League One match preview and statistics: Southend United fight Bristol Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall Stadium (12392 seats)

Season ticket holders at Roots Hall Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Southend United languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Bristol Rovers will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Southend United form and stats

Southend United's struggle is real here at Roots Hall Stadium with only 7 points collected from 16 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-11. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Southend United with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Lincoln City game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss. With Southend United having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager S. Campbell.

Southend United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Oxford United. Preceding that match was a defeat to Burton Albion (2-3).

Southend United aren't scoring a lot here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Southend United have allowed the opposition to score 41 goals here at Roots Hall Stadium.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Bristol Rovers playing as the away team in the League One this season.

The attacking players of Bristol Rovers have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 186 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Bristol Rovers in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Shrewsbury Town, 0-1. Prior to that match, the Bristol Rovers manager B. Garner faced defeat when travelling to Sunderland and losing 0-3.

After this away game Bristol Rovers return home for a League One game against Sunderland. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Bristol Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Bristol Rovers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bristol Rovers - Southend United 4-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Southend United victories, four draws and four Bristol Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol Rovers
J. Clarke-Harris
11 goals
Southend United
S. Humphrys
5 goals
Southend United
S. McLaughlin
4 goals

Southend United missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southend United Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 6 16 33
3 1 0 Won W 3 5 11
7 4 0 Drew D 2 3 9
24 11 6 Lost L 1 8 13
36 15 5 Scored S 7 14 35
84 41 19 Conceded C 6 27 46
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 85%
82% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 81% 73%
68% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
53% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 21%
26% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
65% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 42%
6% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 19% 27%
32% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 56% 45%
 
4.3 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 4
5.9 5.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7.1 6.8
1.8 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 2
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
389 191 68 Total Shots T S 70 185 392
114 49 17 Shots on Target S O 19 49 115
32% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 29% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
  • Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Southend United has the fewest points (7) at home
  • Southend United has the fewest scored goals (15) at home
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals (41) at home
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals (84)
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
  • Southend United has the most conceded goals in the second half (51)
  • Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-26) at home
  • Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-48)
  • Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southend United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Southend United is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 33 17 13 3 47 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 16 6 8 2 25 19 17 64
2 Rotherham United 34 18 8 8 60 35 17 8 5 4 31 16 17 10 3 4 29 19 25 62
3 Portsmouth 33 17 8 8 51 32 17 12 5 0 34 13 16 5 3 8 17 19 19 59
4 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
5 Sunderland 34 16 10 8 46 28 18 10 7 1 33 11 16 6 3 7 13 17 18 58
6 Fleetwood Town 33 16 10 7 49 36 17 10 6 1 25 13 16 6 4 6 24 23 13 58
7 Oxford United 34 16 9 9 58 35 17 11 3 3 33 13 17 5 6 6 25 22 23 57
8 Peterborough United 34 16 8 10 66 40 16 11 3 2 39 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 26 56
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 10 11 46 35 16 6 5 5 23 17 19 8 5 6 23 18 11 52
10 Doncaster Rovers 33 14 9 10 50 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 14 4 4 6 20 14 17 51
11 Gillingham 34 12 14 8 40 32 17 9 3 5 27 17 17 3 11 3 13 15 8 50
12 Burton Albion 33 12 11 10 46 45 16 6 7 3 17 12 17 6 4 7 29 33 1 47
13 Blackpool 33 11 11 11 43 41 16 9 2 5 26 21 17 2 9 6 17 20 2 44
14 Bristol Rovers 33 11 9 13 35 46 17 6 6 5 21 19 16 5 3 8 14 27 -11 42
15 Shrewsbury Town 33 10 11 12 29 39 16 6 5 5 19 21 17 4 6 7 10 18 -10 41
16 Accrington Stanley 34 10 10 14 46 51 16 7 2 7 32 25 18 3 8 7 14 26 -5 40
17 Lincoln City 34 11 6 17 41 44 16 9 3 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 39
18 Milton Keynes Dons 34 10 7 17 36 46 17 9 1 7 20 20 17 1 6 10 16 26 -10 37
19 AFC Wimbledon 34 8 10 16 39 52 17 5 8 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 34
20 Rochdale 33 9 6 18 36 56 15 4 4 7 16 21 18 5 2 11 20 35 -20 33
21 Tranmere Rovers 32 6 8 18 32 58 17 3 6 8 19 26 15 3 2 10 13 32 -26 26
22 Southend United 34 3 7 24 36 84 16 1 4 11 15 41 18 2 3 13 21 43 -48 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 32 5 9 18 25 64 17 4 8 5 17 23 15 1 1 13 8 41 -39 12

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 Coventry City 33 17 13 3 47 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 16 6 8 2 25 19 17 64
2 Rotherham United 34 18 8 8 60 35 17 8 5 4 31 16 17 10 3 4 29 19 25 62
3 Portsmouth 33 17 8 8 51 32 17 12 5 0 34 13 16 5 3 8 17 19 19 59
4 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
5 Sunderland 34 16 10 8 46 28 18 10 7 1 33 11 16 6 3 7 13 17 18 58
6 Fleetwood Town 33 16 10 7 49 36 17 10 6 1 25 13 16 6 4 6 24 23 13 58
7 Oxford United 34 16 9 9 58 35 17 11 3 3 33 13 17 5 6 6 25 22 23 57
8 Peterborough United 34 16 8 10 66 40 16 11 3 2 39 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 26 56
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 10 11 46 35 16 6 5 5 23 17 19 8 5 6 23 18 11 52
10 Doncaster Rovers 33 14 9 10 50 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 14 4 4 6 20 14 17 51
11 Gillingham 34 12 14 8 40 32 17 9 3 5 27 17 17 3 11 3 13 15 8 50
12 Burton Albion 33 12 11 10 46 45 16 6 7 3 17 12 17 6 4 7 29 33 1 47
13 Blackpool 33 11 11 11 43 41 16 9 2 5 26 21 17 2 9 6 17 20 2 44
14 Bristol Rovers 33 11 9 13 35 46 17 6 6 5 21 19 16 5 3 8 14 27 -11 42
15 Shrewsbury Town 33 10 11 12 29 39 16 6 5 5 19 21 17 4 6 7 10 18 -10 41
16 Accrington Stanley 34 10 10 14 46 51 16 7 2 7 32 25 18 3 8 7 14 26 -5 40
17 Lincoln City 34 11 6 17 41 44 16 9 3 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 39
18 Milton Keynes Dons 34 10 7 17 36 46 17 9 1 7 20 20 17 1 6 10 16 26 -10 37
19 AFC Wimbledon 34 8 10 16 39 52 17 5 8 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 34
20 Rochdale 33 9 6 18 36 56 15 4 4 7 16 21 18 5 2 11 20 35 -20 33
21 Tranmere Rovers 32 6 8 18 32 58 17 3 6 8 19 26 15 3 2 10 13 32 -26 26
22 Southend United 34 3 7 24 36 84 16 1 4 11 15 41 18 2 3 13 21 43 -48 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 32 5 9 18 25 64 17 4 8 5 17 23 15 1 1 13 8 41 -39 12

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