Match Report
5 points and 5 places separated them: Southend United 2nd with 20, Yeovil Town 7th with 15. On recent form Yeovil Town sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Southend United were scoring 2.56 and conceding 1.33, Yeovil Town 2 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Yeovil Town arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
11 meetings are on record — 4 won by Southend United, 5 by Yeovil Town, 2 drawn, at 1.73 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 27% of the meetings went over two goals.
Roots Hall Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,392. On the scoreboard, Yeovil Town led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Southend United: Darren Oldaker (66'), Leon Chambers-Parillon (79'), Promise Omochere (85') · Yeovil Town: Archie Davies (25'), Luke McCormick (58')
Key stats
Possession: Southend United 64% · Yeovil Town 36% · Total shots: 15-4 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 9-2