Grimsby Town vs Southend United. Sky Bet League Two.
Blundell Park.
Grimsby 0-0 Southend: Goalless between strugglers at Blundell Park
Saturday 16 January 2021 18:46, UK
Grimsby and Southend played out a goalless draw at Blundell Park in their battle at the bottom of Sky Bet League Two.
One point separated the sides ahead of kick-off in Cleethorpes and that gap still remains, although the rock-bottom Shrimpers do have two games in hand.
Southend winger Reeco Hackett-Fairchild curled an early attempt against the side-netting, while Matt Green saw his deflected strike gathered by Mark Oxley at the other end.
Despite a spell of pressure from the visitors, it was Grimsby who also created the next opening as Luke Spokes drove over the crossbar from 18 yards.
Hackett-Fairchild took first aim upon the restart, firing straight at James McKeown after picking up possession and running at the home defence.
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Southend went close to finding an opener soon after the hour mark, but Ashley Nathaniel-George narrowly missed the target after twisting and turning his way into the box.
Both sides pushed and probed for what would have been a priceless winner, but they each ultimately had to settle for a share of the spoils.
