- The Gills are unbeaten in 6 games (4 wins) against Southend. The last 2 were both 3-1 away wins, the 2 before both 1-1 draws and the 2 before those both 1-0 wins.
- The Gills lead the wins 44 to 36 (29 draws) and out of the last 13 meetings have won 6 and lost 2. Southend have won once in 7 trips to Priestfield.
- Southend suffered just 1 defeat in their last 10 away league games following 4-0 losses to Northampton and Scunthorpe and a 3-0 loss to Rochdale.
- Southend beat Peterborough 4-1 away in their last match extending a run of 21 league games home and away that had seen just 2 defeats.
- 7 of Southend's 16 away games have seen wins (4) or losses (3) by at least 3 goals. All bar 1 of the Gills home games saw no more than a 1 goal difference (Rochdale, 3-0)
- Before today Southend had scored 21 goals away and the Gills had scored 21 at home however United have had 7 away blank sheets, the Gills have had 6 in total.
- Southend's away league record almost matches the Gills home one. Both have 23 points, both have scored 21 goals but United have conceded 2 more goals.
- The Gills beat Southend 8-1 and 5-0 at home (with a 1-1 in between) in the late 80s but lost the 3 after. Since then it is Won 3, Drew 3 and Lost 4.
3.03 Kick-Off [ 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 ]
Before kick off, Utd had scored 27 first half goals, the joint highest amount in the division. The Gills had scored 14 and scored 28 second half ones.
3.18
Cody McDonald has a goal disallowed for a foul.
3.42
PENALTY TO GILLS! Won by Cody McDonald for a foul.
3.43
GOAL! GIllingham 1-0 Southend United: Wright (pen)
Southend have drawn 1 and lost 5 of the away games they conceded first in. Overall they won 1 and lost 7 of the 11 occasions in the league.
3.51
GOAL! GIllingham 2-0 Southend United: Wright
3.54
RED CARD! Former Gill loanee Ryan Innis is sent off for a second bokkable offence.
3.57 Half-time 2-0 (53.55)
The Gills are looking for only their 2nd win of the season after leading at the break. 4 ended in draws and 3 were reversed into defeats.
Southend are win-less when losing at half time. They lost 5 and drew 1 (the point coming in an away game).
4.13
The second half kicks off.
4.51
GOAL! Gillingham 2-1 Southend United: Ranger
4.56
Stuart Nelson punches a ball off the top of Ranger's head from 5 yards out.
5.01 FULL-TIME: 2-1 (101.59)
The Gills ends a winless run of 11 games without a win. 12 without a win last occurred in September 2013.
Position: 17th
Attendance: 6,542 (1,760)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Goal Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LluI-M34NA
BBC Sport Match Report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39011932