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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 1, season 29)
Southend United
v.
FC Halifax
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Justo Wilmar VILLAR Viveros717Rune Almenning JARSTEIN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Tony HIBBERT27Omar ELABDELLAOUI
Daniel PUDIL73Marvin PLATTENHARDT
Jirí BÍLEK74Julian BAUMGARTLINGER
Mark HUDSON5Vegard FORREN
Grant BASEY6Erik SVIATCHENKO
Febian BRANDY777Nicolai JØRGENSEN
Bryan Jafet RUIZ González78Per Ciljan SKJELBRED
Kenwyne JONES79Valon BERISHA
Volodymyr HOMENYUK6106Jonas SVENSSON
EWERTHON Henrique de Souza11Emil FORSBERG
ManagerPer Magnusson
Lloyd DYER12Martin LINNES
Stephen BYWATER13Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND
Dimitris SALPIGIDIS14Stefan STRANDBERG
Marc-André KRUSKA15Ole Kristian SELNÆS
Craig DAVIES16Kasper KUSK

Southend United 2 FC Halifax 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 20,109, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Mick RUSSELL 7)
63 Ruiz, 69 RuizScorers
73 Homenyuk <=> DaviesSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners8
16Fouls17
2Offsides10
8Shots on6
12Shots off3
20Total shots9
6Shots saved6
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Mark HUDSON
2BÍLEK ran onto a wonderful ball from RUIZ but fumbled his effort wide of the righthand post.
5A lovely cross from BERISHA, was tapped goalbound by FORSBERG only for the Southend United 'keeper to palm clear.
11A shot from HOMENYUK held little difficulty for JARSTEIN.
13A cross from BRANDY left JONES in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
18HOMENYUK made space on the right and touched the ball to JONES who rasped the ball wide.
19JONES beat a number of FC Halifax players and slammed a great chance inches over.
26A great effort from BÍLEK scraped the outside of the post.
27JONES's shot beat JARSTEIN but rebounded off the FC Halifax post.
32A twenty yard drive from PUDIL caused the 'keeper no problem.
37VILLAR was able to claw away a fierce shot.
42VILLAR did well to hold onto a powerful strike from JØRGENSEN.
44FORSBERG was put clear by FORREN and he turned the 'keeper but struck his shot over.
 
48An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the Southend United 'keeper by FORSBERG.
50The motionless Southend United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BÍLEK fell just over.
54A accurate pass bobbled toward EWERTHON and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
55Uncertainty in the Southend United defence enabled FORSBERG to crack an effort inches over.
57The FC Halifax 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from HOMENYUK.
63GOAL!! A swerving outswinging corner was nodded in at the far post by RUIZ. (1-0 Southend United)
69GOAL!! A short backpass by FORREN enabled RUIZ to nip in and hammer the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Southend United)
72JARSTEIN rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
83RUIZ flicked a right foot shot inches over from long range.
89A deadly effort from JONES was forced wide by the 'keeper.