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Brentford travel to take on Southend United at Roots Hall on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bees will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 33 and win only 9 of the 53 games.
The last time the two teams met at Southend Utd. was just over four years ago, in January 2006, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 29 Sep | Brentford | 2 - 1 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 14 Feb | Brentford | 2 - 0 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Southend Utd. | 4 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 20 Mar | Brentford | 2 - 1 | Southend Utd. | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 13 Mar | Southend Utd. | 1 - 2 | Brentford | ASSM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 24 Apr | Southend Utd. | 1 - 4 | Brentford | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 10 Nov | Brentford | 4 - 1 | Southend Utd. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Southend United losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
Brentford have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Bees's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Southend Utd. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 38 points from their 41 games thus far. Brentford's 55 points from 40 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southend Utd. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Brentford | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brentford are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southend Utd. | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Brentford | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 8 games since last defeat. |