Cray Valley PM 1, Aveley 4

AVELEY moved up to fifth spot in the Isthmian Premier with Tuesday evening's (4 November) emphatic win at the Artic Stadium.

Star of the night in a clash between two clubs nicknamed the Millers was Suley Zuhdu who grabbed all the visitors' goals, which arrived on 14, 17, 30 and 60 minutes to double his tally for the season to eight.

Suley Zuhdu got all four goals.

Aveley established an early bridgehead around the Cray box, and were finally rewarded when Zuhdu struck the ball in off the post.

His second came soon after when he brushed past Dan Browry, to wrap his shot around Marvel Ekpeteta and Shaun Rowley in goal.

The hat-tick was complete on the half hour when George Saunders took the ball down well and shot. his effort was saved by Rowley but it fell to Zuhdu who calmly slotted home.

Manager Brett Munyard's post-match chat:-

And his fourth came just after the hour when Zuhdu raced through on a counterattack, brushed off a challenge and scored past Rowley with ease.

Ibby Akanbi got one back for Cray eight minutes from time, but it wasn't much a a consolation - and a red card for the hosts Crossley Lema five minutes from time rubbed salt into an open sore.

Aveley will look to press on with their promotion challenge with a trip to Brighton to play eighth-placed Whitehawk on Saturday (8 November).