Southend United
- Southend's last 5 results in all competitions have included a win at home to Tamworth (3-1), win at Gateshead (6-1), defeat at home to Barrow (4-2).
- The Shrimpers are 2nd in the National League 2026/2027 table with 20 points from 10 games and that leaves them with the Coasters right on their heels, who are 3rd with the same points.
- Southend are front-foot and high-intensity at the moment with a flexible system that can quickly change depending on what the game demands.
- They can press in the opponent's half and be fluid in possession or drop back to play on the counter-attack when needed.
AFC Fylde
- AFC Fylde have scored 9 goals in their last 5 games with Luca Thomas bagging 5 of them.
- Craig Mahon has shaped AFC Fylde into an attack-first 4-3-3 side with width, overlapping full-backs and quick forward combinations.
Key Players
Leon Chambers-Parillon leads the scoring for the home team with five National League 2026/2027 goals in nine appearances, but it is Luca Thomas who has been the spark for Fylde with six goals in seven National League 2026/2027 games, five of them in the last five.
Betting Insights
- Southend United are slight favourites for this match against AFC Fylde at 1.68, but the Coasters are a very dangerous team and priced up at 4.02 here after a mixed bag of results that they split, losing 2-1 at home to Altrincham and then beating Boston United 1-0 away.
- Over 2.5 goals at 1.4 does not appeal given how evenly matched these teams appear to be, but it does fit their attacking profiles while BTTS at 1.44 is also a little on the low side and seems to point towards an open game.
Prediction
However, Southend's home advantage is still a factor here and AFC Fylde have been so good away, so we're going with the _home side to just edge this by a goal_ in a game of attack and counter-attack.