ALL-TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 24

Draws: 23

Plymouth wins: 25

LAST SIX MEETINGS

League One - Mar 18 - Plymouth 4 Southend 0

League One - Aug 17 - Southend 1 Plymouth 1

League Two - Jan 15 - Southend 0 Plymouth 0

League Two - Aug 14 - Plymouth 2 Southend 0

League Two - Jan 14 - Plymouth 1 Southend 1

League Two - Aug 13 - Southend 1 Plymouth 0

REFEREE

John Busby (Oxfordshire)

Busby showed 110 yellow cards and four reds in the 42 games he took charge of last season.

He last officiated the Shrimpers when Phil Brown’s side were beaten 2-0 at AFC Wimbledon in January and also sent off Jermaine McGlashan at Wigan Athletic last October.

FIXTURES

AFC Wimbledon v Coventry, Blackpool v Portsmouth, Bradford v Barnsley, Bristol Rovers v Accrington, Charlton v Shrewsbury, Doncaster v Wycombe, Gillingham v Burton, Luton v Sunderland, Oxford v Fleetwood, Plymouth v Southend, Rochdale v Peterborough, Scunthorpe v Walsall

POINTS OF INTEREST

>Blues have not won at Plymouth since 1999 and have gone nine games without a victory at Home Park.

>Plymouth started the season with a 2-1 defeat at Walsall last weekend.

>Freddie Ladapo, who made 10 appearances for Blues last season, is now with Plymouth and made his debut off the bench on Saturday.

>Plymouth finished seventh last term.

>Defender Ryan Edwards scored for Argyle last weekend on his first game back after recovering from testicular cancer.