Southampton aim to avoid unwanted record against Villa
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Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen, (right), challenges Southampton's Rickie Lambert during their English Premier League soccer match at the Emirates stadium, London, on Saturday, Sept 15, 2012. Southampton will try to avoid matching the club's worst ever start to a top-flight campaign when they face Aston Villa at St Mary's on Saturday. -- PHOTO: AP
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Southampton will try to avoid matching the club's worst ever start to a top-flight campaign when they face Aston Villa at St Mary's on Saturday.
Saints have endured a testing return to life in the Premier League and have failed to register a single point from their opening four games.
The fixture list has hardly been kind to the newly-promoted side, pitting Nigel Adkins's team against last season's top three - Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal - as well as Wigan.
But a fifth successive reverse would deliver a confidence-sapping blow in the wake of last weekend's crushing 6-1 thrashing by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
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