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

Posted at

Match ends, Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+3'

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

Booking

Posted at 90'+2'

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

Booking

Posted at 90'+1'

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

Goal!

Posted at 88'

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

Booking

Posted at 87'

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

Goal!

Posted at 85'

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

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Andy Mangan replaces James Norwood.

Booking

Posted at 79'

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

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Ben Tollitt replaces Mitch Duggan.

Booking

Posted at 53'

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

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Maidstone United 2, Tranmere Rovers 1.

Half Time

Posted at 45'

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

Substitution

Posted at 42'

Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Mitch Duggan replaces Jeff Hughes.

Goal!

Posted at 41'

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

Goal!

Posted at 39'

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

Goal!

Posted at 27'

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

Kick Off

Posted at

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.