ALL TIME RECORD
Southend wins: 10
Draws: 8
Portsmouth wins: 15
LAST SIX MEETINGS
League Two - Jan 15 - Portsmouth 1 Southend 2
League Two - Sep 14 - Southend 2 Portsmouth 0
League Two - Jan 14 - Southend 2 Portsmouth 1
League Two - Nov 13 - Portsmouth 1 Southend 2
Div One (old) - Mar 97 - Southend 2 Portsmouth 1
Div One (old) - Aug 96 - Portsmouth 1 Southend 0
FORM GUIDE
Southend: WLWWDL
Portsmouth: WWLLLL
BETTING ODDS
Southend win: 4/5
Draw: 13/5
Portsmouth win: 10/3
REFEREE
Carl Boyeson (East Yorkshire) Boyeson has shown 40 yellow cards and six red in the 15 games he has taken charge of so far this season.
Boyeson officiated Blues’ 4-2 win at Fleetwood Town in September in a game which saw him send off Fleetwood’s Aiden O’Neill after just 31 minutes.
Boyeson also refereed the Shrimpers 0-0 draw at Walsall last season and angered Blues boss Phil Brown when he did not award a penalty for a challenge on Nile Ranger.
FIXTURES
Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon, Bury v Blackburn, Charlton v MK Dons, Fleetwood v Doncaster, Northampton v Scunthorpe, Oldham v Rochdale, Peterborough v Blackpool, Plymouth v Oxford, Portsmouth v Southend, Rotherham v Shrewsbury, Walsall v Gillingham, Wigan v Bradford
POINTS OF INTEREST
>Blues have won their last five games against Portsmouth.
>Former Southend midfielder Stuart O’Keefe is currently on loan at Portsmouth from Cardiff City.
>There have been three red cards in Blues’ last two visits to Fratton Park with Barry Corr and Cauley Woodrow both being sent off for Phil Brown’s team.
>Portsmouth average a crowd of 17,594 at home this season, the second highest in League One. Only Bradford City average higher with the Shrimpers 12th.
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