Dan Harding returned from a three-match ban to net the winning goal for loan club Southend as they beat his former side Leeds United 1-0 at Roots Hall.
Town will be looking to bounce back from their first League One defeat of the season when Rotherham visit Portman Road on Wednesday evening (KO 7.45pm).
Town threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Coventry. Darren Currie and Jimmy Juan put the Blues ahead but Gary McSheffrey and Lilian Nalis netted either side of the break. Nicky Forster appeared to have scored the winner late on but the referee deemed the ball not to have crossed the line.
Town youngsters Darren Bent and Lewis Price come face to face this evening when the striker s England U21 side take on the keeper s Wales team at Blackburn s Ewood Park. The Blues have three other players on international duty this weekend.