Maidstone United 2 Bath City 0 match report: Antony Papadopoulos’ penalty and Riley Court’s injury-time strike earn National League South victory

Riley Court scored his first league goal for hometown club Maidstone to clinch victory over Bath.

Court, starting his fifth successive game, added to Antony Papadopoulos’ penalty to keep United just outside the National League South play-off places.

Bath had goalkeeper Charlie Binns sent off after bringing down Deon Moore for United’s spot-kick and ended up comfortably beaten.

John Gilbert returned from suspension in place of Dajon Golding in the only change to the side who beat Salisbury last weekend.

Gilbert, who offered good energy throughout, went close inside 10 minutes as Maidstone, looking for a third successive home league win, started brightly.

Bath keeper Binns made a point-blank save to deny the midfielder after Tanga ran on to Deon Moore’s flick-on from a Nathan Harness drop-kick and crossed.

The Harness-Moore combination led to another good chance midway through the first, Tanga meeting the big man’s latest flick but seeing his header brush the side-netting with Binns beaten.

Soon after, Moore controlled Leo Hamblin’s ball down the line, turned and ran towards goal before drilling a 20-yard strike just past the post.

Bath had their moments in the first half, getting into some good areas in the final third, and keeping George Fowler and Lexus Beeden on their toes.

Their best opening saw Harness make a fingertip save to turn Brad Ash’s shot past the post, after the Bath man found space on the edge of the box.

A second-half counter-attack, started by Court, led to the penalty that saw the Romans reduced to 10 men and the opening goal for George Elokobi’s side.

Moore chested Court’s ball into the path of Gilbert before getting himself into the box to meet Papadopoulos’ cross.

But he was taken down by Binns in