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Swansea City face a trip to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 19 games played, Swans have recorded 2 wins, and Blackpool have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, the Seasiders carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Apr | Blackpool | 1 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Swansea City | 3 - 2 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Mar | Swansea City | 0 - 2 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 13 Feb | Blackpool | 4 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 28 Feb | Swansea City | 1 - 0 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 22 Oct | Blackpool | 2 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 22 Jan | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool 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 15 goals for the Seasiders, with 6 goals against.
Swansea City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Swans, and 5 goals against.
Blackpool's 28 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Swansea City's total of 31 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Swans could well see them head back from Bloomfield Road with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Swansea City | 7 games since last away draw. |