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Sheff. Wed. play host to Swansea City at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The The Owls have a healthy record in the fixture, winning 7 from 12 meetings.
The last time the two teams met at Sheff. Wed. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in January 1984, with Sheff. Wed. annihilating their visitors 6-1 in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 14 Jan | Sheff. Wed. | 6-1 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 27 Aug | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 21 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 27 Sep | Swansea City | 2 - 3 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 07 Apr | Sheff. Wed. | 0 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 02 Dec | