Three second half goals helped Worthing end their winless run with a 3-2 win against Havant & Waterlooville at The Crucial Environmental Stadium.
Reds surrendered their unbeaten league record due to Ebbsfleet United making it ten wins in a row to move five points clear at the top of the table - albeit having played a game more.
Worthing were defeated 4-2 by Chelmsford City at Melbourne Stadium despite a brace from Ollie Pearce.
It remains neck-and-neck at the business end of the Premier Division, as the top two both won to set up an intriguing tussle between them at The Crucial Environmental Stadium next Sunday.
Worthing celebrated reaching the League Cup Final following a closely fought affair in South West London.
Worthing survived an occasionally fractious affair at Millwall to emerge with a precious point, as they saw their lead at the top cut to a single one.
A Chloe Winchester hat-trick helped Worthing to see off the challenge of AFC Acorns and moved the in-form striker above Becs Bell as the club’s new leading scorer.
League Leaders Ebbsfleet showed their class with an emphatic victory against the Rebels.