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Swansea City travel to take on Derby County at Pride Park on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Swans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Derby County was back in September 1999, over five years ago, with Derby County running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 16 Sep | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 22 Sep | Derby County | 3 - 1 | Swansea City | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 14 Sep | Swansea City | 0 - 0 | Derby County | LGEC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 23 Jan | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Derby County | FAC |
| 1985/1986 | Tue 06 May | Swansea City | 0 - 3 | Derby County | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Wed 02 Oct | Derby County | 5 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1984/1985 | Mon 06 May | Derby County | 1 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
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 Swans's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Derby County find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 41 points from their 33 matches. Swansea City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 52 from their 34 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Swans could well see them head back from Pride Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Swansea City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |