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Swansea City play host to Crystal Palace at Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon, 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 amazingly over twenty years ago, in December 1983, the Swans carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Sep | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 05 May | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 03 Dec | Swansea City | 1-0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1979/1980 | Mon 14 Jan | Swansea City | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
| 1979/1980 | Tue 08 Jan | Crystal Palace | 3 - 3 | Swansea City | FAC |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 05 Jan | Swansea City | 2 - 2 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
| 1964/1965 | Sat 19 Dec | Crystal Palace | 3 - 3 | Swansea Tn. | CHMP |
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 13 goals for the Swans, with 4 goals against.
In complete contrast to Swansea City, Crystal Palace are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Eagles have hit 8 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Swansea City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 57 points from their 37 games so far. Crystal Palace see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 47 points from their 36 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its good news for Swansea City fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, I just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Swans. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | Unbeaten in the last 11 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |