City recorded their first away win of the season at Chester on Saturday with Peter Jackson's troops well worthy of their 2-0 success.

With the exception of a brief spell late on, City dominated from start to finish and took the lead in first half stoppage time when a Scott Kerr corner was deflected into his own net by Damien Mozika. Adrian Patulea capped an impressive showing by blasting home number two after a swift City counter-attack opened up the home defence shortly before the hour mark.

The closest the home side came was when left-back Laurence Wilson tried his luck from long range only for his effort to crash against the crossbar but the day belonged to the Imps and Peter Jackson on his return to the Deva Stadium.

MATCH FACTS

LINCOLN CITY
1 Rob BURCH
2 Paul GREEN
4 Janos KOVACS
16 Daniel HONE
5 Lee BEEVERS
8 Lee FRECKLINGTON
11 Scott KERR
19 Shane CLARKE
12 Dany N'GUESSAN
14 Lenell JOHN-LEWIS
23 Adrian PATULEA

subs
3 Aaron BROWN (for FRECKLINGTON h/t)
9 Kevin GALL
15 Ben WRIGHT
22 Sam MULLARKEY
13 Ayden DUFFY

GOALS: MOZIKA (og 45+2), PATULEA (57)

BOOKINGS: KOVACS (20), GREEN (38), BROWN (68)

CHESTER CITY
12 John DANBY
22 James VAUGHAN
3 Laurence WILSON
18 Shaun KELLY
5 Paul LINWOOD
14 Stephen VAUGHAN
23 Damien MOZIKA
20 Mark HUGHES
10 Ryan LOWE
11 Kevin ELLISON
19 Paul McMANUS

subs
26 Paul TAYLOR (for McMANUS 58)
7 Richie PARTRIDGE (for LOWE 59)
8 Anthony BARRY (for S VAUGHAN 73)
16 Jay HARRIS
24 Paul RUTHERFORD

BOOKINGS: LINWOOD (14), J VAUGHAN (61)

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)
ASSISTANTS: Darren Bond & Danny Gratton
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Simon Bennett

ATTENDANCE: 1,962 (245 City supporters)