Ebbsfleet made it three straight home wins in the National League with a comfortable victory over York on Saturday.

Franklin Domi scored the goal of the game as the Fleet moved into the top five.

Ebbsfleet made changes five changes from the side beaten at Barnet. In came Chris Solly, Craig Tanner, Omari Sterling-James, Franklin Domi and David Amoo for Jack Wakely, Ouss Cisse, Darren McQueen, Toby Edser and Shaq Coulthirst.

Visitors York made three changes with Tony McMahon in temporary charge for the first time following a winless start to the season that had seen three draws and three defeats in their first six games.

They also changed formation to match the Fleet’s three-man defence, although the hosts were quickest out of the blocks.

Tanner’s fifth–minute shot was beaten away by keeper Ryan Whitley before Dominic Poleon’s follow-up was blocked behind for a corner. Then a Josh Wright corner was met by Luke O’Neill at the near post but keeper Whitley tipped away his goalbound header.

The impressive Domi nearly started and finished a move on seven minutes. He created an opening to set up Ben Chapman and he eventually got the ball back via Poleon but shot narrowly wide of the upright.

York were looking to catch the Fleet on the break and it nearly worked on 11 minutes but Dan Batty’s cross was glanced wide by Zanda Siziba.

Tanner should have put the Fleet ahead on 18 minutes when he was sent clear by Joe Martin, but keeper Whitley again made a good save.

The breakthrough arrived a minute later, however, when the ball was worked to Sterling-James on the edge of the area and his cross-shot crept inside the far post.

The Fleet created their own downfall with York’s equaliser nine minutes later. Tanner lost the ball and then Dipo Akinyemi brushed aside O’Neill before setting up Siziba, who expertly finished beyong keeper Mark Cousins from the edge of the area.

Ebbsfleet’s advantage was restored four minutes before half-time. Domi got ahead of Batty and burst into the area. Everyone in the ground, clearly including three York defenders, expected him to turn back and set up Poleon but instead he sold the entire visiting defence a dummy and went alone, firing beyond Whitley to put the hosts ahead.

Domi nearly repeated the trick three minutes later following Amoo’s lay-off but Whitley - not for the first time - produced an excellent save to deny him.

Ebbsfleet took just 50 seconds to find the net again in teh second half. The quality of O’Neill’s pass down the line to send Sterling-James clear was matched when the latter picked out Tanner and his shot squirmed under the body of Whitley.

It was nearly four just three minutes later but a late offside flag denied Poleon as he latched onto O’Neill’s ball behind a high York defence.

Injuries and substitutions didn’t help the flow of the game in the second half.

York were nearly back in the contest with 20 minutes left but Kai Kennedy’s header came back off the crossbar.

But that was all the visitors could fashion. Poleon blazed over after 87 minutes but made amends 60 seconds later when he raced clear and emphatically blasted home the Fleet’s fourth goal for his seventh of the season.

Ebbsfleet: Cousins, O’Neill, Solly, Martin, Sterling-James (Odokonyero 72mins), Wright, Tanner (Clifford 77mins), Domi, Chapman, Amoo (McQueen 60mins), Poleon. Subs not used: Cisse, Edser.

York: Whitley, Fallowfield, Cordner, McLaughlin, Akinyemi, Kouhyar (Dyson 59mins), Howe, Batty (Castro 59mins), Kennedy, Siziba (Hancox 65mins), Latty-Fairweather. Subs not used: Watson, Stott.

Referee: Matthew Russell.

Attendance: 1,724 (228 away).