TOWN lost at home for the first time this season in their last outing, that 2-0 FA Cup defeat against Championship highfliers West Brom a fortnight ago.
But according to bookmakers, they’re poised to bounce back tomorrow, Paddy Power installing Lee Clark’s side as 4/7 favourites to get the better of the Southend, who are Victor Chandler’s 11/2 outsiders.
The pair shared the spoils at Roots Hall on the first day of the campaign, a repeat of which is chalked up at 3/1 by Betdaq.
And the two sides are 16/1 (Ladbrokes) to replicate the 2-2 scoreline from that encounter.
However, Southend have struggled on the road this season and so they are likely to find life difficult at the Galpharm.
William Hill’s 5/2 for Town to nick it by a one-goal margin could prove popular, as could the 2-1 (7/1, totesport) and 1-0 (6/1, Betfred) home wins covered by that wager.
But some supporters, studying the formbook, might believe a more comfortable triumph is in the offing.
For them, Stan James post 11/8 against a Town victory by at least two clear goals, and in a game that looks set to yield three or more successful strikes (7/10, Jaxx.com), the ambitious can obtains odds of 11/1 with 888Sport for Town to register a 3-1 win.
That result would secure a profit for those speculating on Partybets’ 17/10 for the game to produce a minimum of four goals, while the first of those is a tempting 4/1 (bet365) to be struck by Jordan Rhodes, above.
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