John Akinde and Scott Neilson have been handed rare starts as Crawley bid for a seventh consecutive win against Dagenham and Redbridge tonight.

The pair have been rewarded for impressive displays coming off the bench in the 5-2 victory at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday.

Akinde comes into the attack in place of Tyrone Barnett who limped out of that clash early with a hamstring problem.

Neilson starts on the right wing with Andy Drury expected to switch to the left. Josh Simpson drops back to right-back in place of the injured David Hunt.

On loan QPR midfielder Michael Doughty returns to the bench following illness while there is also a place among the substitutes for Jon-Paul Pittman who had not featured in the squad for the last three games.

Dagenham also make two changes from the side beaten 5-2 at home by Aldershot with Oliver Lee and Troy Hewitt replacing Brian Woodall and Danny Green.

Crawley (4-4-2): Shearer; Simpson, McFadzean, Davis, Howell; Neilson, Bulman, Torres, Drury; Tubbs, Akinde. Subs: Kuipers, Mills, Akpan, Doughty, Pittman.

Dagenham (4-4-2): Lewington; Agogo, Doe, Arber, McCrory; Tomlin, Maher, Lee, Tomlin; Hewitt, Nurse. Subs: Shea, Rose, Scannell; Bingham, Walsh.