Dagenham Redbridge 3 - 0 Wrexham

rss feed for news items | England News

Saturday Dec 08 2007 03:00

Deadly Dagenham fired three goals past wretched Wrexham to put their relegation rivals to the sword at Victoria Road.

The visitors looked nervy from the start with rookie striker Dominic Green testing keeper Anthony Williams with a powerful strike from the edge of the box in the fifth minute.

Wrexham's shaky backline were found wanting again in the 19th minute when Daggers midfielder Jon Nurse raced past defender Shaun Pejic to power a thunderous shot straight at Williams from 20 yards.

The Dragons defence finally cracked in the 24th minute when centre-back Steve Evans headed a deep cross from Nurse past his own keeper to put Dagenham ahead.

Midfielder Glen Southam came close to doubling Dagenham's lead in the 37th minute when he powered into the Wrexham box before curling in a powerful strike which Williams did well to push over the bar.

Southam missed a sitter on the stroke of half-time when he failed to connect with an inviting cross from Green with the goal at his mercy.

Daggers midfielder Shane Huke tried his luck from long-range in the 52nd minute but his thunderous strike flew high and wide of goal.

The Dragons almost caught Dagenham with a sucker punch in the 72nd minute when Chris Llewellyn latched on to a Sam Aiston through ball only to shoot straight at Daggers keeper Tony Roberts from the edge of the box.Robbie Garrett came even closer to grabbing an equaliser in the 78th minute when he volleyed inches over the bar after pouncing on a loose ball on the edge of the box.

The home side soaked up the pressure and sealed the win in the 85th minute when substitute Ben Strevens hammered a 30-yard thunderbolt into the top corner of the net.

Daggers rubbed salt into the wound in stoppage time when substitute striker Jamie Taylor fired a low shot past Williams to make it 3-0 with his first touch of the ball.

  • 90
    The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
  • 90
    Goal!! Dagenham have scored with Jamie Taylor putting it in the back of the net.
  • 90
    Jon Nurse is being taken off, Jamie Taylor has come on in his place.
  • 86
    Goal!! Ben Strevens scores for Dagenham.
  • 83
    Marc Williams is being taken off, Josh Johnson has come on in his place.
  • 77
    Neil Roberts is replaced by Matt Done.
  • 74
    Dominic Green is being taken off, Ben Strevens has come on in his place.
  • 63
    Ryan Valentine is booked for unsporting behaviour.
  • 46
    The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
  • 46
    Wrexham are replacing Wes Baynes with Sam Aiston.
  • 45
    Half time whistle is blown by P Miller
  • 24
    Own goal, Steve Evans has put it in his own net.
  • 0
    It's 3pm on Saturday, December 8th, the match has kicked off.

Statistics

Dagenham Redbridge
Shots on target 5
Shots off target 5
Shots off bar/post 0
Fouls 8
Offsides 2
Corners 9

Wrexham
Shots on target 2
Shots off target 2
Shots off bar/post 0
Fouls 13
Offsides 2
Corners 12

See Live Commentary

odds checker

  • All the latest football odds from oddschecker.com
  • Manchester United v Chelsea odds : Manchester United 6/4 Draw 11/5 Chelsea 9/4
  • Champions League Top Goalscorer odds : Cristiano Ronaldo 1/3 Didier Drogba 41/13 Frank Lampard 100/1