SUTTON United ended a three-match losing run in the National League by beating Eastleigh 2-1 to leave the visitors in midtable.
Emmanuel Osadebe opened the scoring in the 17th minute after he was teed up by Temi Babalola, and it was 2-0 just five minutes later as Babalola’s effort was tipped onto the crossbar and Brandon Njoku followed up to score.
Hady Ghandour pulled one back in the second half after good work by Aaron Blair, but there was no way back and indeed Osadebe missed the chance to extend the hosts’ winning margin from a stoppage-time penalty after a foul on David Ogbonna.
The result leaves the Spitfires 13th in the table with three wins, two draws and three defeats from their opening eight matches.
Eastleigh manager Matt Gray said: "It was our poorest all-round performance of the season so far. As much as I was pleased with so many things and a great performance on Saturday, it was the complete opposite today. We just didn't get going, didn't start the game well.
"It goes without saying, obviously, with going two goals behind in the first half. I thought it was a really poor first-half performance. I think, leading up to today's game, probably the only half of football I've been really disappointed with was Kidderminster's second half.
"I think we've been really competitive in every half and lots of positives to take, but I certainly didn't feel that in the first half. It was certainly our worst half. There, we just didn't compete. We just looked really flat from Saturday. The second half had a bit of a response.
"Then the game sort of huffed and puffed and petered out and couldn't really carve out any other chances to maybe get the equaliser. We're eight games in, and I'm disappointed with tonight's performance, but we must draw a line under it, come back Thursday and get ready to go again."
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