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Brentford face a trip to Southampton at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bees will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 10 and win only 3 of the 19 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2009, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 26 Jan | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Southampton | LGE1 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 22 Aug | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 01 Mar | Brentford | 1 - 3 | Southampton | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Feb | Southampton | 2 - 2 | Brentford | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 30 Sep | Brentford | 0 - 2 | Southampton | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 17 Sep | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Brentford | LGEC |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 02 Jan | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Saints have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 2.
The Bees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Bees, and 9 goals against.
Southampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League One, picking up 28 points from their 18 games so far. Brentford see themselves just below half way in the Npower League One, showing a record of 25 points from their 18 games played so far,
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 13 |
| Brentford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Southampton is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Brentford | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |