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Southampton face a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Saints have recorded 7 wins, and Wolves have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in April 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 Aug | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Wolves | 1 - 4 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Wolves | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 09 Mar | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Wolves | FAC |
| 1984/1985 | Tue 06 Nov | Wolves | 0 - 2 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1984/1985 | Tue 30 Oct | Southampton | 2 - 2 | Wolves | LGEC |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 04 Feb | Wolves | 0 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 4 to 3.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Wolves lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola Championship, picking up 29 points from their 20 games so far. Southampton's 26 points from 19 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 |
| Wolves | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Wolves, as the Saints have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wolves | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Southampton | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |