Marcos Painter is back from injury as Albion make three changes at Southend today.

Painter, whose knee problem ruled him out for three games, comes back at left back in place of Gavin Hoyte.

Tommy Elphick regains his central defensive berth at the expense of Adam Virgo.

There is also a switch further forward where Kazenga LuaLua is ruled out by injury and replaced by Ashley Barnes.

That means Diego Arismendi and Lee Hendrie retain their starting spots and there could be a change of formation in attack.

Albion need one more point to hit the 50 mark while, realistically, Southend require a win today to keep their League One survival hopes alive.

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Southend: Mildenhall; Francis, Baldwin, M'Voto, Herd; Grant, McCormack, Christophe, Moussa; Vernon, Laurent. Subs: Malone, Barrett, Paterson, Sankofa, Jack, O'Keefe, Crawford.

Albion: Brezovan; Calderon, Elphick, El-Abd, Painter; Bennett, Arismendi, Crofts, Hendrie; Murray, Barnes.Subs: Walker, Navarro, Dicker, Carole, Virgo, Hoyte, Holroyd.

Ref: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)