Romford created their first chance of the game on three minutes when a long ball over the top was pounced on by new striker Lewis Francis but his lob come shot went just wide. A minute later and the same player raced onto another ball but this time the shot ended up well wide.
Redbridge had their first chance when a poor clearence by Michael Gooch ended up at the feet of Asamoah forty yards out but the striker's first time effort went wide of the empty goal. Boro right-back David Ottley picked the ball up on the right wing on eight minutes and after cutting in, his left foot shot curled agonisingly wide.
On fifteen minutes Romford deservedly took the lead when from the left wing Bobby Port curled in a great free kick and Jack Barry headed home from eight yards.
Minutes later and Redbridge nearly equalised when a long cross was headed inches wide by Nzuraba. With the game being played at a slow pace due to the energy sapping sun Romford did well keeping possession and creating chances with Jack Barry heading wide and substitute Chris Sullivan forcing a save from keeper Bowditch after a mazey run but Redbridge had the best chance of the game when Nzuraba broke the Romford offside trap and looked destined to score but Michael Gooch produced a brilliant save.
Redbridge came out much stronger in the second half and forced Michael Gooch into a save straight away and their early pressure paid off when a Nzuraba strong run and cut back from the left wing evaded the Romford defence and Muwanga drilled a low shot into the bottom corner.
Romford once again took over possession and both Michael Sammut and Lewis Francis went close from good crosses and Joe Turner also shot wide.
On sixty five minutes a Redbridge player saw the Romford keeper off his line. He shot from sixty yards forcing the back peddling Michael Gooch to produce a fine save but the keeper sustained a nasty blow to the head when he collided with the post. After a lengthy stoppage he was able to continue but only for a short while and was replaced by Elliott Anderson.
With four minutes to go Romford kept probing for the winner and substitute Hussein Isa nearly found it when his curling right footed shot was tipped around the post after good work from Joe Turner but from the resulting corner Redbridge produced a fine counter attack and after the ball fell to Muwanga the winger produced a great bit of skill and slotted the ball past the Boro keeper.
Romford threw everything at Redbridge and debutant Billy Radley hit the bar with a header but even with the help of nine minutes of injury time Romford could not find the equaliser.

ROMFORD 1 JACK BARRY 15
REDBRIDGE 2 MUWANGA 47, 88

ROMFORD: MICHAEL GOOCH (ELLIOTT ANDERSON 74), DAVID OTTLEY, BOBBY PORT, JACK BARRY, MATT TOMS, PAUL CLAYTON, MICHAEL SUMMAT, B RADLEY, LEWIS FRANCIS (HUSSEIN ISA), JOE TURNER, R HEWITT (CHRIS SULLIVAN 35)