Match ends, Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 3.
Ebbsfleet staged a remarkable recovery at the start of the second half to earn a draw at relegated Havant & Waterlooville.
Trailing by three goals at half-time, the visitors were level before the hour mark as they closed the gap to the play-off places to three points with two games remaining.
Alfie Rutherford opened the scoring after 22 minutes when he converted the rebound after Ryan Woodford's header hit a post.
Michael Cheek somehow managed to hit the bar with the goal gaping as the visitors looked to respond, but instead Havant struck twice at the end of the first half, through Rutherford and then Dan McNamara, to leave Ebbsfleet with a mountain to climb.
Danny Kedwell's close-range finish pulled one back a minute after the break before Cheek made up for his earlier miss with a turn and shot into the net from the edge of the area.
And Sam Magri completed the comeback six minutes after that to leave the hosts stunned.
With more than 30 minutes still to play, Ebbsfleet would have fancied their chances of going on to claim victory, but they could not find a fourth goal as they missed the chance to move to within a point of seventh-placed Eastleigh.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Havant & Waterlooville
Formation 4-4-2
- 28Bilboe
- 2Strugnell
- 3WilliamsBooked at 65mins
- 14CarterBooked at 28mins
- 7Fogden
- 5Woodford
- 8Lewis
- 18McNamaraBooked at 75mins
- 20RutherfordBooked at 78mins
- 25Cordner
- 27PaulSubstituted forQuigleyat 60'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Quigley
- 12Banjo
- 15Huggins
- 22Molyneaux
- 29Jalloh
Ebbsfleet
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Ashmore
- 3Magri
- 4Rance
- 10Drury
- 8AdamsBooked at 38minsSubstituted forPayneat 46'minutes
- 5WinfieldBooked at 78mins
- 9Kedwell
- 11Weston
- 12CheekSubstituted forGrahamat 76'minutes
- 19BushBooked at 75mins
- 23WilsonSubstituted forWhitelyat 63'minutes
Substitutes
- 13Miles
- 14Moncur
- 16Payne
- 18Whitely
- 22Graham
- Referee:
- Sam Allison
- Attendance:
- 1,097
Live Text
Post update
Full Time
Second Half ends, Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 3.
Booking
Dave Winfield (Ebbsfleet United) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Alfie Rutherford (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Bagasan Graham replaces Michael Cheek.
Booking
Chris Bush (Ebbsfleet United) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Dan McNamara (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Rory Williams (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Corey Whitely replaces Lawrie Wilson.
Substitution
Substitution, Havant & Waterlooville. Joe Quigley replaces Chris Paul.
Goal!
Goal! Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 3. Sam Magri (Ebbsfleet United).
Goal!
Goal! Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 2. Michael Cheek (Ebbsfleet United).
Substitution
Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Jack Payne replaces Ebou Adams.
Goal!
Goal! Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 1. Danny Kedwell (Ebbsfleet United).
Second Half
Second Half begins Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 0.
Half Time
First Half ends, Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 0.
Goal!
Goal! Havant & Waterlooville 3, Ebbsfleet United 0. Dan McNamara (Havant & Waterlooville).
Goal!
Goal! Havant & Waterlooville 2, Ebbsfleet United 0. Alfie Rutherford (Havant & Waterlooville).
Booking
Ebou Adams (Ebbsfleet United) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Mike Carter (Havant & Waterlooville) is shown the yellow card.