Ebbsfleet United 5 Ashford Town (Middx) 0 match report: Toby Edser (2), Aaron Cosgrave, Ben Coker and Ben Chapman score in FA Cup second qualifying round win

Ebbsfleet eased into the third qualifying round of the FA Cup with a comfortable home win on Saturday.

Goals from Toby Edser (2), Aaron Cosgrave, Ben Coker and Ben Chapman ensured Combined Counties League Ashford Town (Middx) were unable to produce an upset.

Ebbsfleet boss Josh Wright made six changes from the side that drew with National League South leaders Hornchurch last weekend, including a first outing of the season for keeper Gio Bellagambi.

Ashford kept a good 4-5-1 shape in the first half and looked to hit the Fleet on the counter attack. It was a plan that largely worked in the first half.

George Moncur and Gene Kennedy had early sights at goal before Jamie Fielding headed narrowly wide from a corner as the Fleet created some half-chances.

Ben Coker collected a booking for a foul on Ashford’s Jack Arnold as the visitors threatened to break from a Fleet corner. It spurred them into action and Tyler D’Cruz volleyed over a Samuel Balogun centre.

Ebbsfleet showed glimpses of their quality, playing three divisions above their opponents. A good exchange down the right saw Josh Passley and Lennon Peake combine before the former set up Toby Edser, who shot narrowly wide of the upright from inside the box.

The Fleet lost Moncur to injury and Kennedy was booked before the breakthrough came in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage-time. Substitute Finlay Barnes played in Cosgrave, who blasted his shot beyond Marcin Brzozowski.

It took just four minutes of the second half for Ebbsfleet to double their lead and effectively kill off the tie. A short corner found Edser on space and he advanced into the penalty area before firing home a left-foot drive beyond Brzozowski.

Peake fired a free-kick from just over 25 yards out