Bromley’s six-match unbeaten run came to an end at the Silverlake Stadium on Tuesday evening, whilst their hosts – Eastleigh – extended their winning run to three games.

Eastleigh kept alive their play-off hopes with two goals in the first half, in which Bromley never really got going.

Lee Cook went close for the home side early in the half, and Yemi Odubade fired over the bar with only Alan Julian to beat.

Rohdell Gordon shot over when he cut in from the right, following Bradley Goldberg’s layoff, in Bromley’s first attack of any worth; before Jamie Turley turned in the area at the other end to shoot wide after a free kick had not been dealt with.

Jack Holland put Goldberg away on 23 minutes, but was quickly closed down by goalkeeper, Ross Flitney, and the Bromley striker was unable to get his shot away.

One minute later Eastleigh opened the scoring in rather bizarre fashion.

Bromley had a corner and the ball was swept up field by a defender; Odubade gave chase to charge down goalkeeper Julian’s clearance only to see the ball bounce once and trickle over the line.

Eight minutes later Eastleigh doubled the score when some poor defending allowed Jai Reason to waltz into the area and fire home unchallenged.

Bromley tightened up after the break and improved as the half progressed, but they lacked the clinical touch in and around the Eastleigh goal.

For their part, the home side seemed content with their two-goal advantage and offered very little in goalmouth incident.

Ali Fuseini – on for Ben Chorley at half time – cracked a 30 yard volley which beat Flitney, but drifted just wide of the upright; and Lee Minshull’s header scraped the crossbar before landing on top of the net.

The best chance for either team came on 72 minutes when Joe Anderson’s right sided corner was flicked on and Adam Cunnington, unmarked at the far post, somehow put his shot over an unguarded net from three yards.

In the closing stages substitute Moses Emmanuel found the side netting from an acute angle following good approach work by Minshull and Holland, but it was not to be and Bromley suffered defeat for the first time in seven games.

TEAM: Julian, Holland, Anderson, Chorley (Fuseini, 46), Swaine, Francis, Joseph-Dubois, Minshull, Cunnington, Goldberg (Emmanuel, 66), Gordon (Dennis, 72), SUBs (not used): May, Coombes. Attendance: 1,520.