Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Eastleigh

Danny Whitehall's early penalty helped Eastleigh leapfrog Dagenham into ninth in the National League.

Whitehall provided the cross that led to Kairo Mitchell being brought down in the area and then stepped up to take the resulting sixth-minute spot-kick, hammering home off the underside of the bar.

Inih Effiong spurned a gilt-edged chance to level midway through the first half, missing the target with the goal gaping, before the Spitfires were awarded a second penalty when Emmanuel Onarise handled in the box.

Mitchell stepped up this time and saw his 38th-minute effort saved.

It might have proved a costly miss, but a combination of poor Dagenham finishing and stout defending helped Eastleigh go level on points with seventh-placed Boreham Wood.

Match report supplied by PA Media.