Southend United 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 24 March 2018
Result
Southend United 2-0 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 24 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Southend United 2-0 Rotherham United: match report
Southend United beat Rotherham United 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 24 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Stephen McLaughlin opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Southend United's goals came from Stephen McLaughlin (7') and Simon Cox (79'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Southend United received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Southend United were 13th on 47 points from 37 and Rotherham United 4th on 65 points from 37. Southend United went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.
Southend United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Southend United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Southend United's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Rotherham United's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Stephen McLaughlin
- 76'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 79'Goal · Simon Cox
Head-to-head
Team news
Southend United line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Oxley, Ben Coker, Michael Turner, Stephen McLaughlin, Elvis Bwomono, John White, Anthony Wordsworth, Dru Yearwood, Sam Mantom, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Simon Cox
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lewis Price, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Matt Palmer, Jon Taylor, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Michael Smith