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Everton prepare to entertain Southampton at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 25 wins out of 36 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was less than a year ago, in February 2003, the Blues carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Everton | 2-1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 02 Dec | Everton | 2 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Everton | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 13 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 8 conceded.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Saints's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Everton see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 8 points from their 8 games played so far, Southampton's 12 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Everton are performing in fits and starts at home in recent games, and FootyMad doesn't see things getting any better, as the visitors squeak past and take all the points. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Southampton | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |