A STATISTICAL preview of Southend United's FA Cup clash with Charlton Athletic.
ALL TIME RECORD
Southend wins: 10
Draws: 11
Charlton wins: 27
LAST SIX MEETINGS
League One - Feb 19 - Charlton 1 Southend 1
League One - Sep 18 - Southend 1 Charlton 2
League One - Dec 17 - Southend 3 Charlton 1
League One - Sep 17 - Charlton 2 Southend 1
League One - Apr 17 - Charlton 2 Southend 1
League One - Dec 16 - Southend 1 Charlton 1
FORM GUIDE
Southend: WDWWLL
Charlton: WDDDWL
REFEREE
The experienced Drysdale has shown 31 yellow cards but no reds in eight games so far this season.
Drysdale was referee when Blues last beat Charlton back in 2017.
FIXTURES
Friday: Notts County v Alfreton Town, Tamworth v Huddersfield.
Saturday: Barro v Doncaster, Bradford v Aldershot, Bristol Rovers v Weston-super-Mare, Burton v Scarborough Athletic, Carlisle v Wigan, Chesterfield v Horsham, Crewe v Dagenham, Exeter v Barnet, Gillingham v Blackpool, Grimsby v Wealdstone, Newport v Peterborough, Port Vale v Barnsley, Reading v Fleetwood, Rochdale v Bromley, Rotherham v Cheltenham, Salford v Shrewsbury, Southend v Charlton, Stevenage v Guiseley, Stockport v Forest Green, Swindon v Colchester, Solihull v Maidstone, Rushall Olympic v Accrington, Maidenhead v Crawley, Brackley Town v Braintree, Tonbridge Angels v Harborough Town, Tranmere v Oldham, Walsall v Bolton, Woking v Cambridge, Worthing v Morecambe, Wycombe v York, Hednesford Town v Gainsborough Trinity, Northampton v Kettering.
Sunday: MK Dons v AFC Wimbledon, Sutton v Birmingham, Boreham Wood v Leyton Orient, Curzon Ashton v Mansfield, Harrogate Town v Wrexham.
Monday: Chesham United v Lincoln City
POINTS OF INTEREST
>Charlton are 12th in League One and have triumphed just once in their last seven games.
>The Addicks have won two, drawn one and lost three on the road this season. They have scored six goals in six away games and conceded eight.
>Charlton are managed by former Southend United left-back Nathan Jones. Jones made 114 appearances for Blues between 1997 and 2000.
>Current Shrimpers boss Kevin Maher played in the same Southend side as Jones.
>Jones is responsible for bringing Blues' on loan striker Bim Pepple into English football after signing him for Luton Town from Canadian side Cavalry.
>Shrimpers striker Macauley Bonne scored 12 goals in 40 games for Charlton. He was with the Addicks between June 2019 and October 2020.
>Former Blues loanee Daniel Kanu has failed to score in eight games for Charlton so far this season. He netted four goals in six appearances with Southend last season but has not appeared since early October for Charlton.
>The Shrimpers have triumphed in just one of their last 12 games against Charlton.
>Blues last reached the second round of the FA Cup in 2018 where they lost 4-2 to Barnsley at Roots Hall.
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