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Southampton pack their bags to visit Derby County at Pride Park on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saints will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 16 and win only 3 of the 29 games.
The previous match played between the two at Pride Park was more than three years back, in November 2001, the Rams carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 17 Nov | Derby County | 1 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 30 Dec | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 19 Aug | Derby County | 2 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 24 Apr | Derby County | 2 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 04 Oct | Southampton | 3 - 3 | Derby County | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 24 Apr | Derby County | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
Southampton's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Saints, and 6 goals against.
Derby County's 11 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Southampton's total of 13 points from their 8 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Southampton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Southampton | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |