Southend United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 22nd position in the League One table. Visiting Gillingham holds 10th place with 46 pts.
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 United's struggle is real here at Roots Hall Stadium with only 7 points collected from 14 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-9. Southend United has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Campbell and the players.
Southend United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 198 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. McLaughlin).
The Southend United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Coventry City here at Roots Hall Stadium in a League One match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Peterborough United (0-4).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Southend United as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Burton Albion are visiting.
Southend United aren't scoring a lot here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, with only 13 goals from 14 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Southend United have allowed the opposition to score 37 goals here at Roots Hall Stadium.
Gillingham form and stats
The visitors are W2-D10-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Things are running smoothly for Gillingham who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against AFC Wimbledon.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Doncaster Rovers in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Blackpool at their stadium, the result 3-2.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Lincoln City.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gillingham as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Gillingham - Southend United 3-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Southend United won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Gillingham has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Humphrys 5 goals |  S. McLaughlin 4 goals |  C. Kelman 4 goals |
Southend United missing players
Gillingham missing players
| Southend United | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 33 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 78 | 37 | 16 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 87% |
| 84% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 53% | 65% |
| 68% | 71% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 27% | 39% |
| 55% | 57% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 20% | 23% |
| 26% | 21% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 6% |
| 65% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 47% | 48% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 32% | 43% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 47% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 355 | 166 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 169 | 388 |
| 101 | 41 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 48 | 123 |
| 33% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 25% | 31% |
- Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Southend United has the fewest matches under the total-line (10)
- Southend United has the fewest points (7) at home
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (13) at home
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (37) at home
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (78)
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the first half (31)
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the second half (47)
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-24) at home
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-45)
- 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.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | Coventry City | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 57 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 56 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 55 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 54 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 53 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 52 |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 51 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 48 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 46 |
| 11 | Oxford United | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 45 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 43 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 42 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -1 | 39 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 28 | -3 | 38 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 35 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -9 | 33 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 32 | -16 | 33 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 30 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 53 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -25 | 23 |
| 22 | Southend United | 31 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 41 | -45 | 16 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 38 | -37 | 11 |