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Southampton face a trip to Walsall at Banks's Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 4 of the 10 previous games, with the hosts winning just 2.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2009, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 27 Feb | Southampton | 5 - 1 | Walsall | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 05 Dec | Walsall | 1 - 3 | Southampton | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Sat 13 Apr | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 1962/1963 | Sat 24 Nov | Walsall | 1 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1961/1962 | Tue 19 Sep | Walsall | 0 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1961/1962 | Wed 06 Sep | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 1957/1958 | Thu 05 Sep | Walsall | 1 - 1 | Southampton | D3S |
Recent respective form guides
Walsall have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Saddlers's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Saints's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Walsall are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower League One with a return of just 17 points from their 19 games thus far. Southampton's 28 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Walsall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Saints has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Walsall. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Walsall | 18 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Southampton | 4 games since last away draw. |