Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Southend United (9th, 65 pts) and Oxford City (24th, 33 pts). Southend United had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Oxford City 1.17 scored and 2.04 conceded per game, Southend United 1.52 and 0.98, with the league averaging 1.47.
Oxford City arrived off three straight defeats. Three consecutive defeats weighed on Southend United.
Court Place Farm in Oxford, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.




