Match ends, Southend United 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
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Rhys Murphy's seventh goal of the season fired Dagenham & Redbridge to victory against 10-man Southend United.
Defender Mark Phillips was sent off for a reckless challenge on Murphy before he gave them the lead.
The former Arsenal trainee sent a neat, chipped finish over the head of the advancing Shrimpers keeper Daniel Bentley in the 31st minute.
The closest the hosts came to scoring was a powerful 20-yard shot from substitute Freddy Eastwood.
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Southend United manager Phil Brown told BBC Essex:
"The referee, the guy in the middle, is getting backed into the corner by the assistants.
"Gone are days where they are just there to do throw-in's and offsides, now they are getting really involved in a lot of the key issues.
"I thought the referee was closer to the incident [Mark Phillips's red card], if he didn't believe it was a sending-off, why did he send him off?
"The linesman has backed him into a corner and he's issued a red card. All my players tell me he was about to give Mark Phillips a yellow card."
Line-ups
Southend
Formation 4-3-3
- 17Bentley
- 2WhiteBooked at 18mins
- 3Coker
- 18LeonardBooked at 72mins
- 5PhillipsBooked at 27mins
- 15Kiernan
- 12Atkinson
- 16CliffordSubstituted forStrakerat 72'minutes
- 10CorrSubstituted forPayneat 77'minutes
- 14HurstSubstituted forEastwoodat 67'minutes
- 33Woodrow
Substitutes
- 1Smith
- 6Prosser
- 7Eastwood
- 8Timlin
- 11Straker
- 20Njie
- 21Payne
Dag & Red
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Lewington
- 4Doe
- 26Connors
- 17Howell
- 2WilkinsonSubstituted forSaundersat 58'minutes
- 5Saah
- 8OgogoBooked at 83mins
- 6Bingham
- 41Hines
- 9MurphySubstituted forObafemiat 88'minutes
- 7ElitoSubstituted forDicksonat 81'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Ilesanmi
- 10Scott
- 11Obafemi
- 14Dickson
- 15Saunders
- 20Shields
- 30Seabright
- Referee:
- James Linington
- Attendance:
- 4,523
Match Stats
Home TeamSouthendAway TeamDag & Red
- Possession
- Home42%
- Away58%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away4
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home17
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Southend United 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
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Attempt missed. Will Atkinson (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
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Foul by Afolabi Obafemi (Dagenham and Redbridge).
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Ben Coker (Southend United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Afolabi Obafemi (Dagenham and Redbridge).
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Will Atkinson (Southend United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Hand ball by Cauley Woodrow (Southend United).
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Afolabi Obafemi (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Anthony Straker (Southend United).
Substitution
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Afolabi Obafemi replaces Rhys Murphy.
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Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Scott Doe.
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Attempt missed. Will Atkinson (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Abu Ogogo.
Booking
Abu Ogogo (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Scott Doe.
Substitution
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Chris Dickson replaces Medy Elito.
Substitution
Substitution, Southend United. Jack Payne replaces Barry Corr.
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Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Chris Lewington.
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Attempt saved. Freddy Eastwood (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
