The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Southend United and Cheltenham Town promises to be an interesting one.
Cheltenham Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago.
Southend United form and stats
Southend United have played three League Two home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Southend drew their last game, also a home match. Exeter City (placed 10th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Preceding that match was a EFL Trophy defeat to Portsmouth (0-3).
Southend United are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Salford City awaits in three days.
Southend has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for conceded goals, Southend's unpleasant statistic is 8 goals surrendered.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
Cheltenham Town are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the League Two.
Cheltenham Town's previous game was their home loss versus Grimsby Town (1-3). Before that, Cheltenham Town secured a home win against Crawley Town with the score 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Scunthorpe United in just three days.
5 goals so far away for Cheltenham Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Southend United won six games, one match ended with a draw and Cheltenham Town has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Williams 3 goals |  N. Ralph 1 goals |  J. Demetriou 1 goals |
Southend United missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Southend United | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 20 | 74 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 9 | 32 |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 56% | 28% |
- All of Cheltenham Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Southend United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cheltenham Town has the most scored goals in the first half (8) in League Two
- Cheltenham Town have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cheltenham Town have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
- Cheltenham Town have won all their away games so far.
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (8) at home in League Two
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-7) in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southend United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Southend United have yet to win a game.
- Southend United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Southend United | Last season | Cheltenham Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 85 | 42 | Conceded | C | 10 | 30 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 89% | ||
| 83% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 71% | ||
| 69% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 11% | 37% | ||
| 54% | 59% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 66% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 47% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 37% | ||
| 31% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 404 | 206 | Total Shots | T S | 157 | 402 | ||
| 117 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 140 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Morecambe | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Barrow | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Southend United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
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