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Swansea City play host to Colchester United at Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Swans are clearly on top, winning 53.33% of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Swansea City was back in August 2000, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 09 Aug | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 03 Apr | Colchester U. | 3 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 26 Aug | Swansea City | 0-2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 07 Dec | Swansea City | 3 - 1 | Colchester U. | ASSM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 30 Oct | Swansea City | 2 - 1 | Colchester U. | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 06 Feb | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Swansea City | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 20 Sep | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Swans have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 3.
Colchester U.'s away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the U's, and 8 goals against.
Swansea City are leading the way in the Coca Cola League One, with their 20 games giving them a return of 41 points. Colchester U.'s total of 33 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola League One.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swansea City are starting to turn Liberty Stadium into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Colchester U. | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 8 matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |