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Swansea City face a trip to Northampton Town at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 22 games played, Swans have recorded 8 wins, and Northampton have come away with 11 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a League Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | Northampton | 2 - 2 | Swansea City | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Swansea City | 0 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Swansea City | 0 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 17 Nov | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Mar | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 27 Feb | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 10 Mar | Swansea City | 4 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. Cobblers have conceded a disappointing 9 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Swansea City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 18 points from their 15 matches. Swansea City's total of 24 points from their 15 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Swansea City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 8 home matches. Drawn each of their last 4 games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Swansea City | 5 games since last defeat. |