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Southampton face a trip to Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Wednesday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2006, with Colchester U. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 19 Sep | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 16 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 2 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Oct | Colchester U. | 2 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 27 Oct | Southampton | 3 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1982/1983 | Tue 26 Oct | Southampton | 4 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1982/1983 | Wed 06 Oct | Colchester U. | 0 - 0 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1974/1975 | Mon 25 Nov | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The U's's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Southampton's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Saints have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Colchester U. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 23 games have yielded only 21 points. Southampton see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 31 points from their 23 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
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 Colchester U.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Southampton | No win in the 2 most recent games. |