Kidderminster Harriers close the gap at the top with statement win

Boss Phil Brown and his Scunthorpe counterpart Andy Butler were sent off for a touchline altercation deep into second half stoppage time, but Kidderminster held out for a fifth win in six games (drawing once). 

"It's a fantastic result certainly against the team that is top of the league," assistant manager Neil McDonald said. 

"We've closed the gap which is what we set out to do. We've kept another clean sheet against a very dangerous team and we've scored against a team that hardly concede which is excellent all round.

"You have to battle and put your body on the line which the players have done. It keeps our good run going, we're chasing, we're trying to hunt them all down now which is good."

Amari Morgan-Smith headed a gilt-edged chance wide from point-blank range inside the opening five minutes and guided another header off target just before the half-hour mark. 

Kidderminster skipper Morgan-Smith made a heroic clearance at the other end when he diverted Mark Beck's goal bound header over the crossbar. 

The hosts finally found the breakthrough in the 50th-minute when Kouhyar's cross-cum-shot from the left floated over Scunthorpe goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons and crashed in off the post. 

Scunthorpe came close to an equaliser within minutes of falling behind when Carlton Ubaezuonu's header brought the best out of Kidderminster shot-stopper Christian Dibble.

Tensions boiled over on the touchline before the final whistle, resulting in both managers receiving their marching orders by referee Alexander Beckett.