Maidstone United 2-3 Tranmere Rovers

Two goals in the last five minutes earned Tranmere a 3-2 win at Maidstone that moved them into the top three in the National League.

Delano Sam-Yorke had already gone close for Maidstone when they opened the scoring in the 27th minute, Alex Finney forcing a Jai Reason free-kick over the line after a header had come back off the crossbar.

Tranmere levelled after 39 minutes when Andy Cook took advantage of some poor defending to tap home, but the home side were quickly back in front when Ross Lafayette scored from the penalty spot after Blair Turgott was brought down.

That was how it stayed until the last five minutes when a superb ball in from Jack Dunn was inadvertently turned past his own goalkeeper by Finney.

There was further drama when Connor Jennings was brought down in the box and Adam Buxton scored from the spot with two minutes left to snatch Rovers the win.

Match report provided by the Press Association.

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Maidstone United

• 1Worgan
• 22De Havilland
• 2Hare
• 14Reason
• 4Beckwith
• 10Paxman
• 3FinneyBooked at 87mins
• 16Ofori-TwumasiBooked at 79mins
• 9Sam-YorkeBooked at 53mins
• 19Turgott
• 29Lafayette

Substitutes

• 4Prestedge
• 7Loza
• 11Wraight
• 13Anderson
• 18Osei

Tranmere

• 1Davies
• 10NorwoodSubstituted forManganat 81'minutes
• 9Cook
• 8Harris
• 2Buxton
• 11Jennings
• 15NorburnBooked at 90mins
• 4Sutton
• 24HughesSubstituted forDugganat 42'minutesSubstituted forTollittat 68'minutesBooked at 90mins
• 16Dunn
• 33Monthe

Substitutes

• 7Tollitt
• 19Mangan
• 20Duggan
• 22Taylor
• 27Solomon-Davies

Referee:

David Rock

Attendance:

2,502

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.

2. 90'+3'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.

3. 90'+2'

   Booking

   Oliver Norburn (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.

4. 90'+1'

   Booking

   Jay Harris (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.

5. 88'

   Goal!

   Goal! Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 3. Adam Buxton (Tranmere Rovers) converts the penalty with a.

6. 87'

   Booking

   Alex Finney (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.

7. 85'

   Goal!

   Own Goal by Alex Finney, Maidstone United. Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 2.

8. 81'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Andy Mangan replaces James Norwood.

9. 79'

   Booking

   Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.

10. 68'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Ben Tollitt replaces Mitch Duggan.

11. 53'

    Booking

    Delano Sam-Yorke (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.

12. Second Half

    Second Half begins Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 1.

13. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 1.

14. 42'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Mitch Duggan replaces Jeff Hughes.

15. 41'

    Goal!

    Goal! Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 1. Ross Lafayette (Maidstone United) converts the penalty with a.

16. 39'

    Goal!

    Goal! Maidstone United 1, Tranmere Rovers 1. Andy Cook (Tranmere Rovers).

17. 27'

    Goal!

    Goal! Maidstone United 1, Tranmere Rovers 0. Alex Finney (Maidstone United).

18. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

19. Posted at 14:48 24 Feb 201814:48 24 Feb 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.