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Southend United
Southend United
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Southend United will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-1 National League loss in their previous game against Eastleigh.

The only name on the scoresheet from Southend United was Andrew Dallas (76'). Aaron Blair (50') and Jake Taylor (80') scored for Eastleigh.

Southend United haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have managed to rack up 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 8. Let’s see if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that Southend United:

  • haven't been beaten in the league by Scunthorpe United in their previous 4 games.
  • are unbeaten in their last 7 league matches at home.

Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United
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In the game prior to this, Scunthorpe United drew 1-1 in the National League tie with Boreham Wood.

The only name on the scoresheet from Scunthorpe United was Callum Roberts (75'). Matt Rush (1') scored for Boreham Wood.

The stats tell the story, and Scunthorpe United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals overall. Defensively, Scunthorpe United have not been doing too well.

Leading up to this clash, Scunthorpe United:

  • haven't won against Southend United in games played away from home for the previous 6 league matches. Not the best of away records.
  • have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.
  • are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes dating back to 27/11/2018 shows us that Southend United have won 4 of them and Scunthorpe United 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 17 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 from The Shrimpers and 6 for The Irons. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league encounter between the two was National League match day 45 on 22/04/2023 when the final score was Scunthorpe United 1-3 Southend United.

The referee was Sam Mulhall.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Scunthorpe United are likely to find the back of the net against this Southend United outfit, but it probably won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Southend United by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s see what eventuates.

Peter Guest, 13:12 27/09/2025

Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.