ALL-TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 6

Draws: 0

Sunderland wins: 9

LAST SIX MEETINGS

League One - Oct 18 - Sunderland 3 Southend 0

Championship - Feb 07 - Sunderland 4 Southend 0

Championship - Aug 06 - Southend 3 Sunderland 1

Div One (old) - Feb 96 - Southend 0 Sunderland 2

Div One (old) - Sep 95 - Sunderland 1 Southend 0

Div One (old) - Feb 95 - Southend 0 Sunderland 1

REFEREE

Darren Bond (Lancashire)

Bond has officiated mainly in the Championship this season and has shown 111 yellow cards and seven reds in the 36 games he has officiated.

Bond last officiated the Shrimpers in November 2015 when Phil Brown’s side recorded an emphatic 5-2 win at Oldham Athletic.

FORM GUIDE

Southend: LWDLDL

Sunderland: LDDWLD

FIXTURES

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

POINTS OF INTEREST

>Blues have faced Sunderland 15 times and there has never been a draw between the two teams.

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

>The Black Cats have been beaten just three times away from home in League One this season, the best record in the division.

>Sunderland are fourth in the table.