Southend United fights Shrewsbury Town in League One battle

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall Stadium (12392 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Southend United holding 20th place and Shrewsbury Town lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Southend United form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Southend United are 6-2-11 (wins-draw-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Southend United who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Bradford City. 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 seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Gillingham match.

The fans are hoping that Southend United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League One game against Peterborough United (placed 6th). Preceding that match was a defeat to AFC Wimbledon (0-1).

The Southend United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 27 in 19 matches. Southend United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Shrewsbury Town as they have only collected 12 points from their 19 away games. Shrewsbury Town only has 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 6 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Shrewsbury Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The manager S. Ricketts was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Roots Hall Stadium. Shrewsbury Town suffered a 0-2 loss to Portsmouth (placed 3rd). Before that, Shrewsbury Town secured a home win against Wycombe Wanderers with the score 2-1.

Shrewsbury Town have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, 19 away games. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shrewsbury Town - Southend United 2-0. Southend United-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Southend United 2 wins, Shrewsbury Town 6 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

S. Cox
14 goals
F. Okenabirhie
8 goals / 1 assists
O. Norburn
8 goals

Southend United missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Southend United Shrewsbury Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 37
97% 95% Over 0.5 84% 84%
79% 79% Over 1.5 74% 76%
51% 63% Over 2.5 37% 49%
21% 21% Over 3.5 21% 19%
15% 21% Over 4.5 5% 11%
44% 47% Both teams to score 37% 54%
28% 37% Clean Sheet 42% 30%
31% 21% Failed To Score 37% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 39 24 11 4 76 31 20 15 5 0 50 14 19 9 6 4 26 17 45 83
2 Barnsley 39 22 12 5 65 28 19 12 7 0 30 10 20 10 5 5 35 18 37 78
3 Portsmouth 39 21 11 7 68 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 20 11 5 4 35 25 27 74
4 Sunderland 37 19 16 2 64 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 18 8 8 2 26 16 30 73
5 Charlton Athletic 38 19 10 9 55 37 19 12 5 2 29 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 18 67
6 Peterborough United 39 16 10 13 60 54 20 7 6 7 25 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 6 58
7 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 12 11 61 50 18 9 7 2 33 17 20 6 5 9 28 33 11 57
8 Blackpool 39 14 14 11 43 41 19 7 7 5 24 19 20 7 7 6 19 22 2 56
9 Coventry City 39 16 8 15 43 43 20 8 5 7 21 19 19 8 3 8 22 24 0 56
10 Burton Albion 39 14 11 14 53 46 20 9 5 6 29 19 19 5 6 8 24 27 7 53
11 Fleetwood Town 38 14 10 14 49 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 6 4 9 21 18 8 52
12 Gillingham 39 13 8 18 53 63 19 6 3 10 23 30 20 7 5 8 30 33 -10 47
13 Oxford United 39 11 13 15 45 54 19 9 2 8 28 23 20 2 11 7 17 31 -9 46
14 Plymouth Argyle 39 12 10 17 49 61 20 8 6 6 33 31 19 4 4 11 16 30 -12 46
15 Bristol Rovers 38 11 12 15 39 39 19 4 6 9 18 22 19 7 6 6 21 17 0 45
16 Wycombe Wanderers 38 11 11 16 47 58 19 8 5 6 24 22 19 3 6 10 23 36 -11 44
17 Accrington Stanley 37 11 11 15 40 54 17 5 6 6 19 23 20 6 5 9 21 31 -14 44
18 Scunthorpe United 39 12 8 19 47 67 19 6 6 7 28 34 20 6 2 12 19 33 -20 44
19 Shrewsbury Town 39 10 13 16 42 52 20 8 7 5 22 21 19 2 6 11 20 31 -10 43
20 Southend United 39 12 6 21 47 57 19 6 2 11 27 27 20 6 4 10 20 30 -10 42
21 Walsall 39 11 9 19 42 61 20 6 4 10 25 33 19 5 5 9 17 28 -19 42
22 Rochdale 38 11 8 19 47 76 20 6 4 10 22 35 18 5 4 9 25 41 -29 41
23 AFC Wimbledon 39 11 6 22 34 57 20 5 3 12 20 34 19 6 3 10 14 23 -23 39
24 Bradford City 39 10 6 23 43 67 20 7 2 11 24 29 19 3 4 12 19 38 -24 36

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