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Date: 2nd April 2011 Kick off: 3:00pm
Venue: St Marys's Stadium ( Total Capacity:32,689)
Radio Coverage:96.1FM BBC RADIO SOLENT
Southampton F.C play host to MK DONS with the hope to come away with a win to pile pressure back on their Promotion contenders: Huddersfied Town & Peterborough United.
So here we are, now in April and we are 10 fixtures away from the end of the season - anyone feeling nervous yet?
Southampton go into this game with a 4 consecutive winning streak at home with hope of being unbeaten at St Mary's to make it 5 under Nigel Adkins. The last defeat at St Mary's was to a Premier League you might know ..Manchester United on 29th Jan in the 4th Round of the FA Cup where Southampton lost 2-1.
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Leage One Table: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/table/default.stm
Saints still have several games in hand on their promotion contenders, 3 games on Hudderfield and 2 Games on Posh. With only 5 Point difference from 2nd Place ...Is it me or is it getting even more exciting now!!
Who to watch out for?
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Left: Sam Baldock - Netting 11 Goals this season, Right: Luke Chadwick - Former Man Utd / England Midfielder.
Review of March:
As you will see below Southampton will look at last months performances and will be pleased to see they took 13 Points out of a possible 18 Points. With only 1 defeat which came at the beginning of March to Relegation battler's -Walsall F.C. Even tho Southampton had a mass amount of chances, Walsall snatched 3 Pts and were saved several times by their legend of a keeper 'Jimmy Walker'. Saints learnt a lesson from loss and went on a rapid 4 games winning streak beating Colchester, Yeovil, Bournemouth and Sheffield Wednesday.However last week's mid week game saw Southampton lose the lead to a late BWP goal for Charlton to snatch 1 point.
1st March : (A) Walsall Loss (1-0) Macken 69'
5th March : (A) Colchester WIN ( 2-0) Chamberlain 30' & Hammond 50'
8th March : (H) Yeovil WIN (3-0) Barnard 15' & 55' , Chamberlain 67'
12th March : (A) Cherries WIN (3-1) Dalla Vale 6' (Cherries) , Barnard 11' , Hammond 71' , Lambert 88'
19th March : (H) Sheff. Wed WIN (2-0) Fonte 60' & Lambert 66'
22nd March (A) Charlton DRAW (1-1) Jaidi 64', Bradley Wright-Phillips (Charlton) 86'
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Dean Hammond celebrating his goal to give Southampton a 2-1 lead against our 'rivals' Bournemouth
Concerns for Southampton in the coming month?
* Lee Barnard - Court Appearance due soon
* Adam Lallana - Injury - No update given as of yet if it is a groin / or just previous head injury
* Alex Chamberlain - Injury - No update given as of yet to extent of injury
* Spiderman - Injured
If Chamberlain & Lallana are out this weekend (to be replaced with Forte & N'Guessan /Guly) could this be a worry for Saints Fans r.e Promotion fight for Automatic place?
Success at St Mary's
* Guly Do Prado is likely to to 'spring' back into action after making a 2nd Half appearance in the 2-0 victory over Sheffield Wed after being replaced for Alex Chamberlain after having suffering from injury spell. So we could see our Brazilian back on the score sheet this weekend...OH LAY OH LAY OH LAY OH LAY ....Guuuuuuuuullllllly Guuuuuuuuuuulllllly!
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* Saints sign Dale Stephens on loan for the rest of the season from Oldham, to support our Midfield crisis of late.
* At the last home game (Sheff. Wed fixture) for those who went will have heard the fantastic sound of OWTS being sung correctly , starting slowly then steadly building to create a great atmosphere throughout!! Long may it continue for the rest of the season!!!
Who do you think is likely to been in the starting XI? (Bear in mind of 'potential' injuries worries)
Thoughts on the Full Time score??
Before I end - thought I would remind you all ... ITS MOTHERS DAY ON SUNDAY! So why not treat your Mum to a visit to SMS this weekend??
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