An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Southend United and Bradford City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 24th and the visitors in 20th place.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Southend and Bradford City.
Southend United form and stats
With 4 League Two wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Southend United, their manager M. Molesley and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Southend United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Mansfield Town (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Southend United lost 1-2 at home to Cambridge United.
Southend are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Port Vale awaits in four days.
Southend United aren't scoring a lot here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. 19 goals have been conceded.
Bradford City form and stats
Playing away, Bradford City have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season.
Bradford City are looking to quickly end their 208 minutes long goal drought in the League Two. The Bradford goalkeeper Sam Hornby is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 311 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Bradford are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Cambridge United (placed 1st). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Port Vale.
A quick return to home after this game, as Bradford are hosting Barrow in the League Two only four days away.
The attacking power of Bradford City when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Bradford in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bradford City - Southend 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Southend wins - draws - Bradford City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
L. Novak 6 goals | T. Clifford 2 goals | J. Olayinka 2 goals |
Southend United missing players
Bradford City missing players
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Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
24 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
14 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
15 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 20 |
36 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 25 |
92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
71% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 55% |
38% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 45% |
12% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 18% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
29% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 41% |
25% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 27% |
54% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 45% |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
8.5 | 7.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4 |
26% | 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 23% |
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Cambridge United | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 42 |
2 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
3 | Newport County | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
4 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
5 | Salford City | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
6 | Morecambe | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 38 |
7 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
8 | Exeter City | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 36 |
9 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
10 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
11 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
12 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
13 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
14 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 32 |
15 | Colchester United | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
16 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 28 |
18 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
19 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
20 | Bradford City | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
21 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
22 | Stevenage | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
23 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 21 |
24 | Southend United | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -21 | 20 |
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