Maidstone won from a goal down at Oxford City on Tuesday night.

Key to the turnaround was Callum Davies’ equaliser in first-half injury time, when it looked like Stones would go in trailing.

A bizarre own goal from Oxford keeper Lawrie Walker was followed by a third from Alex Flisher as United moved back up to second place in National League South.

But there was a nervy finish when Oxford added a needless second in injury time.

Vas Karagiannis blazed over after a slack Oxford clearance in the opening moments, the Greek wideman way off target but signalling his shoot-on-sight intent early on.

Flisher, handed a start in place of concussion victim Charles Banya, sent an effort wide soon after as Maidstone continued their promising start, then James Rogers cleared the bar via a deflection after Dumebi Dumaka and Jack Paxman linked nicely.

Oxford began to put their foot on the ball around the quarter-hour mark although their first chance came from a lightning break up the left, Kynan Isaac feeding Bradley Bubb whose strike was beaten down at his near post by Lee Worgan, the follow-up cleared.

Dumaka cracked a strike out of the ground as Maidstone showed once more they were prepared to shoot given half a sniff of goal and when a Karagiannis free-kick forced a corner, Joe Healy’s header into the ground bounced just over the top.

Having looked bright Maidstone were behind after the half-hour. They were caught up the left, with the dangerous Isaac’s low ball across goal finished by Bubb.

Stones took a while to get going after trailing and when space did open up for Paxman to burst into the box, he tried to catch out the keeper instead of putting his foot through the ball and the chance was snuffed out.

But Maidstone were level in injury time, Davies heading Flisher’s long throw into the corner, with the whistle going seconds after the restart.

If the first half had taken off quickly, the start to the second was tight and cagey, with neither side threatening until Callum Driver cleared off the line after Bubb got the better of Manny Parry and squared, not long before the hour mark.

A lovely run from through midfield by Rogers sparked the visitors into life and on 63 minutes they were in front in comical fashion.

The ball reached Healy out on the right and his inswinging cross was fisted into his own net by keeper Walker.

Maidstone were 3-1 up just four minutes later. Flisher, having led the initial break down the left, got himself in the box to meet Karagiannis’ cross from the opposite flank.

Bubb hit the base of the post from just inside the box as Oxford went close to a second.

United finished a man down, Healy forced off with an ankle injury after an ugly challenge from Lee Henderson.

And there was late hope for Oxford in injury time, Bubb punishing a mistake by substitute Bobby-Joe Taylor, who missed the chance to take the ball in the corner.

Oxford had Bubb sent off at the end following an incident over the far side.

Maidstone: Worgan, Driver, Mills, Davies, Parry, Rogers, Flisher (May 81mins), Healy, Dumaka, Paxman (Sweeney 71mins), Karagiannis (Taylor 81mins. Subs not used: Akrofi, Bridle-Card.

Attendance: 225.