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Southampton pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saints will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 5 of the 29 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was within the last three years, in September 2002, the Baggies carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 29 Mar | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1985/1986 | Wed 01 Jan | Southampton | 3 - 1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 02 Mar | Southampton | 4 - 3 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 27 Oct | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Baggies have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Southampton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Saints have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Brom. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 17 points. Southampton are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 19 points from their 26 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Southampton on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against West Brom.. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Southampton | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |