Ebbsfleet United 2 Slough Town 2 FA Cup match report: Two own goals keep Ebbsfleet in the FA Cup

Ebbsfleet avoided a major FA Cup upset after visitors Slough scored two own goals on Saturday.

The Fleet twice trailed to their lower-league visitors and remain in the competition after two blunders by on-loan Cardiff keeper Rohan Luthra.

It means Dennis Kutrieb’s men have a Fourth Qualifying Round replay at Slough on Tuesday night.

Ebbsfleet made four changes to the team that last time out against FC Halifax, including a debut at right wing-back for Matthias Fanimo.

Slough made a flying start and nearly led after 16 seconds when former Fleet man Johnny Goddard’s right-foot shot was turned behind for a corner by Mark Cousins.

But the Fleet keeper was picking the ball out of his net from the resulting set-piece as the unmarked Dan Bayliss met Matt Lench’s cross to put Slough ahead on 62 seconds.

It could have got much worse for the hosts who looked like strangers in defence. George Alexander’s shot was comfortable for Cousins before Hayden White had to clear off the line to deny Goddard after seven minutes.

The Fleet hit the woodwork on 10 minutes through Craig Tanner’s near-post corner and it was corners which seemed their biggest threat, although that was mainly due to how uncomfortable keeper Rohan Luthra was with dealing with any crosses.

Smart footwork by Fanimo ended with Toby Edser shooting over before a corner was half-cleared to Nathan Odokonyero, who shot narrowly over the bar.

Keeper Luthra dropped a Tanner corner at his near-post but got down quickly to gather the ball before it went over the line. Then five minutes later, he let a Tanner delivery slip through his hand and was fortunate that the ball bounced narrowly past the post.

At the other end, Alexander was booked by referee Steven Hughes after a