It was a game of two halves at Sincil Bank on Saturday as Dagenham & Redbridge came from behind to end up 3-1 victors to retain their place at the top of the League 2 table.

Things had looked good at the break after an 18th minute Lenny John-Lewis effort had given the Imps the lead but a disallowed Ben Wright header, given for offside after he latched on to a Dany N'Guessan cross seconds before the break, was the main talking point during the interval.

With City having the better of things in the opening half, the second half was a different story with the Daggers, and striker Ben Strevens, taking centre stage.

Former Barnet front man Strevens hooked home an instinctive first in the 66th minute after Rob Burch had misjudged an outswinging free-kick whilst his second came 13 minutes later when he nipped in at the near post to head home a Sam Saunders corner.

Strevens turned provider as the Daggers netted a third in the final minute. He latched on to a ball over the top, rounded the advancing Burch and slid a right-footed effort goalwards with Benson there to make sure at the far post.

MATCH FACTS

LINCOLN CITY
1 Rob BURCH
2 Paul GREEN
4 Janos KOVACS
6 Frank SINCLAIR
3 Aaron BROWN
8 Lee FRECKLINGTON
11 Scott KERR
12 Dany N'GUESSAN
14 Lenell JOHN-LEWIS
9 Kevin GALL
15 Ben WRIGHT
 
subs 
5 Lee BEEVERS (for SINCLAIR 26)
21 Gary KING (for JOHN-LEWIS 84)
17 David GRAHAM (for WRIGHT 84)
18 Martin PEMBLETON
13 Ayden DUFFY

GOAL: JOHN-LEWIS (18)

DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE
1 Tony ROBERTS
12 Scott GRIFFITHS
15 Anwar UDDIN
34 Mark ARBER
2 Magnus OKUONGHAE
21 Dominic GREEN
33 Peter GAIN
25 Solomon TAIWO
7 Sam SAUNDERS
14 Paul BENSON
18 Ben STREVENS
 
subs
9 Jon NURSE (for GREEN 90+2)
8 Glen SOUTHAM
11 Mark NWOKEJI
22 Marlon PATTERSON
30 Ed THOMPSON

GOALS: STREVENS (66, 79), BENSON (90)

BOOKING: SAUNDERS (84)

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE: Phil Gibbs (West Midlands)
ASSISTANTS: Alan Parker & Wayne Porter
FOURTH OFFICIAL: David Coote

ATTENDANCE: 3,581 (138 visiting supporters)