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.