Southend vs Gillingham predictions, betting tips & match preview

Gillingham travel to Southend for the second time in three days on Tuesday, for their League Cup first round tie at Roots Hall. Gillingham won the game on Saturday in the League One fixture and will be buzzing for this game after the 3-1 victory on the weekend. Southend started the game well on Saturday, going 1-0 up after 23mins. Midfielder Stephen McLaughlin gave The Seasiders the lead. Gillingham levelled proceedings on the 38th minute via Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. The defining goals came in the 2nd half from other positions for The Gills. Goals from centre back Max Ehmer and left winger Emmanuel Osadebe sealed the win in a comfortable victory for the visitors. As stated above, Southend have played 1 competitive game, losing 1, scoring 1 and conceding 3. Gillingham have done the opposite. They have played 1, won 1, scored 3 and conceded 1. Gillingham won here on Saturday and eventually won well. We don’t see the same scoreline happening in this game as on the weekend, however we feel the same team will be victors. We feel Gillingham will start the game better than they did previously. Both sides will know what they are up against on Tuesday night. We predict Gillingham will have too much for Southend for the second time in three days. Our prediction and first betting tip for this game is Gillingham to win 2-1 at 9/1 with bet365. We also feel both teams are more than capable of scoring as we saw on Saturday. Therefore, our second betting tip and prediction of this match preview is Both Teams to Score at 3/4 with bet365.