Gillingham are unbeaten in 3 against Southend and have beaten them 42 times in all. The hosts have won 36 of the 106 meetings whilst 28 ended level.
The Gills are looking for their first win on the road since beating Millwall and Swindon back in December. The 6 games since have seen 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Adedeji Oshilaja is available for the Gills again after arriving for his second spell at the club. His away record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the 2nd best in the squad (behind Harry Lennon who only played 3 games).
All of Southend's 6 home defeats came with a blank sheet. Southend have lost 12 games in the league and 10 of their 13 blank sheets came during them.
Southend have recently beat Barnsley away (who had 11 wins in 13 when they met) and Burton at home (10 wins in 13). They are their only wins in 7 matches.
Both sides have scored just 6 goals each in the last 8 ties between the sides.
After conceding 7 goals in 2 home games, Southend have since conceded just 3 in the subsequent 5.
Southend have lost 4 of their last 7 games and 7 of their last 14 after previously only losing 5 of the 22 games before.
3:00 Kick Off
3:21
GOAL! Southend 1-0 Gillingham.
Southend have only lost once in 17 games this season after scoring the first goal and not at all at home, winning 7 and drawing 1.
3:48
Deji Oshilaja puts the ball in the net but it's ruled out for offside.
3:48 Half time: 1-0
Southend are unbeaten in the league when leading at half time, winning 9 and drawing 3 (5 wins and a draw in home games).
4:03
The second half kicks off.
4:09
GOAL! Southend 1-1 Gillingham: Norris
Luke Norris scores his 2nd Gills goal in 3 games, his 6th of the season. 4 of those 6 saw have seen him equalise for the club.
4:51 FULL-TIME: 1-1
Position: 4th
Attendance: 9,135 (1,921)
Referee: Dean Whitestone