ALL-TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 17

Draws: 15

Scunthorpe wins: 24

LAST SIX MEETINGS

League One - Nov 18 - Southend 2 Scunthorpe 0

League One - Jan 18 - Southend 3 Scunthorpe 2

League One - Dec 17 - Scunthorpe 3 Southend 1

League One - Feb 17 - Southend 3 Scunthorpe 1

League One - Sep 16 - Scunthorpe 4 Southend 0

League One - Feb 16 - Scunthorpe 1 Southend 0

REFEREE

Ben Toner (Lancashire)

Toner has shown 80 yellow cards and five red cards in the 29 games he has taken charge of so far this season.

Toner last officiated the Shrimpers in their 1-1 draw at Gillingham back in October 2015 in a display which angered then Southend manager Phil Brown.

FORM GUIDE

Southend: DLDDLD

Scunthorpe: LLDLWL

FIXTURES

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

POINTS OF INTEREST

>Scunthorpe have lost seven of their 18 home games this term.

>Blues have never won at the Iron’s Glanford Park home.

>Lee Novak is Scunthorpe’s top scorer with 11 goals this season.

>The Iron have triumphed in just one of their last six games.

>Scunthorpe are 18th in the League One standings, one point below Blues.