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Southampton face a trip to Coventry City at Ricoh Arena at tea-time on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saints will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 31 and win only 6 of the 55 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2007, 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 22 Mar | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 20 Feb | Coventry City | 2 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 09 Aug | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 29 Aug | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Fri 22 Dec | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Saints's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Coventry City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 12 points from their 9 games played so far, Southampton find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 9 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Saints could well see them head back from Ricoh Arena with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Southampton | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |