Southend United 1-0 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020

Result

Southend United 1-0 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southend United 1-0 Scunthorpe United: match report

Southend United won against Scunthorpe United 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 12 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from James Olayinka of Southend United in the 80th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Southend United were 24th on 6 points from 15 and Scunthorpe United 18th on 17 points from 15. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Scunthorpe United 22nd with 48.

Southend United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jason Demetriou of Southend United (7.7), ahead of T. Dieng (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southend United wins, 1 draw and 5 for Scunthorpe United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 80'Goal · James OlayinkaSouthend United · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southend United 4, draws 1, Scunthorpe United 5.

Team news

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Southend United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Oxley, Elvis Bwomono, T. Dieng, Shaun Hobson, Tom Clifford, Alan McCormack, Jason Demetriou, James Olayinka, Simeon Akinola, Sam Hart, Emile Acquah

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Howard, Jai Rowe, Manny Onariase, Jacob Bedeau, Mason O'Malley, Alex Gilliead, Lewis Spence, Alfie Beestin, Abo Eisa, Ryan Loft, John McAtee