This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Southend United holding 24th place and Grimsby Town lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (7) in League Two
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Southend United form and stats
Southend United's struggle is real here at Roots Hall Stadium with only 4 points collected from 8 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-6.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Southend, as their goalkeeper Mark Oxley has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the League Two.
Southend's last game was hosting Scunthorpe United (placed 18th) and winning 1-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Stevenage that finished 0-0.
There will be little rest for Southend after this match as they are travelling to Mansfield Town for a League Two game in only four days.
Southend aren't scoring a lot here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Grimsby delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Mansfield Town (placed 19th) in their previous match; a League Two game. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Newport County.
As mentioned above, Grimsby drew the match against Mansfield Town. Manager I. Holloway brought on Ira Jackson Jr to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A quick return to home after this game, as Grimsby are hosting Scunthorpe United in the League Two only four days away.
Grimsby find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Grimsby have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Hendrie 2 goals | J. Tilley 2 goals | M. Gibson 2 goals |
Southend United missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Southend United | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 78% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 69% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 19% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 19% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.7 | 9.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 21% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 33% |
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southend United has the fewest points (4) at home in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (7) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 | Newport County | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 16 |
| 21 | Barrow | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -22 | 9 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)