Preview: Southend United expected to triumph over Wealdstone at Roots Hall

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall

The league standings shows that 6 points divide the pair of opponents in this National League fixture. Southend United have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Southend United have the most clean sheets (18) in National League

For Wealdstone most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the National League.

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Southend United form and stats

Southend United have collected 37 points from their National League home games so far after 11-4-7. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Southend United after consecutive victories at their own ground.

It's back home for Southend United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Scunthorpe United away with the result 3-1. Husin, Hobson and Bridge found the net in that victory.

Prior to that, an away loss at Oldham Athletic.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Southend has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. Southend United have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wealdstone form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Wealdstone have produced an overall stat of 6-6-10 so far. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Wealdstone's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Wealdstone go into this game after a win, the home game against Solihull Moors that ended 3-0. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight rounds not winning.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Dorking Wanderers.

Observe that 10 of this side's 13 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wealdstone as they have only managed to score 21 times from 22 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wealdstone struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 38 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived history between these contenders is the Wealdstone - Southend 0-1 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Southend United victory, one draw and one Wealdstone win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Southend UnitedJ. Bridge
J. Bridge
13 goals
SouthendC. Powell
C. Powell
8 goals
WealdstoneM. Obiero
M. Obiero
8 goals

Southend United missing players

Wealdstone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southend United Wealdstone
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
19 11 5 Won W 0 6 16
9 4 1 Drew D 3 6 12
17 7 1 Lost L 4 10 17
55 30 12 Scored S 6 21 56
44 18 6 Conceded C 14 38 70
93% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
69% 68% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 73% 73%
40% 41% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 55% 58%
16% 14% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 27% 36%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 18% 16%
38% 36% 43% BTTS BTTS 57% 59% 58%
40% 50% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 22%
29% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 43% 32% 29%
 
5.4 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4.4 4.4
4.2 3.5 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.9 4.6 4.8
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.6 13.7 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.5 8.8
4.4 5.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 3.1 3.4
28% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 37%
 
