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Southampton travel to take on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 14 out of 19 times.
The last time the two teams met at Blackpool was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1977, with Southampton inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Seasiders in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 17 Dec | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 12 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 14 May | Blackpool | 1 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 18 Dec | Southampton | 3 - 3 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 10 Apr | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 24 Jan | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Blackpool | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Seasiders in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Southampton is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Saints's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Blackpool's 46 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Southampton find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 41 points from their 36 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Southampton | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Saints are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Blackpool. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Southampton | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 9 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 9 most recent games. |