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Southampton face a trip to Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Saints have recorded 7 wins, and Charlton Ath. have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2008, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 26 Dec | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 13 Sep | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 15 May | Charlton Ath. | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 07 Dec | Southampton | 3 - 2 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Charlton Ath. | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Charlton Athletic's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Addicks have scored 7, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Southampton's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Saints's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Charlton Ath. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 16 points from their 19 games thus far. Southampton are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 20 points from 19 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Southampton are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Charlton Ath. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 9 most recent games. |
| Southampton | 4 games since last away draw. |