Southend United 2-2 Fleetwood Town

Jack Payne has scored five goals in his past eight games for Southend

Conor McLaughlin's late header rescued a valuable point for relegation-threatened Fleetwood at Southend.

After a goalless first half, Fleetwood went in front when Bobby Grant's superb long-range effort flew beyond Shrimpers goalkeeper Daniel Bentley.

Adam Barrett's header and Jack Payne's 18-yard strike looked to have sealed a Southend comeback, but McLaughlin's close-range header levelled the scores.

The draw moved the Cod Army one point clear of the bottom four in League One.

But any chance of a late play-off push now looks to be over for Phil Brown's Southend, who drop to 11th, nine points behind sixth-placed Walsall.

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Line-ups

Southend

• 1Bentley
• 5ThompsonBooked at 43mins
• 26Barrett
• 3Coker
• 7WorrallSubstituted forWhiteat 88'minutes
• 18Leonard
• 22Deegan
• 12AtkinsonSubstituted forWestonat 60'minutes
• 17McLaughlinSubstituted forMcQueenat 79'minutes
• 10Payne
• 19Barnett

Substitutes

• 2White
• 11Weston
• 14Hurst
• 20McQueen
• 23Loza
• 25Kamara
• 43Malarczyk

Fleetwood

• 1Maxwell
• 2McLaughlin
• 6Pond
• 4Jordan
• 7Bell
• 8Ryan
• 5JónssonSubstituted forHunterat 84'minutes
• 37ScougallSubstituted forBallat 77'minutes
• 18Sarcevic
• 11Burns
• 14GrantSubstituted forColeat 87'minutes

Substitutes

• 12Hornby-Forbes
• 22Hunter
• 23Ball
• 31Nilsson
• 40Gogic
• 42Grant
• 44Cole

Referee:

Lee Swabey

Attendance:

6,644

Match Stats

Home TeamSouthendAway TeamFleetwood

Possession

Home44%

Away56%

Shots

Home6

Away13

Shots on Target

Home3

Away4

Corners

Home8

Away7

Fouls

Home10

Away4

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Southend United 2, Fleetwood Town 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Southend United 2, Fleetwood Town 2.

Goal!

Posted at 90'

Goal! Southend United 2, Fleetwood Town 2. Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Amari'i Bell.

Substitution

Posted at 88'

Substitution, Southend United. John White replaces David Worrall.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Bobby Grant.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Gary Deegan (Southend United).

Posted at 86'

Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Ashley Hunter replaces Eggert Jónsson.

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town) header from very close range is just a bit too high.

Goal!

Posted at 82'

Goal! Southend United 2, Fleetwood Town 1. Jack Payne (Southend United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gary Deegan.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Stephen Jordan.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Southend United. Sam McQueen replaces Stephen McLaughlin.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Ben Coker.

Posted at 77'

Attempt blocked. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Stefan Scougall.

Posted at 76'

(Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 75'

Foul by Ryan Leonard (Southend United).

Posted at 75'

Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.

Goal!

Posted at 71'

Goal! Southend United 1, Fleetwood Town 1. Adam Barrett (Southend United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen McLaughlin with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 71'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.

Posted at 70'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Adam Barrett.

Posted at 68'

Attempt blocked. Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Adam Barrett (Southend United).

Posted at 67'

Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Stefan Scougall (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Adam Thompson.

Posted at 64'

Attempt blocked. Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 62'

Ryan Leonard (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 61'

Attempt missed. Myles Weston (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Southend United. Myles Weston replaces Will Atkinson.

Goal!

Posted at 53'

Goal! Southend United 0, Fleetwood Town 1. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eggert Jónsson.

Posted at 49'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Nathan Pond.

Posted at 49'

Foul by Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 49'

Jack Payne (Southend United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Southend United 0, Fleetwood Town 0.

Half Time

Posted at 45'+2'

First Half ends, Southend United 0, Fleetwood Town 0.

Posted at 45'+1'

Attempt missed. Stephen Jordan (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

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