Southend United 3-1 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020

Result

Southend United 3-1 Grimsby Town

League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southend United 3-1 Grimsby Town: match report

Southend United beat Grimsby Town 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 15 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Kyle Taylor opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Southend United's goals came from Kyle Taylor (1'), Tom Clifford (57') and Greg Halford (75'). Grimsby Town scored through I. Jackson (45+4').

Discipline: Southend United received 2 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southend United were 24th on 9 points from 16 and Grimsby Town 20th on 16 points from 16. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Grimsby Town 24th with 43.

Southend United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Clifford of Southend United (7.8), level with Jason Demetriou (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Kyle TaylorSouthend United · 1-0
  • 45+4'Goal · I. JacksonGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Tom CliffordSouthend United · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Elliott HewittGrimsby Town
  • 73'Yellow card · Luke WaterfallGrimsby Town
  • 75'Goal · Greg HalfordSouthend United · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Terrell EgbriSouthend United
  • 89'Yellow card · Terrell EgbriSouthend United
  • 90+4'Second yellow · Luke WaterfallGrimsby Town

Team news

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Southend United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Oxley, Elvis Bwomono, T. Dieng, Shaun Hobson, Tom Clifford, Jason Demetriou, Kyle Taylor, James Olayinka, Kazaiah Sterling, Sam Hart, Emile Acquah

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

Sam Russell, Luke Hendrie, Luke Waterfall, Mattie Pollock, Danny Preston, Harry Clifton, Daniel Rose, Elliott Hewitt, Owura Edwards, Owen Windsor, Ira Jackson Jr.