ALL TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 13

Draws: 6

Doncaster wins: 14

LAST SIX MEETINGS

League One - Jan 16 - Southend 0 Doncaster 3

League One - Aug 15 - Doncaster 0 Southend 0

League One play-offs - May 08 - Doncaster 5 Southend 1

League One play-offs - May 08 - Southend 0 Doncaster 0

League One - Dec 07 - Doncaster 3 Southend 1

League One - Sep 07 - Southend 3 Doncaster 2

FORM GUIDE

Southend: WWWWDL

Doncaster: WLLWLL

BETTING ODDS

Southend win: 23/20

Draw: 12/5

Doncaster win: 9/4

REFEREE

Darren Handley (Lancashire)

Handley has shown 30 yellow cards and one red in the 11 games he has taken charge of so far this season.

He last officiated the Shrimpers in August 2015, when Phil Brown’s side drew 2-2 at Coventry City.

Handley also refereed Blues’ 1-0 win at Exeter City in April 2015.

FIXTURES

Saturday: Doncaster v Southend, MK Dons v Bradford, Northampton v Bristol Rovers, Oxford v AFC Wimbledon, Plymouth v Fleetwood, Rochdale v Rotherham, Scunthorpe v Wigan, Walsall v Shrewsbury Sunday: Gillingham v Portsmouth

POINTS OF INTEREST

>Doncaster are the only team in League One who have yet to win at home so far this season. Rovers have drawn three and lost two of their five games at their own ground.

>Rovers have triumphed in just two of their last 11 outings.

>John Marquis - who bagged 26 goals in League Two last season - is Doncaster’s top scorer with four goals this term.

>Southend are winless in their last five games against Doncaster.

>Doncaster are 19th in the table with nine points from 11 games.

>Blues striker Theo Robinson was with Doncaster between 2013 and 2015, scoring nine goals in 72 appearances.

>Shrimpers boss Phil Brown replaced Rovers manager Darren Ferguson at Preston North End in 2011.

>Blues have not won away at Doncaster since 1989.