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Swansea City prepare to entertain Barnsley at Liberty Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 24 wins out of 33 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Liberty Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2010, with Swansea City running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Apr | Swansea City | 3-1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Mon 13 Apr | Barnsley | 1 - 3 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 09 Dec | Swansea City | 2 - 2 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 May | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Swansea City | D2PO |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Mar | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 29 Aug | Swansea City | 3 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Tykes have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Swansea City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 37 points from 23 games. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 21 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Swansea City only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | 5 games since last away draw. |