Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Braintree Town

Chike Kandi's 84th minute penalty gave Dagenham their first win of the National League season over fellow strugglers Braintree.

The clash between the League's bottom two had looked set for a stalemate until Daggers striker Noel Leighton was hauled down in the box.

Kandi rifled home the spot-kick but the hosts lived dangerously in the final minutes and Braintree's Dave Nieskens headed just wide from a corner.

Dagenham had the best chance of the first half when new signing Tomi Adeloye crashed a 36th minute effort off the bar.

Braintree rallied after the break with Justin Amaluzor forcing a fine save out of Elliot Justham before the visitors suffered their late heartbreak.

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• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Dag & Red

Formation 4-4-2

1Justham

7McQueen3Gordon11Reynolds6Pennell

20Wright15Goodliffe4Robinson10Romain

19Adeloye26Harfield

• 1Justham
• 7McQueenSubstituted forHoyteat 61'minutes
• 3Gordon
• 11ReynoldsSubstituted forKandiat 61'minutes
• 6Pennell
• 20Wright
• 15Goodliffe
• 4Robinson
• 10RomainBooked at 73mins
• 19AdeloyeSubstituted forLeightonat 70'minutes
• 26Harfield

Substitutes

• 8Donovan
• 9Kandi
• 12Moore
• 21Leighton
• 25Hoyte

Braintree

Formation 4-4-2

21Killip

3Webber10Bettamer16Lyons-Foster7Allen

26Gabriel8Crook27Sagaf30Amaluzor

29Nieskens28James

• 21Killip
• 3Webber
• 10BettamerSubstituted forGrantat 79'minutes
• 16Lyons-FosterSubstituted forRoweat 85'minutes
• 7Allen
• 26Gabriel
• 8CrookSubstituted forDella Verdeat 69'minutes
• 27SagafBooked at 32mins
• 30Amaluzor
• 29Nieskens
• 28James

Substitutes

• 5Clark
• 11Pattison
• 14Della Verde
• 19Rowe
• 25Grant

Referee:

Paul Howard

Attendance:

1,081

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Braintree Town 0.

2. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Braintree Town 0.

3. 85'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Braintree Town. Daniel Rowe replaces Kodi Lyons-Foster.

4. 84'

   Goal!

   Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Braintree Town 0. Chike Kandi (Dagenham and Redbridge) converts the penalty with a.

5. 79'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Braintree Town. Reece Grant replaces Mohamed Bettamer.

6. 70'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Noel Leighton replaces Tomi Adeloye.

7. 69'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Braintree Town. Lyle Della Verde replaces Billy Crook.

8. 61'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Gavin Hoyte replaces Alex McQueen.

9. 61'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Chike Kandi replaces Lamar Reynolds.

10. Second Half

    Second Half begins Dagenham and Redbridge 0, Braintree Town 0.

11. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 0, Braintree Town 0.

12. 32'

    Booking

    Mohammed Sagaf (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

13. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

14. Posted at 19:17 4 Sep 201819:17 4 Sep 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.