National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Southend United or Portsmouth that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Southend United form and stats
Southend participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.Southend United have less points than they have played home games in the League Two so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Southend United are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
Southend drew their last game, 1-1 away at Crawley Town. Preceding that match was a League Two defeat to Morecambe (1-2).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Southend, as the League Two home game vs Exeter City is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Southend United's 2 home games: 1 goal, 6 conceded.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth was sent out of EFL Trophy in the semi-finals last season.Four points from two away games for Portsmouth, meaning one draw and one victory in the League One so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Portsmouth, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Burton Albion in the League One last time out. A loss against Wigan Athletic was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Portsmouth, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Marcus Harness certainly enjoyed Portsmouth's last game versus Burton Albion, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-2 victory.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Milton Keynes Dons in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Portsmouth has managed 4 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Southend won five games, one match ended with a draw and Portsmouth has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Harness 3 goals |  N. Ralph 1 goals | J. Whatmough 1 goals |
Southend United missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Southend United | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 288 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 349 | ||
| 93 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 109 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Morecambe | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 3 | Salford City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Walsall | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 21 | Barrow | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Southend United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 1 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Hull City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Gillingham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes Dons | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |