The friendly's shape was settled in the opening 45 minutes. Southend and West Ham both found a goal before the interval, sending the teams in with the score locked at 1-1, and that proved to be the full summary of the scoring. Neither side added another after the restart as the contest tightened up.
At Southend United's Roots Hall ground, the hosts produced a disciplined second-half display to keep West Ham from finding a late winner. The visitors, who came into the game on a WDDWD form line, had to settle for a draw, while Southend followed a WWDLD sequence with another competitive outing.
For readers checking the result, score, stats, highlights and summary, the story was straightforward: first-half action, second-half resistance. Both goals arrived before the break, both teams had to live with the same score at full-time, and the home side will take encouragement from matching strong opposition over 90 minutes.
Our pre-match analysis called this one correctly. These picks were backed before kick-off and landed after the final result.
Home To Score In Both Halves: No @1.10
Pre-match pick: Home To Score In Both Halves: No at 1.10 is the standout value angle in this match.
Goal Bounds: 2 @4.26
Pre-match pick: Goal Bounds: 2 at 4.26 is the standout value angle in this match.