Match Report
The table gap was wide: 50 points between Barnet (1st, 102 pts) and Dagenham & Redbridge (21st, 52 pts). Recent form flatters Dagenham & Redbridge's table spot — 5th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 21st. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Barnet ran at 2.11 scored and 0.83 conceded, Dagenham & Redbridge at 1.33 and 1.35.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Barnet. Dagenham & Redbridge had gone 12 games without a win. Over the last five, Barnet had taken 15 of 15 points to Dagenham & Redbridge's 3.
13 meetings are on record — 6 won by Barnet, 5 by Dagenham & Redbridge, 2 drawn, at 3.46 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 69% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 62% of the meetings produced three or more. Where history says 3.46 goals per meeting, the last five say 4.8.
The match was played at The Hive Stadium in London (capacity 6,418). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Barnet: Lee Ndlovu (90')