ALL TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 11

Draws: 7

Rotherham wins: 10

LAST SIX MEETINGS

League One - Aug 17 - Rotherham 5 Southend 0

League Two - Mar 13 - Southend 1 Rotherham 1

League Two - Oct 12 - Rotherham 0 Southend 3

League Two - Feb 12 - Southend 0 Rotherham 2

League Two - Sep 11 - Rotherham 0 Southend 4

League Two - Jan 11 - Rotherham 1 Southend 2

FORM GUIDE

Southend: DDDLWD

Rotherham: WLLWWW

BETTING ODDS

Southend win: 2/1

Draw: 12/5

Rotherham win: 13/10

REFEREE

Brett Huxtable (Devon)

Huxtable has shown 124 yellow cards and seven reds in the 33 games he has taken charge of so far this season.

Huxtable is enjoying his second campaign as a Football League referee and Saturday’s game will be the first time he has officiated a match involving the Shrimpers.

FIXTURES

Saturday: Bradford v Gillingham, Bury v Wigan, Charlton v Plymouth, Fleetwood v Northampton, MK Dons v Blackpool, Peterborough v Bristol Rovers, Scunthorpe v Rochdale, Shrewsbury v AFC Wimbledon, Southend v Rotherham.

Sunday: Portsmouth v Oxford

POINTS OF INTEREST

>Rotherham are currently fourth in the League One table with 65 points from 37 games so far this season.

>Kieffer Moore is Rotherham’s top scorer with 13 but the striker ended his loan spell in January and is now with Barnsley.

>Ex Blues loanee Caolan Lavery is currently on loan at Rotherham from Sheffield United.

>Rotherham have won eight, lost seven and draw three games away from home this season.

>Blues goalkeeper Mark Oxley grew up supporting Rotherham and was on their books for eight years as a youngster.

>Rotherham have been beaten in just one of their last eight away games.