Southend United 3-2 Scunthorpe United: result and report
League One · Saturday 27 January 2018
Result
Southend United 3-2 Scunthorpe United
League One · Saturday 27 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Southend United 3-2 Scunthorpe United: match report
Southend United won against Scunthorpe United 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 27 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Tom Hopper opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Southend United's goals came from Michael Kightly (37'), Stephen McLaughlin (53') and Michael Turner (90+2'). Scunthorpe United scored through Tom Hopper (12') and Kevin van Veen (56').
Discipline: Southend United received 2 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southend United were 20th on 31 points from 28 and Scunthorpe United 4th on 51 points from 29. Southend United went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Scunthorpe United 5th with 75.
Southend United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 3-4-1-2.
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 L-L-L-L-W and Scunthorpe United's D-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Tom Hopper
- 28'Yellow card · Stephen McLaughlin
- 37'Goal · Michael Kightly
- 47'Yellow card · Cameron Burgess
- 52'Yellow card · Charlie Goode
- 53'Goal · Stephen McLaughlin
- 56'Goal · Kevin van Veen
- 68'Yellow card · Tom Hopper
- 90+2'Goal · Michael Turner
- 90+2'Yellow card · Michael Turner
Head-to-head
Team news
Southend United line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Oxley, Ben Coker, Michael Turner, Stephen McLaughlin, John White, Michael Kightly, Michael Timlin, Dru Yearwood, Jason Demetriou, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Simon Cox
Scunthorpe United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Rory Watson, Murray Wallace, Charlie Goode, Cameron Burgess, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Hakeeb Adelakun, Cameron McGeehan, Kevin van Veen, Tom Hopper, Duane Holmes