FM Preview: Swansea City v Manchester United 19 Nov 2011

Last updated : 18 November 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Swansea City v Manchester United fixture

Swansea City play host to Manchester United at Liberty Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Swans.

The last time the two teams met at Swansea City was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1982, when they played out a goalless draw in a First Division match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
1982/1983 Sat 07 May Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Swansea City First Division
1982/1983 Sat 18 Dec Swansea City 0-0 Man. Utd. First Division
1981/1982 Sat 30 Jan Swansea City 2 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
1981/1982 Sat 19 Sep Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Swansea City First Division
1937/1938 Sat 16 Apr Swansea Tn. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. Second Division
1937/1938 Sat 04 Dec Man. Utd. 5 - 1 Swansea Tn. Second Division
1935/1936 Sat 14 Mar Man. Utd. 3 - 0 Swansea Tn. Second Division

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Recent respective form guides

Swansea City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Swans, with 2 goals against.

Manchester United's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Those games have seen the Red Devils pummel 11 goals, and let in 2.

Swansea City's 13 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Manchester United's total of 26 points from their 11 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Swansea City 6 2 2 2 9 10 8
Manchester United 6 5 0 1 10 6 15

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Swansea City may be in prime form at home, but the quality of the opposition suggests to me that Manchester United are going to come away with all the points in this one. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Swansea City Won 3 successive home games.
4 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Manchester United 3 successive away victories.
4 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 4 matches.
Last drawn game 7 outings ago.

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