Match Report
8 points and 10 places separated them: Dagenham & Redbridge 21st with 52, Hartlepool United 11th with 60. Dagenham & Redbridge had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 21st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Dagenham & Redbridge 1.33 scored and 1.35 conceded per game, Hartlepool United 1.28 and 1.35, with the league averaging 1.35.
Hartlepool United came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
14 meetings are on record — 5 won by Dagenham & Redbridge, 7 by Hartlepool United, 2 drawn, at 2.21 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 36% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
Chigwell Construction Stadium in Dagenham, capacity 6,078, hosted the game. Hartlepool United led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Dagenham & Redbridge: Harry Phipps (87') · Hartlepool United: Paul Kalambayi (17' og)