Scunthorpe United 3-1 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Scunthorpe United 3-1 Southend United

League One · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Scunthorpe United 3-1 Southend United: match report

Scunthorpe United won against Southend United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jason Dimitriou opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Kevin van Veen (32'), Conor Townsend (63') and an own goal by Michael Turner (86'). Southend United scored through Jason Dimitriou (25').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received no yellow cards; Southend United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 5th on 39 points from 22 and Southend United 12th on 28 points from 22. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Southend United 10th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Scunthorpe United win, 0 draws and 0 for Southend United.

Going into the match Scunthorpe United's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Southend United's L-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Jason DimitriouSouthend United · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · A. WordsworthSouthend United
  • 63'Goal · Conor TownsendScunthorpe United · 2-1
  • 86'Own goal · Michael TurnerScunthorpe United · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Scunthorpe United 1, draws 0, Southend United 0.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Matthew Gilks, Conor Townsend, Murray Wallace, Charlie Goode, Cameron Burgess, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Hakeeb Adelakun, Kevin van Veen, Tom Hopper, Duane Holmes

Southend United line-up

Mark Oxley, Ben Coker, Anton Ferdinand, Michael Turner, Stephen McLaughlin, John White, Anthony Wordsworth, Jason Demetriou, Josh Wright, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Simon Cox