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Southampton prepare to entertain Watford at St. Marys on Tuesday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 15 wins out of 19 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Marys was two seasons ago, in March 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 1-3 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 16 Sep | Watford | 3 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 20 Mar | Southampton | 1-3 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Watford | 3 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 09 Nov | Watford | 5 - 2 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 13 Apr | Southampton | 2 - 1 | Watford | FAC |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Apr | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Watford | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 28 Dec | Watford | 3 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. These games have seen the Saints score just 5 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The away form of Watford however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Hornets, and 13 goals against.
Southampton see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 33 points from their 25 games played so far, Watford are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 44 points from the 25 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Watford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Southampton's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Watford. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Watford | Undefeated in last 3 away games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |