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Southampton face a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 29 games played, Saints have recorded 8 wins, and Wolves have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2007, where Southampton annihilated the Saints 0 - 6 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 06 Nov | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Wolves | 0 - 6 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 01 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Wolves | 0 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Wolves have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Southampton is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Saints's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Wolves's 50 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Southampton are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 40 from their 35 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wolves | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Southampton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
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 | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Southampton | Not won in previous 8 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |