Swansea City prepare to entertain Blackpool at Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Swans are clearly on top, having won 11 and lost only 2 of the 18 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Liberty Stadium was just last season, in October 2005, as the Swans squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a League One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
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 |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Swans in those games, with 4 conceded.
Blackpool's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Seasiders, and 5 goals against.
Swansea City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 72 points from their 45 games so far. Blackpool are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 80 points from 45 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Swansea City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
Blackpool | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swansea City are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Blackpool will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Swansea City | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
Blackpool | 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 6 matches. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |