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Southampton travel to take on Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saints will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 16 and win only 6 of the 28 games.
The last time the two teams met at Stoke City was amazingly over twenty years ago, in October 1984, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a First Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 16 Mar | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 13 Oct | Stoke City | 1 - 3 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 05 May | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 03 Dec | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 23 Apr | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 04 Dec | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Saints have hit 4 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Stoke City's 55 points from 42 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Southampton find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 49 points from their 42 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Potters, as the Saints have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Southampton | 4 games since last defeat. |