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Southampton play host to Burnley at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Saints are clearly on top, having won 10 and lost only 2 of the 19 games.
The last time the two teams met at Southampton was way back in the black-and-white days of September 1977, with Southampton running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1977/1978 | Sat 04 Feb | Burnley | 3 - 3 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Thu 01 Sep | Southampton | 3-0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 19 Feb | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 1976/1977 | Sat 11 Sep | Burnley | 2 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Mon 22 Apr | Burnley | 3 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 03 Nov | Southampton | 2 - 2 | Burnley | PREM |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 06 Mar | Burnley | 0 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Burnley have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.
Southampton's 27 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Burnley lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola Championship, picking up 31 from their 21 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Burnley | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Southampton's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Burnley. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Burnley | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |