effort. Which meant a Callum Stead goal ended up being a mere consolation.

The deadlock was broken in the 14th minute สมัคร ufabet When Abrahams found Smith. Who round Nick Hayes and slotted home before Abrahams turned goalscorer when he finished off a slick move after 40 minutes.

Stead reduced the deficit on the stroke of half-time, but Smith completed his brace early into the second period to clinch a first victory of the campaign for Alan Devonshire’s Maidenhead.