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Southampton play host to Barnsley at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Saints are clearly on top, winning 54.17% of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Southampton was back in November 1997, over five years ago, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4-1 thriller, in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 14 Mar | Barnsley | 4 - 3 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 08 Nov | Southampton | 4-1 | Barnsley | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 14 Oct | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1984/1985 | Mon 04 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 2 | Barnsley | FAC |
| 1959/1960 | Wed 14 Oct | Southampton | 2 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 1959/1960 | Wed 07 Oct | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Southampton | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Saints score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 4.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Tykes have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Southampton's total of 53 points from their 32 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Barnsley are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 32 points from their 32 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Saints being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |