Southampton v Burnley: Preview
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Team Stat Comparison
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Southampton
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Burnley
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Matches Played
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46
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46
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Table Position
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23
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5
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Points
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45
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76
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Goal Difference
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-23
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12
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Goals for
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1.0
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1.3
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Goals against
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1.3
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1.6
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Last 5
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L-D-L-W-L
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W-W-W-W-D
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Last 5 home
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D-W-L-D-D
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W-W-W-W-W
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Last 5 away
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L-L-L-D-D
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W-D-L-D-W
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Goals per match - home matches for home club and away matches for away club
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Club Stats:
Southampton
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Burnley
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Updated: April 24, 2009, 10:06 AM UK
Southampton are likely to name an unchanged squad as they attempt to focus on matters on the pitch and a home clash with Burnley.
Saints were on Thursday deducted 10 points by the Football League, and with relegation a certainty they are now playing to avoid starting next season on minus 10.
Midfielders Simon Gillett (knee) and Anthony Pulis (foot), player-coach Michael Svensson (Achilles) and strikers Jamie White (ankle) and Matt Paterson (broken nose) are still missing.
Centre-half Wayne Thomas played for 45 minutes for the reserves in midweek having missed most of the season with a cruciate knee ligament injury, but he will not be risked.
Winger Lee Holmes also played for the second string as he builds up his match fitness from a knee injury.
Burnley manager Owen Coyle will assess the fitness of striker Steven Thompson.
The summer signing from Cardiff has missed the Clarets' last six games after sustaining ankle ligament damage against Nottingham Forest on March 14.
His recovery is progressing well but Coyle will not gamble on Thompson`s fitness.
Martin Paterson has been affected by hamstring trouble in recent weeks but he played 86 minutes and scored the winning goal in Monday's vital 1-0 victory over Sheffield United.
Coyle should have no other concerns as his small squad seek to record the victory that would secure their place in the play-offs.
Coyle said: "We'll go there to do our utmost and try to get those three points.''
Southampton 2 - 2 Burnley