The Daggers travel to Lancashire on Saturday to face Morecambe FC, it will be the first time that John Still's side have played in the Globe Arena.
Recent Form
For 45 minutes last week it seemed like the recent poor form would continue for the Daggers, Rotherham United were 1-0 up at the break and certainly had the better of the 1st half. However an inspired 2nd half performance saw the Daggers lift themselves out of the bottom two in npower League Two courtesy of a 3-2 win. Jon Nurse started the comeback and further goals from Abo Ogogo & Scott Doe sealed all three points.
Before that the Daggers had been a run of 6 games without a win in all competitions, credible draws with Southend & Millwall were followed by defeats to Hereford, Millwall, Crewe & Torquay. Daggers fans will be hoping that Saturday will bring the 1st away League win since August when Bradford were defeated 1-0 courtesy of a Jon Nurse goal.
Morecambe started the season well and were in the promotion places in September following a win in the return fixture at the London Borough Of Barking & Dagenham Stadium. Since then Jim Bentley's side have dropped off of the pace and a 2-1 home defeat to Torquay united last time out saw them fall to 14th in npower League Two.
Alarmingly the Shrimps have only won once in their last twelve games in all competitions, that win came at Crewe on the 2nd of January but their last home win came in October when they beat Gillingham 2-1.
Team News
Following their respective returns last week Josh Scott & Brian Woodall have had a full week's training and both can be expected to play some part on Saturday. The loan spells of Ahemd Abdulla & Eoin Wearen have expired so John Still will have some selection choices to make in midfield. Abu Ogogo produced a man of the match performance in there against Rotherham United and could well move up from right back from the start this time around.
Luke Howell has rejoined full training but will miss out as he builds up his fitness, John Still revealed that he could play some part at Canvey Island on Tuesday however. Sam Williams, Kevin Maher and Peter Gain will also miss out as they continue to recover from their long term injuries. Whilst Dom Green will also miss out this week but his groin problem is not expected to keep him out for much longer after that.
Morecambe FC Team News To Follow
Last Meeting
Dagenham & Redbridge 1-2 Morecambe FC
Saturday 19th September 2011
npower League Two
A brace from Danny Carlton was enough for Morecambe to take all three points at the L.B.B.D.S, a win which took the Shrimps to the top of npower League Two. A late goal from Ollie Lee sparked a late revival but it was too little too late and the Daggers fell to their 4th defeat in 5 games.
The Daggers lined up as follows:
Lewington, Rose (Walsh, 89), Doe, Arber, Ilesanmi, Scannell (Woodall, 67), Lee, Gain, Tomlin (McCrory, 72), Nurse, Williams
Substitutes Not Used: Hogan, Bingham.
To watch highlights of this game on Daggers Player click here.
One To Watch - Danny Carlton
With two goals to his name against the Daggers already this season Danny Carlton will be a big threat to Chris Lewington and the Daggers defence on Saturday. 28 year old Carlton started his career with Morecambe and returned in the summer following a 4 year absence. This season he's scored 9 times to add to the 59 goals he scored in his 1st spell with the Shrimps.
Daggers Player
For any fans unable to make it to the Globe Arena on Saturday full match commentary will be available on Daggers Player. Post-match reaction and extended match highlights will also be available to subscribers.
