Swansea City prepare to entertain Preston North End at Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 19 wins out of 29 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Liberty Stadium was less than a year ago, in February 2010, with Swansea City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2009/2010 | Sat 06 Feb | Swansea City | 2-0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
2009/2010 | Sat 12 Sep | Preston N.E. | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Tue 27 Jan | Swansea City | 4 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Tue 30 Sep | Preston N.E. | 0 - 2 | Swansea City | CHMP |
2003/2004 | Sat 24 Jan | Swansea City | 2 - 1 | Preston N.E. | FAC |
1992/1993 | Tue 27 Apr | Swansea City | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | LGE1 |
1992/1993 | Tue 09 Mar | Preston N.E. | 1 - 3 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Swans in those games, with 3 conceded.
The away form of Preston N.E. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the North End have hit 10 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Swansea City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower Championship with a return of just 0 points from their 1 games thus far. Preston N.E. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 0 points from 1 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Swansea City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Preston N.E. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Preston N.E. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Swans in a close run game. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Swansea City | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. |
Preston N.E. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |