Match Report
41 points separated the sides: Barnsley 2nd on 91, Southend United 20th on 50. On the form table Southend United stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 20th overall. Per game in the league, Southend United were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.48, Barnsley 1.74 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
6 games without a win framed Southend United's arrival. Barnsley carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Southend United 3/15, Barnsley 11/15.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Southend United, 0 draws and 2 for Barnsley, at 3 goals per meeting.
The venue was Roots Hall Stadium in Southend-on-Sea, with room for 12,392 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 0-3.