Southend vs Truro City Prediction
National League · England
Southend
Truro City
📍 Roots Hall, Southend on Sea
🗓️ Tuesday, 3 Mar 2026 at 19:45
Prediction Summary
Predicted Score
3 - 0
Match Odds (1X2)
Home: 80.0%
Draw: 15.0%
Away: 5.0%
Both Teams to Score
No
82.0% confidence
💰 Recommended Bets(3)
1x2 — home@ 1.07
EV: -1.2%
Southend are in strong form, at home, and facing a Truro City side on a five-game losing streak with the league's worst away record. However, odds are extremely short and offer little value.
over_under_2_5 — over@ 1.55
EV: -1.8%
Both teams' season over 2.5 goal % is above 50%, Southend have scored 10 in their last 3 home games, and Truro concede heavily away (38 in 17).
btts — no@ 1.14
EV: -5.7%
Truro have failed to score in 2 of last 5, Southend have a strong defence (0.94 conceded per game), and previous H2H both saw Truro blank.
Match Analysis
Southend come into this match as overwhelming favourites, sitting 8th in the table with a strong home record and recent form that includes a 5-1 home win and a 3-0 away win. Truro City, bottom of the league, are on a five-game losing streak and have the worst away defence in the division. Southend have already beaten Truro twice this season without conceding, including a 4-0 win at Roots Hall. Expect Southend to dominate possession, create most of the chances, and likely keep a clean sheet against a struggling Truro side.
Key Factors
- →Southend's home record: 8W-3D-3L, only 10 conceded in 14.
- →Truro City's away record: 1W-3D-13L, 10 scored and 38 conceded.
- →Southend's last 5: 3 wins, 2 losses, including 5-1 and 3-0 wins.
- →Truro's last 5: 5 straight losses, conceding 10 goals.
- →H2H: Southend won both meetings this season, aggregate 5-0.
- →Southend clean sheet rate: 41.94%, Truro away failed to score rate is high.
- →No significant injuries for either side.
Risk Notes
- ⚠️No shots/corners/fouls data for recent matches; set piece and discipline predictions are less robust.
- ⚠️Southend have occasionally failed to score (2/5 recent), so a low-probability upset cannot be fully ruled out.
- ⚠️Bookmaker odds are very short on Southend; little value in main markets.
- ⚠️Cup match in Southend's last 5 slightly distorts recent form.
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