The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Walsall are in the 12th position while the guesting Southend United worry at 24th.
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.
Walsall form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Walsall at their home stadium (The Banks's Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The Walsall fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at The Banks's Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Oxford United. Ahead of that match, Walsall lost 1-2 at home to Bristol Rovers.
Walsall aren't scoring a lot here at The Banks's Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Walsall have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southend United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (25) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Southend United are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Bristol Rovers fixture. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Southend are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Southend have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 194 minutes ago. T. Clifford was the goal scorer.
Southend lost away at Colchester United (1-6) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that match was the FA Cup away draw versus Boreham Wood (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) that ended 2-2.
Southend lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
Goals are few and far between in Southend's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. Southend have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Walsall, two draws and four wins for Southend United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 4 goals | C. Lavery 3 goals |  R. Holden 2 goals |
Walsall missing players
Southend United missing players
| Walsall | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 91% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 82 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 44 | 85 |
| 43 | 27 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 28% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 25% |
- All of Southend United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Southend United has the most conceded goals (25) in League Two
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in League Two
- Southend United has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-10) away in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-20) 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 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Walsall have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Salford City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 2 |
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