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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Tom HopperScunthorpe United · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United
  • 37'Goal · Michael KightlySouthend United · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Cameron BurgessScunthorpe United
  • 52'Yellow card · Charlie GoodeScunthorpe United
  • 53'Goal · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United · 2-1
  • 56'Goal · Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United · 2-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Tom HopperScunthorpe United
  • 90+2'Goal · Michael TurnerSouthend United · 3-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Michael TurnerSouthend United

Head-to-head

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

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