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Everton face a trip to Southampton at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 40 games played, Blues have recorded 12 wins, and Southampton have come away with 19 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2002, the Saints carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 19 Oct | Everton | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 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 |
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. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
The away form of Everton is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Blues have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Southampton see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 31 points from their 25 games played so far, Everton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 25 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Everton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Saints, as the Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Everton | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |