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Swansea City travel to take on Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Swans have crashed to defeat in more than half of the matches.
The last time the two teams met at Sheff. Wed. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in January 1984, with Sheff. Wed. annihilating their visitors 6 - 1 in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 14 Jan | Sheff. Wed. | 6 - 1 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 27 Aug | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 21 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 27 Sep | Swansea City | 2 - 3 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 07 Apr | Sheff. Wed. | 0 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 02 Dec | Swansea City | 4 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The away form of Swansea City is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Swans have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sheff. Wed. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 50 points from their 39 games played so far, Swansea City's 57 points from 39 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swansea City are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Hillsborough with a well-deserved point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Swansea City | Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |