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Southampton pack their bags to visit Colchester United at Weston Homes Community Stadium on Monday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides was within the last three years, in December 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 05 Sep | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the U's, with 3 goals against.
Southampton's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Saints, and 8 goals against.
Colchester U. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 42 points from 22 games. Southampton's 28 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| Southampton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are performing with pride on their travels, but the FootyMad panel believes it may not be enough to prevent the U's coming away with a hard-fought home win. Home win.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Southampton | 6 games since last away draw. |