Alan McCormack and Franck Moussa return for Southend United in tonight's League One encounter at home to Brentford.

McCormack returns from an ankle injury and Moussa is now back from a three-game ban.

Both go straight into the midfield in two changes made to the starting XI to replace Osei Sankofa and Stuart O'Keefe.

Francis Laurent also comes into the side in place of Matt Paterson.

Southend: Mildenhall, Francis, Baldwin, Barrett, Herd, Grant, Christophe, McCormack, Moussa, Laurent, Vernon.

Subs: Jack, M'Voto, Sankofa, Malone, O'Keefe, Paterson, Crawford.

Brentford: Szczesny, Bean, Cort, MacDonald, Weston, Wood, Diagouraga, Osborne, Grabban, Balkestein, Legge.

Subs: Saunders, Hunt, Foster, Ainsworth, Stevens, Blake, Bull.