Match preview League One: Rotherham United - Southend United at New York Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: New York Stadium (12021 seats)

The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Rotherham United leading Southend United by 43 points. Match preview to follow:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Rotherham United form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Rotherham United at their home stadium (New York Stadium) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Rotherham United.

Rotherham United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Rochdale. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Milton Keynes Dons.

The Rotherham United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 17 league matches. Rotherham United have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Southend United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Southend United, who have the most conceded goals (85) in League One, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-13 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Southend United in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Accrington Stanley.

Southend United are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the League One against Bristol Rovers (placed 14th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Oxford United's place.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Southend United we find two games. Results are zero Southend United wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Southend United have scored 21 goals in 18 league games away. The Southend United manager S. Campbell has some worries about the defense as 43 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Southend United - Rotherham United 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rotherham United won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Southend United has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
14 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Crooks
M. Crooks
9 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
9 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Southend United missing players

Rotherham United Southend United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 7 Played P 5 18 35
18 8 2 Won W 0 2 4
8 5 4 Drew D 0 3 7
9 4 1 Lost L 5 13 24
61 31 11 Scored S 2 21 39
38 16 6 Conceded C 12 43 85
97% 94% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
77% 71% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 83% 83%
60% 53% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 69%
31% 35% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 54%
11% 12% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 28% 26%
60% 47% 57% BTTS BTTS 40% 72% 66%
29% 35% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 6%
14% 24% 29% Failed to Score F T 60% 22% 31%
 
6.9 8 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.1 4.4
5.1 5.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 5.9
1.7 1.8 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
487 259 114 Total Shots T S 46 198 403
172 87 41 Shots on Target S O 13 65 118
35% 36% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 32% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals (85)
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals in the second half (52)
  • Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-46)
  • Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southend United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.