SOUTHEND-ON-SEA. Southend United crushes Aldershot Town 4-1 with goals of Harry Cardwell (51′), Ollie Kensdale (55′), Jack Wood (90′) and Marcus Dackers (90′). On the opposite side, Aldershot Town scored with Josh Stokes (19′). Southend United was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Roots Hall Stadium stadium in Southend-on-Sea on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Richardson. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.11 degrees Celsius or 44.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 28 Total 13
- 11 On Target 5
- 13 Off Target 7
- 6 Shots blocked 4
- 133 Attack 91
- 96 Dangerous attack 34
- 105 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 6
Fouls
- 6 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Southend United was in firm control of the ball 67% while Aldershot Town was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Southend United was more pushing with 96 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Southend United won the match.
Southend United shot 23 times, 10 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aldershot Town shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Southend United didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Aldershot Town received 4 yellow cards (, Kwame Thomas, Josh Stokes and Kwame Thomas).
Also, Aldershot Town didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Rollin Menayese (Aldershot Town) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (50′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Southend United has 41 points like Ebbsfleet United to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Aldershot Town will stays with 54 points to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Southend United will host Altrincham on the 27th of February with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
Aldershot Town will play away against Oxford City on the 2nd of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Aldershot Town (0 draws).
Southend United – Formation
Southend United
87'
55'
Southend United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Kevin Maher decided to play with the following team: Collin Andeng-Ndi, Nathan Ralph, Adam Crowther, Ollie Kensdale, Jason Demetriou, James Morton, Noor Husin, Cavanagh Miley, Jack Bridge, Harry Cardwell and Danny Waldron.
The home team had on the bench: Jack Wood, Marcus Dackers, Wesley Fonguck, Henry Sandat, David Martin and David Martin.
Substitutions
Southend United made 2 changes: Harry Cardwell for Marcus Dackers (80′) and Ollie Kensdale for Wesley Fonguck (87′).
Aldershot Town – Formation
Aldershot Town
50'
60'
Aldershot Town started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Tommy Widdrington played with: Jordi van Stappershoef, Rollin Menayese, Ollie Harfield, Haji Mnoga, Ryan Glover, James Daly, Tyler Frost, Stuart O’Keefe, Dejan Tetek, Josh Stokes and Lorent Tolaj.
They had on the bench: Cian Harries, Coby Rowe, Josh Barrett, Maxwell Mullins and Kwame Thomas.
Substitutions
Aldershot Town made 3 changes: Dejan Tetek for Cian Harries (59′), James Daly for Kwame Thomas (59′) and Stuart O’Keefe for Josh Barrett (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Woking – Wealdstone – 1-1
- Southend United – Aldershot Town – 4-1
- Solihull Moors – Hartlepool United – 2-1
- Oldham Athletic – Kidderminster Harriers – 1-2
- Gateshead – Oxford City – 4-0
- Eastleigh – Bromley – 2-0
- Dorking Wanderers – Ebbsfleet United – 1-4
- Dagenham & Redbridge – Halifax Town – 0-1
- Chesterfield – Rochdale – 2-2
- Boreham Wood – Fylde – 4-0
- Barnet – York City – 2-0
- Altrincham – Maidenhead United – 1-3
