Head-to-head: Southend United

United will take on Southend United for the 55th time in their history on Saturday. Here’s our lowdown of the overall record against them.

VAN VEEN AND TOWNSEND ON TARGET IN DECEMBER WIN...
Scunthorpe United 3-1 Southend United
Saturday, 23rd December, 2017
League One

The Iron came from behind to beat Southend and claim a first victory in three League One matches.

It was a convincing return to winning ways for the Iron, who dominated for long spells and could have won by a bigger margin.

Tom Hopper was denied by a great save from Mark Oxley and Kevin van Veen headed against the bar as Scunthorpe bossed the early play, but Jason Demetriou's deflected strike from 25 yards wrong-footed Matt Gilks to put the visitors in front in the 25th minute.

Although they did not regain their rhythm, the Iron did restore parity seven minutes later when Van Veen forced the ball home following a goalmouth scramble.

Forced to replace the injured Oxley at the break, stand-in stopper Nathan Bishop reacted well to beat away a shot from Duane Holmes after the Scunthorpe man had cut inside.

But he could do nothing as wing-back Conor Townsend swept the hosts in front just after the hour mark from a quickly-taken corner.

Bishop was beaten for a second time late on, when Shrimpers defender Michael Turner made a hash of a clearance to put past his own keeper.


PHOTO: Matt Sparrow congratulates Chris Iwelumo on his goal in 2013.

IWELUMO SCORES IN LAST WIN AT ROOTS HALL...
Southend United 0-1 Scunthorpe United
Friday, 13th September, 2013
League Two

Chris Iwelumo's header gave Scunthorpe victory at Southend for their second win of the 2013-14 season.

The hosts edged the balance of play in the first half, but visiting keeper Sam Slocombe was on hand to save headers from Ryan Leonard and Freddy Eastwood.

After the break, Shrimpers defender Ben Coker mistimed a header into the path of Iwelumo, who nodded the Iron ahead.

Kevan Hurst came closest to an equaliser with an effort that Slocombe tipped over, but Scunthorpe held on.

Scunthorpe, who looked much the better side after Iwelumo's effort, could have extended their lead when Eddie Nolan's header went just over and Sean McAllister's long-range strike forced a superb save from Daniel Bentley.


PHOTO: Josh Morris celebrates his strike against Southend in September 2016.

FOUR-MIDABLE IRON SEE OFF SHRIMPERS...
Scunthorpe United 4-0 Southend United
Saturday, 10th September, 2016
League One

Two goals in five minutes late in the first half from strikers Paddy Madden and Kevin van Veen put second-placed Scunthorpe on course for a convincing League One victory over Southend.

The first, in the 36th minute, was a personal triumph for last season's leading marksman Madden who made an instant impact on his first league appearance of this campaign following a calf injury.

As Duane Holmes delivered a low cross into the box from the right, Madden popped up to fire a first-time right-footed shot past goalkeeper Ted Smith.

Scunthorpe quickly struck again in the 41st minute when, from a short corner on the right, Josh Morris guided a cross to the near post where Van Veen steered a shot into the far corner for his sixth goal of the season.

Southend boss Phil Brown reacted at half-time with a triple substitution, taking off defenders Harry Kyprianou and Jakub Sokolik and midfielder Adam King and replacing them with Ben Coker, Stephen McLaughlin and Jermaine McGlashan.

Briefly, it gave the visitors more impetus, but it was Scunthorpe who retained their attacking quality.

They made it 3-0 in the 57th minute when winger Morris, the League One player of the month for August, lashed a delightful 20-yard left-footed shot beyond the reach of Smith for his seventh goal of the season.

Madden had the ball in the net again only to be ruled offside and winger Holmes might twice have done better with chances from close range as Southend struggled to stem the flow of a confident Scunthorpe side.

Substitute Richie Smallwood, a deadline-day signing on loan from Rotherham, then sealed the victory with a cracking right-footed volley from inside the box on his debut.

THE FULL RECORD... 

PHOTO: United celebrate during the home win over the Shrimpers in 2004.

