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Southampton prepare to entertain Colchester United at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 8 wins out of 12 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Marys was two seasons ago, in September 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Colchester U. | 1 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The U's have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. Those games have seen the U's pummel 14 goals, and let in 6.
Southampton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 5 games have yielded only -7 points. Colchester U.'s total of 9 points from their 5 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Colchester U. running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Colchester U. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |