Ebbsfleet United 5 AFC Totton 0 match report: Daniel Ogunleye (2), Kwesi Appiah, Ronny Nelson and Ben Chapman score in National League South win

Ebbsfleet turned on the style in the second half to make it three National League South wins in a row on Tuesday night.

Four goals in 17 minutes left visitors AFC Totton shell-shocked at Stonebridge Road and moved the Fleet into the play-off places.

Ebbsfleet made four changes from the side that won at Hampton last Saturday with Ben Chapman, Finlay Barnes, Daniel Ogunleye and Rem Oteh coming in for Jake Vokins, Toby Edser, Olly Box and Kwesi Appiah.

Ogunleye sent an early cross fizzing along the six-yard box but no-one was there to turn it in.

Totton rarely threatened, although Will Fletcher did well to control a long ball from former Fleet man Tyler Cordner and create space for himself before firing narrowly wide from 20 yards.

Ebbsfleet’s best chance of the first half came on 11 minutes when Ogunleye set up Barnes and his early left-wing cross was met by Oteh, who directed his first-time effort well wide of the target.

Chapman was at full stretch to head over a cross by Barnes as the Fleet continued to probe, without ever slicing the Totton defence apart.

The visitors were happy for the game to be stop-start, and so it seemed was the referee who only added one extra minute in the first half.

The visitors collected three yellow cards in the final 10 minutes of the half. Josh Sims was booked for failing to retreat 10 yards at a free-kick, and Reece Fleet took one for the team by hauling down Oteh as he looked to run at the last defender.

Sims was replaced due to injury, but substitute Charlie Osbourne’s first involvement was to collect a yellow card for a poor challenge on Lennon Peake.

Ebbsfleet needed some inspiration and Peake nearly provided it seven minutes into the second half but his low drive was deflected just