ALL-TIME RECORD
Southend wins: 28
Draws: 16
Shrewsbury wins: 21
LAST SIX MEETINGS
League One - Dec 17 - Southend 1 Shrewsbury 2
League One - Sep 17 - Shrewsbury 1 Southend 0
League One - Apr 17 - Shrewsbury 1 Southend 0
League One - Oct 16 - Southend 1 Shrewsbury 1
League One - Feb 16 - Shrewsbury 1 Southend 2
League One - Sep 15 - Southend 0 Shrewsbury 1
REFEREE
Christopher Sarginson (Staffordshire)
Sarginson has shown 15 yellow cards in the six games he has taken charge of so far this season but he has yet to brandish a red card.
Sarginson last officiated the Shrimpers when Phil Brown’s side won 2-0 at Oldham Athletic in December 2016.
FIXTURES
AFC Wimbledon v Scunthorpe, Bradford v Charlton, Burton v Sunderland, Coventry v Barnsley, Fleetwood v Accrington, Luton v Bristol Rovers, Peterborough v Portsmouth, Plymouth v Blackpool, Rochdale v Gillingham, Shrewsbury v Southend, Walsall v Doncaster, Wycombe v Oxford
FORM GUIDE
Southend: LWLWLW
Shrewsbury: DDDLDD
POINTS OF INTEREST
>Former Blues midfielder Anthony Grant is now with Shrewsbury. Grant made 184 appearances for Southend before leaving in 2012.
>The Shrews finished third last term but are currently 22nd in the table.
>Shrewsbury have conceded four penalties in their last four games and five in the last seven.
>Blues last won at the Shrews in 2016.
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