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Sheff. Utd. pack their bags to visit Southampton at St. Marys on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 24 games played, The Blades have recorded 6 wins, and Southampton have come away with 11 victories.
The previous match played between the two at St. Marys was within the last three years, in December 2005, with Sheff. Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Saints in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | FAC |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 26 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 02 Oct | Southampton | 3 - 3 | Sheff. Utd. | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 27 Feb | Southampton | 3 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | 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 4 goals scored and conceded.
The The Blades have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Southampton are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 51 points from their 45 games thus far. Sheff. Utd.'s 66 points from 45 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Sheff. Utd. | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |