A STATISTICAL preview of Southend United's clash with Port Vale at Roots Hall.

ALL TIME RECORD

Southend wins: 23

Draws: 31

Port Vale wins: 26

LAST SIX MEETINGS 

League One - Mar 17 - Southend 1 Port Vale 1

League One - Aug 16 - Port Vale 2 Southend 0

League One - Feb 16 - Port Vale 3 Southend 1

League One - Oct 15 -Southend 1 Port Vale 0

League Two - Mar 13 - Port Vale 1 Southend 2

League Two -Nov 12 - Southend 0 Port Vale 0

FORM GUIDE

Southend: LLLLDL

Port Vale:WWLWLW

BETTING ODDS

Southend win: 4/1

Draw: 13/5

Port Vale win: 8/11

REFEREE

Tom Nield (West Yorkshire)

Nield has shown 25 yellow cards in eight games so far this season but has yet to show a red card.

He last took charge of Blues in November 2019 for a 4-0 defeat against Oxford United at Roots Hall.

FIXTURES

Friday: Scunthorpe P Colchester P

Saturday: Exeter v Carlisle, Barrow v Bradford, Cheltenham v Forest Green, Crawley v Cambridge, Leyton Orient v Bolton, Mansfield v Walsall, Newport v Harrogate, Salford v Oldham, Southend v Port Vale, Stevenage v Grimsby, Tranmere v Morecambe.

POINTS OF INTEREST

>Vale sit seventh in the League Two table, with 16 points from nine games.

>Former Shrimpers David Worrall and Theo Robinson should both start for Vale.

>Vale have won their last two games and three of their last four outings.

>The visitors have won two and lost two away from home this term.

>Vale have not won on their last four trips to Roots Hall and last triumphed at Blues back in 2010.