Braintree Town vs Southend United

1 January 2025 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee S Mulhall

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Aribim Pepple 20’

Match summary

Southend United beat Braintree Town 1-0 on the road. Southend United led 1-0 at half-time.

Aribim Pepple put Southend United ahead in the 20th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Braintree Town created 0.61 expected goals (xG) from 4 shots, Southend United 0.44 from 10.

Match stats

Braintree Town Southend United
5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.60 xG 0.45
0.60 Non-penalty xG 0.45

Key events

Braintree Town Southend United
Kick-off
20’
Aribim Pepple0-1 (Southend United)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Braintree Town
  • Frankie Terry
  • Louie Annesley
  • Ryan Clampin
  • Jermaine Francis
  • John Akinde
Southend United
  • Aribim Pepple

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.61 0.44 20’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), 0-1 20’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.61 0.44 20’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), 0-1 Pepple 20’
Braintree Town 0.61 xGSouthend United 0.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southend United attacking Braintree Town attacking 
58’ Kyrell Lisbie (Braintree Town), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 20’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 18’ Chay Cooper (Braintree Town), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 84’ Chay Cooper (Braintree Town), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 24’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90+6’ Oliver Coker (Southend United), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 13’ Cavanagh Miley (Southend United), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Jack Bridge (Southend United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Cavanagh Miley (Southend United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Noor Husin (Southend United), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Charley Kendall (Southend United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), open play, 0.00 xG, off target 38’ George Langston (Braintree Town), set piece, 0.00 xG, blocked 45’ Jack Bridge (Southend United), open play, 0.00 xG, blocked 58’ Kyrell Lisbie (Braintree Town), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 20’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 18’ Chay Cooper (Braintree Town), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 84’ Chay Cooper (Braintree Town), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+6’ Oliver Coker (Southend United), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 24’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 33’ Jack Bridge (Southend United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ Cavanagh Miley (Southend United), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Cavanagh Miley (Southend United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Noor Husin (Southend United), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Charley Kendall (Southend United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Aribim Pepple (Southend United), open play, 0.00 xG, off target 38’ George Langston (Braintree Town), set piece, 0.00 xG, blocked 45’ Jack Bridge (Southend United), open play, 0.00 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
Lucas Covolan
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
George Langston
90′ – – 1 0.00 – – –
Louie Annesley
90′ – – – – – –
Ryan Clampin Taken off
90′ – – – – – –
James Vennings
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Chay Cooper
90′ – – 2 0.22 – – –
Matt Robinson
90′ – – – – – – –
Kyrell Lisbie Taken off
76′ – – 1 0.38 – – –
John Akinde Taken off
64′ – – – – – –
Tom Blackwell Came on as a substitute
26′ – – – – – – –
Lanre Balogun Came on as a substitute
14′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Braintree Town win 27% Avg odds 3.43
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.19
Southend United win 44% Avg odds 2.09

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.