SEASON - DATE	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2017-18 - Sat 23 Dec	LG 1	Iron 3-1 Southend	van Veen, Townsend, Turner (og)
2016-17 - Sat 4 Feb	LG 1	Southend 3-1 Iron	Wallace
2016-17 - Sat 10 Sep	LG 1	Iron 4-0 Southend	Madden, van Veen, Morris, Smallwood
2015-16 - Sat 13 Feb	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Southend	Madden
2015-16 - Sat 7 Nov	FAC R1	Iron 2-1 Southend	Madden 2
2015-16 - Sat 26 Sep	LG 1	Southend 2-1 Iron	McSheffrey
2013-14 - Tue 11 Mar	LG 1	Iron 2-2 Southend	Sparrow, Winnall
2013-14 - Fri 13 Sep	LG 1	Southend 0-1 Iron	Iwelumo
2008-09 - Tue 24 Feb	LG 1	Southend 2-0 Iron
2008-09 - Tue 21 Oct	LG 1	Iron 1-1 Southend	Hayes
2005-06 - Fri 10 Mar	LG 1	Southend 3-0 Iron
2005-06 - Fri 26 Aug	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Southend	Baraclough
2004-05 - Fri 11 Feb	LG 2	Southend 0-0 Iron
2004-05 - Tue 19 Oct	LG 2	Iron 3-2 Southend	Torpey, Hayes, Crosby
2003-04 - Fri 2 Apr	DIV 3	Southend 4-2 Iron	Sparrow, Torpey
2003-04 - Sat 27 Sep	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Southend	MacLean
2002-03 - Sat 25 Jan	DIV 3	Iron 4-1 Southend	Carruthers, Kilford, Calvo-Garcia, Hayes
2002-03 - Sun 29 Dec	DIV 3	Southend 1-2 Iron	Carruthers, Torpey
2001-02 - Sat 23 Mar	DIV 3	Southend 2-0 Iron
2001-02 - Tue 23 Oct	DIV 3	Iron 2-0 Southend	Carruthers, Beagrie
2000-01 - Sat 24 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Southend	Berry
2000-01 - Sat 23 Sep	DIV 3	Southend 1-0 Iron
1998-99 - Mon 5 Apr	DIV 3	Southend 0-1 Iron	Sheldon
1998-99 - Sat 10 Oct	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Southend	Calvo-Garcia
1989-90 - Fri 16 Feb	DIV 4	Southend 0-0 Iron
1989-90 - Sat 2 Dec	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Southend	Ward
1986-87 - Sat 11 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 3-0 Southend	Broddle, Johnson 2
1986-87 - Tue 4 Nov	DIV 4	Southend 3-1 Iron	Johnson
1985-86 - Fri 24 Jan	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Southend	Hill, Broddle
1985-86 - Sat 14 Sep	DIV 4	Southend 2-1 Iron	Cammack
1984-85 - Fri 8 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Southend	Cammack, Graham
1984-85 - Fri 19 Oct	DIV 4	Southend 1-1 Iron	Cowling
1983-84 - Fri 3 Feb	DIV 3	Southend 0-0 Iron
1983-84 - Fri 30 Sep	DIV 3	Iron 1-6 Southend	Holden
1980-81 - Sun 22 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Southend	Pilling, Green
1980-81 - Fri 17 Oct	DIV 4	Southend 2-0 Iron
1977-78 - Fri 3 Feb	DIV 4	Southend 2-0 Iron
1977-78 - Sat 10 Sep	DIV 4	Iron 1-2 Southend	Lumby
1976-77 - Sat 5 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Southend	Lumby
1976-77 - Fri 24 Sep	DIV 4	Southend 1-1 Iron	Keeley
1972-73 - Sat 4 Nov	DIV 3	Iron 0-0 Southend
1972-73 - Mon 25 Sep	DIV 3	Southend 1-0 Iron
1971-72 - Tue 25 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Southend	Kirk
1971-72 - Mon 30 Aug	DIV 4	Southend 2-3 Iron	Davidson 2, Fletcher
1970-71 - Fri 18 Dec	DIV 4	Southend 2-2 Iron	Davidson, Kirk
1970-71 - Sat 22 Aug	DIV 4	Iron 3-0 Southend	Kerr, Foxton, Heath
1969-70 - Tue 7 Oct	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Southend	Rusling, Cassidy
1969-70 - Fri 15 Aug	DIV 4	Southend 3-0 Iron
1968-69 - Mon 12 May	DIV 4	Iron 4-1 Southend	Cassidy 2, Rusling 2
1968-69 - Mon 17 Mar	DIV 4	Southend 0-3 Iron	Heath, Haydock (og), Cassidy
1965-66 - Fri 13 May	DIV 4	Southend 0-1 Iron	Sloan
1965-66 - Sat 30 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Southend
1964-65 - Sat 23 Jan	DIV 4	Southend 0-1 Iron	Thomas
1964-65 - Fri 18 Sep	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Southend	Sloan, Lawther

Our full record against Southend is as follows: 

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	28	17	9	2	51	25
Away	26	7	6	13	22	37
TOTAL	54	24	15	15	73	62