FootyMAD's Southampton match preview

History of the Everton v Southampton fixture

Everton prepare to entertain Southampton at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 28 wins out of 41 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was less than a year ago, in October 2003, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sat 21 Feb	Southampton	3 - 3	Everton	PREM
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

Recent respective form guides

Everton's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Blues have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.

Southampton's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.

Everton sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 16 points from their 8 games. Southampton are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 5 points from their 8 games thus far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Everton	6	3	2	1	5	3	11
Southampton	6	1	2	3	5	5	5

FootyMad's prediction ...

Attention punters! I see this as an opportunity for the Blues to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Everton	8 games since last home draw.
Southampton	No win in the 2 most recent games.