Maidstone United 1 Ebbsfleet United 3 match report: Fleet go top of National League South after derby success at the Gallagher Stadium

Ebbsfleet knocked Maidstone off the top of National League South with victory at the Gallagher Stadium on Tuesday night.

Defender Camron Gbadebo gave the visitors an early lead in front of a crowd of almost 3,000 and Daniel Ogunleye made it two in the second half.

Substitute Jayden Davis gave the Stones late hope but Harvey Walker added an injury-time third as Fleet moved above Maidstone at the league summit.

Stones midfielder Riley Court bent an early 20-yard free-kick narrowly wide after being chopped down by Fleet captain James Vennings.

But it was Fleet who made the better start, looking assured in possession and moving the ball well, with Josh Passley and Ben Chapman - making his 250th appearance for the club - combining effectively down the right.

The visitors broke the deadlock in the 10th minute.

Lennon Peake sent the ball into the box from a corner and it reached Chapman whose fierce volley from the edge of the area was parried by Lenny Holden into the path of Gbadebo.

Ebbsfleet, still unbeaten after playing catch-up following the postponement of their first six games, looked well-drilled, offering Maidstone little space to work.

But they were forced into an error when Tom Leahy charged down an attempted clearance from Will Tizzard, with Will Buse out of his goal, but the ball ran out of legs in the six-yard box.

There were blocked shots at either end within the space of a few seconds - Chapman for Fleet at one end and Ken Charles for the Stones, while the hosts’ best chance of the half saw Nana Boateng head over when well placed from a George Fowler cross.

Shortly before the break, Court drilled an effort just wide after space opened up to shoot from outside the box.

Maidstone made a double change at the break,