Ebbsfleet United 2 Aldershot Town 0 match report: Franklin Domi and Dominic Poleon score in National League win

Impressive Ebbsfleet got back to winning ways with victory over Aldershot at Stonebridge Road on Tuesday night.

It was a polished display by Dennis Kutrieb’s men, who were worthy of the points after such a dominant display.

The Fleet made five changes from the side beaten by Solihull on Saturday.

Jake Wakely came in for Chris Solly, who missed a large chunk of pre-season. Darren McQueen and Ben Chapman replaced Omari Sterling-James and Greg Cundle on the wing while, Franklin Domi and Billy Clifford got the nod ahead of Shaq Coulthirst and Ouss Cisse.

It was a bright start to the game for Ebbsfleet who nearly won a fourth-minute spot-kick when Coby Rowe tripped Domi right on the edge of the box. He still got a yellow card for his troubles but Luke O’Neill sent the resulting free-kick over the bar.

If the Fleet got an idea of how tough the National League could be at the weekend, there was an early indication that sporting behaviour might be in short supply. Having kicked the ball out with O’Neill down injured, Aldershot promptly returned the ball by giving the Fleet a throw-in to defend deep in their own half.

Referee James Durkin spoke to both managers early on as a heated Aldershot boss Tommy WIddrington was pointing towards his opposite number. It was an interesting first half from the official. He pulled the Fleet back for taking a free-kick with a moving ball but allowed Aldershot to carry on after the same offence 20 seconds later. Then he penalised the home side for taking a throw-in from the wrong place, only for Aldershot to take it from exactly the same place.

A wayward pass in defence from the visitors nearly gifted Fleet a goal on 19 minutes but Dominic Poleon fed Domi, who was crowded out by the retreating