This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Southampton and Colchester United at 15:00 on Saturday, 5th September 2009 in the League One.
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Colchester U. face a trip to Southampton at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 8 out of 12 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in September 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Colchester U. | 1 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 19 Sep | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 16 Mar | Southampton | 1 - 2 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Oct | Colchester U. | 2 - 0 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 27 Oct | Southampton | 3 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1982/1983 | Tue 26 Oct | Southampton | 4 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1982/1983 | Wed 06 Oct | Colchester U. | 0 - 0 | Southampton | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The U's 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. Those games have seen the U's pummel 14 goals, and let in 6.
Southampton find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 5 games have yielded only -7 points. Colchester U.'s total of 9 points from their 5 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Colchester U. 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 | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Colchester U. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |
