Southend United 2-3 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 September 2018

Result

Southend United 2-3 Peterborough United

League One · Saturday 8 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southend United 2-3 Peterborough United: match report

Southend United lost to Peterborough United 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 8 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Matt Godden opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Southend United's goals came from Tom Hopper (63') and Stephen McLaughlin (75'). Peterborough United scored through Matt Godden (32'), Matt Godden (57') and Ivan Toney (87').

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

Going into the game Southend United were 13th on 7 points from 6 and Peterborough United 1st on 16 points from 6. Southend United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Peterborough United 7th with 72.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southend United wins, 4 draws and 0 for Peterborough United.

Going into the match Southend United's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Peterborough United's D-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Matt GoddenPeterborough United · 0-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerPeterborough United
  • 57'Goal · Matt GoddenPeterborough United · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Tom HopperSouthend United · 1-2
  • 75'Goal · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Ivan ToneyPeterborough United · 2-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Southend United 4, draws 4, Peterborough United 0.

Team news

Southend United line-up

David Adam Stockdale, Elvis Bwomono, Ben Coker, Sam Mantom, John White, Michael Turner, Stephen McLaughlin, T. Dieng, Tom Hopper, Simon Cox, Harry Bunn

Peterborough United line-up

Aaron Chapman, Jason Naismith, Colin Daniel, Mark O'Hara, Ryan Tafazolli, Alex Woodyard, Jason Cummings, Jamie Walker, Siriki Dembélé, Matty Godden, Rhys Bennett