Head to head: Southend United v Crawley Town

ALL TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 3

Draws: 3

Crawley wins: 1

LAST SIX MEETINGS

League Two - Oct 20 - Crawley 1 Southend 1

FA Cup - Nov 18 - Crawley 2 Southend 6

FA Cup - Nov 18 - Southend 1 Crawley 1

Trophy - Oct 15 - Crawley 0 Southend 3

League Two - Mar 12 - Southend 0 Crawley 0

Trophy - Aug 11 - Southend 1 Crawley 0

FORM GUIDE

Southend: DLWDDD

Crawley:LDLLLD

BETTING ODDS

Southend win: 11/5

Draw: 11/5

Crawley win: 13/10

REFEREE

Charles Breakspear (Surrey)

Breakspear has shown 106 yellow cards and six reds in the 28 games he has taken charge of so far this season.

Breakspear officiated Blues' 2-1 defeat to Morecambe back in September and also sent off Nathan Ralph in a 1-0 defeat to Accrington in September 2019.

FIXTURES 

Friday: Mansfield v Newport, Oldham v Colchester.

Saturday: Barrow v Carlisle, Bolton v Harrogate, Bradford v Grimsby, Cambridge v Exeter, Cheltenham v Leyton Orient, Port Vale v Morecambe, Salfprd v Stevenage, Scunthorpe v Tranmere, Southend v Crawley, Walsall v Forest Green Rovers/

POINTS OF INTEREST 

>Crawley are currently 14th in the League Two table.

>Town have lost nine of their 19 away games this season and have conceded 30 goals in those outings.

>Crawley have gone six games without a win.

>Former Blues goalkeeper Glenn Morris looks set to start for Crawley this weekend while ex Southend midfielder Josh Wright is also likely to feature.

>Former Southend striker Lee Bradbury is now assistant manager at Crawley.

>Ex Blues defender and TOWIE star Mark Wright has made two appearances for Crawley this season but he has not featured since early February.

>Tom Nichols is Crawley's top scorer with 15 goals so far this season.

>Crawley have not won at Roots Hall in three previous visits.

>Town are bottom of the League Two form guide with two points in their last six games. Blues are 15th.

>Shrimpers duo Nathan Ferguson and Ashley Nathaniel-George both joined Southend from Crawley earlier this season.