Southampton prepare to entertain Everton at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 40 games played, Saints have recorded 19 wins, and Everton have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Marys was just last season, in September 2002, the Saints carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 19 Oct | Everton | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Everton | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Southampton | 1-0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 02 Dec | Everton | 2 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Everton | 1 - 1 | 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 low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
The away form of Everton is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Blues have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Southampton see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 31 points from their 25 games played so far, Everton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 25 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Everton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are not exactly setting the world alight at St. Marys at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Everton in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Everton | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |