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Swansea City are ready to welcome Barnsley to Liberty Stadium on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 23 wins out of 31 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Liberty Stadium was more than three years back, in August 2005, with Swansea City running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 10 Mar | Swansea City | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 12 Nov | Barnsley | 3 - 2 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1981/1982 | Tue 27 Oct | Swansea City | 3 - 2 | Barnsley | LGEC |
| 1981/1982 | Tue 06 Oct | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | LGEC |
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. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Swans in those games, with 7 conceded.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Tykes have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Swansea City's 30 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 24 points from their 21 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its not been a very profitable last few weeks for Swansea City, and I'm afraid the Footymad team cannot see it getting too much better here. Look no further than honours being even at the end of this one. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |