Southend United 0-2 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Southend United 0-2 Fleetwood Town
League One · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Southend United 0-2 Fleetwood Town: match report
Southend United were beaten by Fleetwood Town 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 27 August 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Chris Long opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Southend United did not score. Fleetwood Town scored through Chris Long (18') and Ashley Hunter (77').
Discipline: Southend United received 3 yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southend United were 16th on 4 points from 4 and Fleetwood Town 12th on 5 points from 4. Southend United went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Fleetwood Town 4th with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Southend United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Fleetwood Town.
Going into the match Southend United's last five read D-W-L-L and Fleetwood Town's L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Chris Long
- 36'Yellow card · Adam Barrett
- 45'Yellow card · Amari'i Bell
- 70'Yellow card · E. Jónsson
- 77'Goal · Ashley Hunter
- 84'Yellow card · Jason Dimitriou
- 90+6'Yellow card · L. O'Neill
Head-to-head
Team news
Southend United line-up
Mark Oxley, Ben Coker, Adam Thompson, Adam Barrett, Luke O'Neill, Stephen McLaughlin, Adam King, Ryan Leonard, Jack Bridge, Jason Demetriou, Simon Cox
Fleetwood Town line-up
Chris Neal, Connor McLaughlin, Ashley Eastham, Nathan Pond, Amari'i Bell, Eggert Gunnthor Jonsson, Jimmy Ryan, David Ball, Bobby Grant, Christopher Long, Devante Cole