Southend United 0-2 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2020

Result

Southend United 0-2 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southend United 0-2 Cheltenham Town: match report

Southend United were beaten by Cheltenham Town 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Liam Sercombe opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Southend United did not score. Cheltenham Town scored through Liam Sercombe (10', penalty) and George Lloyd (52').

Discipline: Southend United received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 23rd on 2 points from 5 and Cheltenham Town 5th on 9 points from 5. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Cheltenham Town 2nd with 82.

Southend United lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Tozer of Cheltenham Town (8.0), ahead of George Lloyd (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Southend United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Penalty goal · Liam SercombeCheltenham Town · 0-1
  • 52'Goal · George LloydCheltenham Town · 0-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Jason DimitriouSouthend United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southend United 6, draws 1, Cheltenham Town 3.

Team news

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Southend United line-up (3-4-3)

Mark Oxley, Shaun Hobson, T. Dieng, Harry Lennon, Elvis Bwomono, Kyle Taylor, Jason Demetriou, Nathan Ralph, Brandon Goodship, Emile Acquah, Kazaiah Sterling

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)

Josh Griffiths, Charlie Raglan, Ben Tozer, Will Boyle, Matty Blair, Elliot Bonds, Chris Clements, Liam Sercombe, Chris Hussey, Andy Williams, George Lloyd