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Swindon Town travel to take on Southampton at St. Marys on Tuesday evening, with the intention of improving a poor record there. The have ended up losing on 13 of the 16 occasions the two teams have clashed.
The last time the two teams met at Southampton was more than a decade ago, in February 1996, with Southampton running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 18 Aug | Swindon Town | 1 - 0 | Southampton | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 28 Feb | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Swindon Town | FAC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 17 Feb | Swindon Town | 1 - 1 | Southampton | FAC |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 18 Dec | Swindon Town | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 25 Aug | Southampton | 5 - 1 | Swindon Town | PREM |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 16 Jan | Southampton | 4 - 2 | Swindon Town | LGEC |
| 1989/1990 | Wed 29 Nov | Swindon Town | 0 - 0 | Southampton | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, Saints have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 6.
Swindon Town have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Robins's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Southampton's 47 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Swindon Town's total of 63 points from their 35 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 13 |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Robins could well see them head back from St. Marys with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Won 3 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Swindon Town | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |