Argyle: 1 Matt Macey; 22 Tafari Moore, 5 Ryan Edwards, 25 Scott Wootton, 23 Ashley Smith-Brown; 15 Conor Grant, 8 David Fox (capt), 6 Jamie Ness; 10 Graham Carey, 9 Ryan Taylor, 11 Ruben Lameiras. Substitutes: 3 Gary Sawyer, 4 Yann Songo'o, 14 Niall Canavan, 16 Joel Grant, 19 Freddie Ladapo, 20 Gregg Wylde, 21 Kyle Letheren (gk).
Southend: 1 Mark Oxley (capt); 3 Ben Coker, 6 Michael Turner, 7 Michael Kightly, 8 Timothee Dieng, 9 Tom Hopper, 10 Simon Cox, 11 Stephen McLaughlin, 18 Sam Mantom, 24 Jason Demetriou, 48 John White. Substitutes: 2 Elvis Bwomono, 13 Nathan Bishop (gk), 20 Michael Klass, 27 Harry Kyprianou, 28 Shawn McCoulsky, 31 Theo Robinson, 32 Stephen Hendrie.