Southend United 3-1 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League One · Saturday 4 February 2017

Result

Southend United 3-1 Scunthorpe United

League One · Saturday 4 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southend United 3-1 Scunthorpe United: match report

Southend United beat Scunthorpe United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 4 February 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Murray Wallace opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Southend United's goals came from M. Fortuné (39'), Simon Cox (76') and Ryan Leonard (81'). Scunthorpe United scored through Murray Wallace (5').

Discipline: Southend United received 3 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southend United were 7th on 43 points from 28 and Scunthorpe United 1st on 58 points from 28. Southend United went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Scunthorpe United 3rd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southend United win, 0 draws and 2 for Scunthorpe United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Murray WallaceScunthorpe United · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Murray WallaceScunthorpe United
  • 39'Goal · M. FortunéSouthend United · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Duane HolmesScunthorpe United
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Stephen DawsonScunthorpe United
  • 57'Yellow card · M. TimlinSouthend United
  • 71'Yellow card · A. WordsworthSouthend United
  • 76'Goal · Simon CoxSouthend United · 2-1
  • 81'Goal · Ryan LeonardSouthend United · 3-1
  • 85'Red card · Neal BishopScunthorpe United
  • 85'Yellow card · Ryan LeonardSouthend United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ivan ToneyScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Southend United 1, draws 0, Scunthorpe United 2.

Team news

Southend United line-up

Ted Smith, Ben Coker, Adam Thompson, Anton Ferdinand, Anthony Wordsworth, Michael Timlin, Will Atkinson, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Simon Cox, Marc-Antoine Fortune

Scunthorpe United line-up

Luke Daniels, S. Wiseman, Murray Wallace, Harry Toffolo, Charlie Goode, Stephen Dawson, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Duane Holmes, Ivan Toney, Craig Davies