“Daniel Ogunleye fires Ebbsfleet United into an early lead”
“J. Makuna turns the tie on its head, firing Sholing into a shock lead they would not relinquish”
Pivotal
Ebbsfleet United
Sholing
Ebbsfleet United bossed this tie by almost every metric, racking up 59% possession, 12 shots to 5, and 84 dangerous attacks against just 46, yet it was Sholing who walked away with the result that mattered. Daniel Ogunleye's early strike gave the hosts the platform their dominance deserved, but a sustained spell of Sholing pressure from a string of corners paid off when Tommy-Lee Higgs leveled just before the break. The game turned on its head in the second half as Sholing, despite being outshot and outplayed territorially, made their clinical edge count through J. Makuna's 69th-minute winner. Ebbsfleet will rue a wasteful return of just one shot on target from twelve attempts, a damning stat that cost them a cup exit against lower-ranked opposition.
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