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Swansea City travel to take on Brighton & Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium on Tuesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 8 of the 27 previous games, with the hosts winning just 7.
The last time the two teams met at Brighton & HA was back in April 2000, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Tue 16 Oct | Swansea City | 1 - 2 | Brighton & HA | ASSM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 01 Apr | Brighton & HA | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 18 Dec | Swansea City | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Fri 05 Feb | Swansea City | 2 - 2 | Brighton & HA | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 05 Sep | Brighton & HA | 1 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 10 Jan | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 09 Aug | Swansea City | 1 - 0 | Brighton & HA | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Brighton & Hove Albion have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. In this time, Seagulls have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 3.
The Swans have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Swans, and 5 goals against.
Brighton & HA see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 24 points from their 19 games played so far, Swansea City's total of 31 points from their 19 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 |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swansea City are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Brighton & HA. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brighton & HA | 5 games since last home draw. |
| Swansea City | 3 successive away victories. 6 games since last away draw. 6 games since last defeat. |