7.8 7.9 6.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.9 10.5
3.1 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Southend United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Southend United have the most clean sheets (18) in National League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wrexham 45 34 8 3 115 42 23 22 1 0 74 19 22 12 7 3 41 23 73 110
2 Notts County 45 32 10 3 116 41 22 17 4 1 53 11 23 15 6 2 63 30 75 106
3 Chesterfield 45 24 9 12 77 52 22 14 2 6 44 27 23 10 7 6 33 25 25 81
4 Woking 45 23 10 12 70 48 23 11 7 5 38 24 22 12 3 7 32 24 22 79
5 Barnet 45 21 11 13 75 65 22 12 5 5 35 28 23 9 6 8 40 37 10 74
6 Bromley 45 18 16 11 67 52 23 9 10 4 35 23 22 9 6 7 32 29 15 70
7 Boreham Wood 45 18 15 12 51 40 22 8 8 6 21 19 23 10 7 6 30 21 11 69
8 Southend United 45 19 9 17 55 44 22 11 4 7 30 18 23 8 5 10 25 26 11 66
9 Eastleigh 45 19 9 17 55 56 23 14 5 4 33 22 22 5 4 13 22 34 -1 66
10 Halifax Town 45 16 12 17 48 47 22 11 5 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 16 25 1 60
11 Oldham Athletic 45 16 12 17 62 63 22 11 5 6 36 29 23 5 7 11 26 34 -1 60
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 45 17 9 19 59 72 23 10 5 8 33 34 22 7 4 11 26 38 -13 60
13 Wealdstone 45 16 12 17 56 70 23 10 6 7 35 32 22 6 6 10 21 38 -14 60
14 Solihull Moors 45 15 13 17 62 65 22 9 7 6 36 26 23 6 6 11 26 39 -3 58
15 Gateshead 45 14 15 16 63 62 22 6 9 7 30 29 23 8 6 9 33 33 1 56
16 Altrincham 45 14 13 18 67 81 23 10 5 8 35 31 22 4 8 10 32 50 -14 55
17 Dorking Wanderers 45 15 9 21 65 90 22 11 4 7 38 41 23 4 5 14 27 49 -25 54
18 Aldershot Town 45 14 10 21 63 75 22 6 5 11 30 35 23 8 5 10 33 40 -12 52
19 York City 45 13 11 21 54 62 23 7 7 9 27 32 22 6 4 12 27 30 -8 50
20 Maidenhead United 45 13 11 21 47 62 23 8 8 7 27 26 22 5 3 14 20 36 -15 50
21 Torquay United 45 12 11 22 57 79 22 6 6 10 35 40 23 6 5 12 22 39 -22 47
22 Yeovil Town 45 7 19 19 35 59 23 6 8 9 18 25 22 1 11 10 17 34 -24 40
23 Scunthorpe United 45 8 10 27 48 85 23 7 3 13 33 43 22 1 7 14 15 42 -37 34
24 Maidstone United 45 5 10 30 45 100 23 3 8 12 24 44 22 2 2 18 21 56 -55 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wrexham 45 34 8 3 115 42 23 22 1 0 74 19 22 12 7 3 41 23 73 110
2 Notts County 45 32 10 3 116 41 22 17 4 1 53 11 23 15 6 2 63 30 75 106
3 Chesterfield 45 24 9 12 77 52 22 14 2 6 44 27 23 10 7 6 33 25 25 81
4 Woking 45 23 10 12 70 48 23 11 7 5 38 24 22 12 3 7 32 24 22 79
5 Barnet 45 21 11 13 75 65 22 12 5 5 35 28 23 9 6 8 40 37 10 74
6 Bromley 45 18 16 11 67 52 23 9 10 4 35 23 22 9 6 7 32 29 15 70
7 Boreham Wood 45 18 15 12 51 40 22 8 8 6 21 19 23 10 7 6 30 21 11 69
8 Southend United 45 19 9 17 55 44 22 11 4 7 30 18 23 8 5 10 25 26 11 66
9 Eastleigh 45 19 9 17 55 56 23 14 5 4 33 22 22 5 4 13 22 34 -1 66
10 Halifax Town 45 16 12 17 48 47 22 11 5 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 16 25 1 60
11 Oldham Athletic 45 16 12 17 62 63 22 11 5 6 36 29 23 5 7 11 26 34 -1 60
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 45 17 9 19 59 72 23 10 5 8 33 34 22 7 4 11 26 38 -13 60
13 Wealdstone 45 16 12 17 56 70 23 10 6 7 35 32 22 6 6 10 21 38 -14 60
14 Solihull Moors 45 15 13 17 62 65 22 9 7 6 36 26 23 6 6 11 26 39 -3 58
15 Gateshead 45 14 15 16 63 62 22 6 9 7 30 29 23 8 6 9 33 33 1 56
16 Altrincham 45 14 13 18 67 81 23 10 5 8 35 31 22 4 8 10 32 50 -14 55
17 Dorking Wanderers 45 15 9 21 65 90 22 11 4 7 38 41 23 4 5 14 27 49 -25 54
18 Aldershot Town 45 14 10 21 63 75 22 6 5 11 30 35 23 8 5 10 33 40 -12 52
19 York City 45 13 11 21 54 62 23 7 7 9 27 32 22 6 4 12 27 30 -8 50
20 Maidenhead United 45 13 11 21 47 62 23 8 8 7 27 26 22 5 3 14 20 36 -15 50
21 Torquay United 45 12 11 22 57 79 22 6 6 10 35 40 23 6 5 12 22 39 -22 47
22 Yeovil Town 45 7 19 19 35 59 23 6 8 9 18 25 22 1 11 10 17 34 -24 40
23 Scunthorpe United 45 8 10 27 48 85 23 7 3 13 33 43 22 1 7 14 15 42 -37 34
24 Maidstone United 45 5 10 30 45 100 23 3 8 12 24 44 22 2 2 18 21 56 -55 25

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