Boreham Wood 3 Maidstone United 1 match report: Goalscorer Roarie Deacon sent off as Stones beaten at Meadow Park

Maidstone's winless run stretched to five matches after losing the evening kick-off at Boreham Wood.

Roarie Deacon's deflected strike put the Stones in front but George Williams' freak equaliser and second-half goals from George Broadbent and Lee Ndlovu turned the match Wood's way.

The visitors, who've dropped to 18th in the National League, finished with 10 men after goalscorer Deacon was sent off in added time for a second yellow card.

Jack Barham joined the Stones’ lengthy injury list, with his place up front going to James Alabi, while new loan signing Dylan Barkers started in midfield.

There was also a debut for academy forward Josh Arnold as a second-half substitute.

Little happened at either end, with defences untroubled, before the Stones had a big chance to open the scoring in the 17th minute.

Ryan Galvin’s ball down the flank was headed clear only as far as Sam Corne, he found Christie Pattisson in space, but the Stones winger dragged his first-time strike wide.

Pattisson made amends by hacking the ball off the line when Will Evans met a corner for the hosts shortly after.

Wood had lost defender Dion Kelly-Evans to an arm injury in the early stages and it was Maidstone’s turn to make a change when Joe Ellul was forced off with a facial injury.

Kodi Lyons-Foster slotted into his place and the visitors took the lead in the 30th minute.

It came moments after a good spell of possession in the hosts’ half that had seen Maidstone move the ball from right to left via Gavin Hoyte, Regan Booty, Galvin and Deacon.

There was more than a slice of luck involved in the goal, though, with Booty finding Deacon whose strike from 20 yards beat Nathan Ashmore with the help of a big deflection.

Wood hadn’t looked particularly good