ALL-TIME RECORD
Southend wins: 11
Draws: 12
Bradford wins: 16
LAST SIX MEETINGS
League One - Apr 18 - Bradford 0 Southend 2
League One - Dec 17 - Southend 1 Bradford 2
League One - Nov 16 - Southend 3 Bradford 0
League One - Oct 16 - Bradford 1 Southend 1
League One - Apr 16 - Southend 0 Bradford 1
League One - Feb 16 - Bradford 2 Southend 0
REFEREE
Tom Nield (West Yorkshire)
Nield is currently in his second year as a Football League referee and took charge of Blues’ 3-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers back in December.
Nield has shown five yellow cards in his first two games of the new season.
FIXTURES
Accrington v Charlton, Barnsley v AFC Wimbledon, Burton v Doncaster, Coventry v Plymouth, Fleetwood v Rochdale, Peterborough v Luton, Portsmouth v Oxford, Shrewsbury v Blackpool, Southend v Bradford, Walsall v Gillingham, Wycombe v Bristol Rovers
FORM GUIDE
Southend: LDL
Bradford: WLL
POINTS OF INTEREST
>Former Blues midfielder Josh Wright is now captain of Bradford.
>When the Shrimpers won the League One title in the 2005/06 season their first win of the campaign came against Bradford.
>Jack Payne, who came through the youth ranks at Roots Hall, is currently on loan at Bradford from Huddersfield Town.
>Blues were interested in signing striker Eoin Doyle before he opted to join Bradford.
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