The season has been a struggle for Aldershot Town so far, and the same description fits Southend United. These weathered teams would trade their mothers for some important points here.
- Aldershot Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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 Aldershot Town and Southend United.
Aldershot Town form and stats
Aldershot Town's struggle is real here at The EBB Stadium. with only 9 points collected from 12 National League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7.
Aldershot are returning here after visiting Chesterfield and winning with a 0-0 scoreline. An away draw last time out for Aldershot Town, facing Chesterfield in a game that ended 0-0. Aldershot Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chesterfield (0-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Aldershot Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aldershot Town as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Aldershot Town has won five of these, drawn two and lost five.
There will be little rest for Aldershot Town after this match as they are travelling to Weymouth for a National League game in only four days.
Aldershot Town aren't scoring a lot here at The EBB Stadium. in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. Aldershot has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Southend United form and stats
Southend United have only collected 11 points from their away games in the National League, after 3-2-7 (12 played). When Southend United is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Maidenhead United, Weymouth, Dover Athletic, Altrincham, Southend United, King's Lynn Town and Wealdstone is teams we like to compare Aldershot Town with.
Southend United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus King's Lynn Town that finished 2-1. This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus King's Lynn Town with 2-1 on the scoreboard. Southend won their last game, 2-1 versus King's Lynn Town played at home.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Southend United playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were zero Southend United wins, three draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Dover Athletic.
The attacking power of Southend when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Southend United have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the match result Southend United - Aldershot Town 2-3 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Aldershot Town five wins, one draw and Southend United one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Murphy 7 goals |  S. Dalby 6 goals |   L. Kinsella 3 goals |
Aldershot Town missing players
Southend United missing players
| Aldershot Town | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 37 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 95% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 64% |
| 54% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 45% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 45% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 25% | 18% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 41% |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 8.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.2 | 8.8 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 29% | 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 32% |
| 10.2 | 10.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Aldershot Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chesterfield | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Halifax Town | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 47 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Bromley | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| 5 | Boreham Wood | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 42 |
| 7 | Notts County | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 41 |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
| 9 | Solihull Moors | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 36 |
| 11 | Torquay United | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Woking | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Yeovil Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Eastleigh | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Barnet | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Altrincham | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -8 | 26 |
| 17 | Aldershot Town | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Southend United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 25 |
| 19 | Maidenhead United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 25 |
| 20 | Wealdstone | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 24 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 16 |
| 22 | King's Lynn Town | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -27 | 11 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 24 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 38 | -39 | -8 |
