This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Grimsby Town holding 23rd place and Southend United lying 24th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals (40) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town's struggle is real here at Blundell Park with only 9 points collected from 11 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-6.
Grimsby Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Port Vale (0-3). Before that game, the home loss against Cambridge United with the scoreline 1-2.
Grimsby aren't scoring a lot here at Blundell Park in the league, with only 8 goals from 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grimsby Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Southend United form and stats
There's been little loot from Southend United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Southend United's previous game versus Barrow (placed 21st), a League Two 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Southend manager M. Molesley faced defeat when travelling to Leyton Orient and losing 0-2.
After this away game Southend return home for a League Two game against Cambridge United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Southend United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 10 away games. Southend struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Southend United - Grimsby 3-1 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Pollock 3 goals |  L. Hendrie 2 goals | J. Tilley 2 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Southend United missing players
| Grimsby Town | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 40 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 95% |
| 70% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 76% |
| 57% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 30% | 38% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 70% | 52% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 8.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.4 | 8.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 33% | 30% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 29% |
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals (40) in League Two
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in League Two
- Grimsby Town has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League Two
- Grimsby Town has the the worst goal difference (-21) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Grimsby Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Southend United have scored away.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (3) away in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-14) away in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Salford City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 11 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 21 | Barrow | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 24 | Southend United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -19 | 19 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)