Dover Athletic 1-1 Ebbsfleet United

Dover slipped to second-from-bottom in the National League despite ending a four-match losing run with a 1-1 draw at home to Kent rivals Ebbsfleet.

Darren McQueen gave the visitors an early lead as his low left-footed shot from outside the area ended a goal drought of more than a year.

Connor Essam levelled the match as he found himself in space in the middle of the box and headed Mitch Brundle's wide free-kick from wide past Nathan Ashmore.

Fleet had the better of the chances to win it after the break, but neither side could find a breakthrough.

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Dover

Formation 5-3-2

1Walker

19Schmoll6Essam4Diarra2Passley8Brundle

26Tajbakhsh20Smith18Nortey

10Allen9Sho-Silva

• 1Walker
• 19SchmollBooked at 62mins
• 6EssamBooked at 18mins
• 4Diarra
• 2Passley
• 8Brundle
• 26TajbakhshSubstituted forConnorsat 77'minutes
• 20Smith
• 18NorteyBooked at 15mins
• 10AllenSubstituted forDanielat 71'minutes
• 9Sho-SilvaSubstituted forEffiongat 66'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Connors
• 7Jeffrey
• 11Daniel
• 12Effiong
• 16Okosieme

Ebbsfleet

Formation 4-4-2

1Ashmore

2King19Bush7Powell4Rance

5Winfield18Whitely11Weston17Shields

12Cheek14McQueen

• 1Ashmore
• 2King
• 19Bush
• 7Powell
• 4RanceBooked at 82mins
• 5WinfieldSubstituted forMagriat 31'minutes
• 18Whitely
• 11Weston
• 17Shields
• 12CheekSubstituted forKedwellat 68'minutes
• 14McQueenSubstituted forDruryat 84'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Magri
• 9Kedwell
• 10Drury
• 15Coulson
• 23Wilson

Referee:

Sam Purkiss

Attendance:

1,127

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Dover Athletic 1, Ebbsfleet United 1.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Dover Athletic 1, Ebbsfleet United 1.

3. 84'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Andy Drury replaces Darren McQueen.

4. 82'

   Booking

   Dean Rance (Ebbsfleet United) is shown the yellow card.

5. 77'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Dover Athletic. Jack Connors replaces Aryan Taj.

6. 71'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Dover Athletic. Kadell Daniel replaces Jamie Allen.

7. 68'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Danny Kedwell replaces Michael Cheek.

8. 66'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Dover Athletic. Inih Effiong replaces Tobi Sho-Silva.

9. 62'

   Booking

   Timothy Schmoll (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

10. Second Half

    Second Half begins Dover Athletic 1, Ebbsfleet United 1.

11. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Dover Athletic 1, Ebbsfleet United 1.

12. 34'

    Goal!

    Goal! Dover Athletic 1, Ebbsfleet United 1. Connor Essam (Dover Athletic).

13. 31'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Sam Magri replaces Dave Winfield.

14. 18'

    Booking

    Connor Essam (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

15. 15'

    Booking

    Nortei Nortey (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

16. 12'

    Goal!

    Goal! Dover Athletic 0, Ebbsfleet United 1. Darren McQueen (Ebbsfleet United).

17. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

18. Posted at 19:25 4 Sep 201819:25 4 Sep 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.