Our preview of Sunday's game...
Southend United
Sky Bet League 2 Play-Offs, Semi-Final First Leg
Sunday 10th May 2015
The Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, SG2 8RH
Kick-off: 6:35pm
Ticket news:
You can book tickets online up until midnight tonight (Sat 9th May) for collection at the ticket office on Sunday.
If you wake up on Sunday without a ticket to the game, don't worry! Cash turnstiles will be open for both the East and North Terrace but we only have a handful of West Stand seats available. The ticket office and club shop is open from 3pm where you can also buy a ticket before heading to the turnstiles.
Team news:
After last Saturday’s changes, we expect to see the usual suspects back in the side tomorrow. The likes of Ronnie, Calvin Zola & Harry Worley will hope that the minutes they gained against Luton will have put them in good stead to contribute over these next few games.
View from the dressing room:
READ: GW's thoughts on Sunday's game.
READ: Beardo says these are the games you want to be involved in.
Sign into Boro Player for the full press conferences from GW and Beardo.
The story so far…
Southend dropped out of the automatic promotion places on the final day of the season; a 3-1 loss at Morecambe meaning they dropped in the play-off places. It was a remarkable run of form late in the season that put them in such a good position, 7 wins without conceding in a row and their away form was the fourth best in the league across the season, 12 wins out of 23.
Last time we met:
Betting with Sky Bet:
Boro are home favourites at 7/5 with official league sponsors, Sky Bet.
We are the outsiders according to the bookies in terms of winning promotion, 4/1 ahead of the first leg. A positive result tomorrow will see this price shorten.
Bit of a long shot but last time we met Southend at the Lamex it ended 4-2, it is 100/1 for tomorrow’s result to end the same.
Not going to the game?
Listen to live match commentary on the Boro Player service where you'll also find full match highlights and full post-match interviews on Sunday. We'll also be providing live minute-by-minute updates on our Twitter, with the key incidents reported live on our Facebook page. The best match day photos will be posted on the club's Instagram account whilst short highlights of the game will be on our YouTube page on Sunday at midday.