William Bewsey
12:49pm, Wed 3rd Apr 2024
Woking vs Dagenham & Redbridge
Vanarama National League
Saturday 6th April 2024
15:00 Kick-Off
Woking face an in-form Dagenham & Redbridge side as they look to break the 50 point barrier and take a big step towards securing their National League status.
A good performance at promotion chasing Bromley saw the Cards agonisingly concede a stoppage time equaliser, but Michael Doyle will have no doubt taken the positives from a solid outing.
With this being Woking’s penultimate home game of the season, three points would keep the Cards out of trouble ahead of a trip to rejuvenated York City next week.
Opposition Watch
Ben Strevens’ side have practically escaped danger, with their 54 point total surely enough to guarantee another season in the fifth tier. Recently, they have been scoring for fun, with a 7-1 win at home to Oxford City being backed up by 4-1 wins over Boreham Wood and Maidenhead United.
Josh Rees is the in-form man for the Daggers, having scored nine times in his last 11 appearances to take him up to 15 for the season. Also on 15 is former Card Inih Effiong, who has recently returned from injury.
Elsewhere, Daggers keeper Elliot Justham has been ever reliable between the sticks, being rewarded with a call up to the England C side last month; he also saved a penalty from Rakish Bingham in a 1-1 draw with Ebbsfleet on Monday.
Like Woking, the Daggers were denied all three points by a stoppage time equaliser, after Rees had given them the lead.
Last Time Out
Inih Effiong’s stoppage time winner gave the Daggers all three points in a 2-1 win in October, after Reece Grego-Cox had equalised for the Cards at Victoria Road.
Last season, Woking were victorious on both occasions, with a 2-0 win at the Laithwaite in August 2022, and a 2-1 win in January 2023 at Victoria Road courtesy of a Rohan Ince double.
In 26 games played between the sides, Woking have won eight, Dagenham have won eight, and there have been ten draws.
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