FM Preview: West Bromwich Albion v Southampton 05 Nov 2012

Last updated : 04 November 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the West Bromwich Albion v Southampton fixture

West Bromwich Albion play host to Southampton at The Hawthorns on Monday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Baggies are clearly on top, having won 17 and lost only 5 of the 32 games.

The last time the two teams met at West Bromwich Albion was just over four years ago, in April 2008, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2007/2008 Mon 28 Apr West Brom. 1-1 Southampton Championship
2007/2008 Sat 06 Oct Southampton 3 - 2 West Brom. Championship
2006/2007 Sat 10 Feb West Brom. 1 - 1 Southampton Championship
2006/2007 Sat 12 Aug Southampton 0 - 0 West Brom. Championship
2004/2005 Tue 22 Feb West Brom. 0 - 0 Southampton Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 06 Nov Southampton 2 - 2 West Brom. Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 01 Mar Southampton 1 - 0 West Brom. Premiership

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Recent respective form guides

West Bromwich Albion are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Baggies in those games, with 6 conceded.

The away form of Southampton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Saints have hit 9 goals, 20 have hit the back of the wrong net.

West Bromwich Albion's 14 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.

Southampton are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 4 points from their 9 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
West Bromwich Albion 6 2 1 3 8 9 7
Southampton 6 1 1 4 7 14 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

With the Baggies being in decent shape at home at the moment, we am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
West Bromwich Albion 8 games since last home draw.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Southampton Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

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