Southend United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 22nd position in the League One table. Visiting Lincoln City holds 13th place with 37 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Southend United nor Lincoln City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Southend United form and stats
With 0 League One wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Southend United, who have the most conceded goals (69) in League One, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Southend United are slowly digging their own grave here at Roots Hall Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in twelve attempts. The last victory here came in the Blackpool match.
The fans are hoping that Southend United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the League One game against Doncaster Rovers (placed 9th). Before that match, a win away at Accrington Stanley.
Southend United aren't scoring a lot here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Southend United having conceded 34 goals here at Roots Hall Stadium so far.
Lincoln City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lincoln City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-11 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Lincoln City have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
Lincoln City failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Portsmouth (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 0-1 defeat away at Ipswich Town before that.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 22 goals have been conceded by Lincoln City in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lincoln City - Southend United 4-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Southend United victory, 0 draws and 2 Lincoln City wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Walker 14 goals |   S. Humphrys 5 goals |  H. Anderson 4 goals |
Southend United missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Southend United | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 29 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 36 |
| 69 | 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 81% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 69% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 34% |
| 59% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 30% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 67% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 30% | 42% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 34% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 302 | 139 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 159 | 322 |
| 89 | 34 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 50 | 103 |
| 34% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 35% |
- Lincoln City has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Southend United has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Southend United has the fewest points (4) at home
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (11) at home
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (34) at home
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (69)
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the first half (30)
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the second half (39)
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-23) at home
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-39)
- 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 have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 50 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 48 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 46 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 45 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 41 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 39 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 38 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 37 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 34 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -5 | 30 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -14 | 29 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 28 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 28 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 22 |
| 22 | Southend United | 27 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -39 | 13 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 34 | -35 | 8 |