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Southampton are ready to welcome Birmingham City to St. Marys on Wednesday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Saints are clearly on top, winning 60.00% of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at St. Marys was within the last three years, in October 2004, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Wed 02 Feb | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 24 Oct | Southampton | 0-0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Birmingham C. | 3 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 19 Apr | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These games have seen the Saints score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 3.
Birmingham C.'s away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Blues, and 4 goals against.
Southampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 30 points from their 19 games so far. Birmingham C. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 37 points from 19 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Birmingham C. will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Birmingham C. | 5 successive away victories. 10 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |