FootyMAD's Luton Town match preview

History of the Southampton v Luton Town fixture

Southampton prepare to entertain Luton Town at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Saints are clearly on top, winning 51.61% of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Marys was less than a year ago, in December 2005, the Saints carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sun 11 Dec	Southampton	1-0	Luton Town	CHMP
2005/2006	Tue 09 Aug	Luton Town	3 - 2	Southampton	CHMP
1994/1995	Wed 08 Feb	Southampton	6 - 0	Luton Town	FAC
1994/1995	Sat 28 Jan	Luton Town	1 - 1	Southampton	FAC
1991/1992	Sat 21 Mar	Southampton	2 - 1	Luton Town	PREM
1991/1992	Wed 04 Sep	Luton Town	2 - 1	Southampton	PREM
1990/1991	Sat 12 Jan	Luton Town	3 - 4	Southampton	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Southampton have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Saints score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 3.

Luton Town have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the The Hatters have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Southampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 27 points from their 18 games so far. Luton Town are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 22 from their 18 matches played.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Southampton	6	2	2	2	6	5	8
Luton Town	6	0	0	6	2	19	0

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Luton Town is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Saints in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Southampton	Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches.
Luton Town	Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 6 games. No win in the 6 most recent games.