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Southampton play host to Gillingham at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 6 of the previous 8 games.
The last time the two teams met at Southampton was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1992, with Southampton running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Tue 09 Oct | Gillingham | 0 - 2 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 07 Oct | Southampton | 3-0 | Gillingham | LGEC |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 23 Sep | Gillingham | 0 - 0 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 28 Dec | Gillingham | 2 - 1 | Southampton | D3S |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 31 Aug | Southampton | 5 - 1 | Gillingham | D3S |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 02 Mar | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Gillingham | D3S |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 20 Oct | Gillingham | 0 - 0 | Southampton | D3S |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Gillingham have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Gills have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Southampton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 10 games have yielded only -1 points. Gillingham see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 11 points from their 9 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Southampton's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Gillingham. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Gillingham | Not won in previous 5 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |