Southend United beat AFC Fylde 3-1. It was 2-1 at half time. The goals came from D. Oldaker (2'), B. Goodliffe (13', o.g.), R. Colclough (16') and B. Goodliffe (51').
Southend United came into the match with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5, scoring 10 and conceding 11. AFC Fylde came into the match with 4 wins and 1 defeat in their last 5, scoring 15 and conceding 7.
In our records the two sides have met 2 times: Southend United won 1, 0 ended level and AFC Fylde won 1. Their last meeting, on , finished Southend United 2-0 AFC Fylde. Every result is on the head-to-head page.
This page has the Southend United – AFC Fylde match report, the goals, the line-ups and the standings.
AFC Fylde went down 3-1 to Southend United in the English National League. The half-time score was 2-1. Player of the match: R. Colclough of Southend United, with a ScoreMondo rating of 7.1. Saturday 3 October, Roots Hall (Southend on Sea): Southend United against AFC Fylde in the English National League, kick-off 15:00.
The story of the match
Southend United took the lead on 2 minutes thanks to D. Oldaker, set up by L. Chambers-Parillon. AFC Fylde drew level at 1-1 on 13 minutes thanks to an own goal from B. Goodliffe. Southend United went 2-1 up in the 16th minute through R. Colclough. Southend United led 2-1 at the break.
Southend United extended their lead to 3-1 on 51 minutes thanks to B. Goodliffe.
Match statistics
Booked for Southend United: D. Oldaker (41'). AFC Fylde's yellow cards went to T. Whelan in the 53rd minute.
Who stood out
Behind him, D. Oldaker at 6.9, L. Chambers-Parillon at 6.9 and B. Goodliffe at 6.4 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Southend United made 4 changes: O. Coker for R. Colclough (43'), P. Omochere for H. Cardwell (61'), Z. Massiah-Edwards for L. Chambers-Parillon (71') and H. Taylor for B. Goodliffe (72'). From the AFC Fylde bench came M. Taylor on 36 minutes, T. Upton on 57 minutes, C. Main on 57 minutes and M. Matthews Lewis on 66 minutes, among 5 changes.
The context
Before kick-off, Southend United's last 5 matches had brought 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Southend United drew 1-1 with Eastleigh FC last time out. AFC Fylde came into the match with 3 wins and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches. Carlisle United beat AFC Fylde 2-0 last time out. The record between them over the last 2 matches reads 1-0-1 from Southend United's point of view. When they last met, on 28 January 2025, Southend United won 2-0.
What it means
Southend United have now scored in 15 consecutive matches.
Next fixtures
Next up for Southend United: home to Aldershot Town FC on Saturday 14 November. AFC Fylde's next match is away to Eastleigh FC on 14 November.
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English National League
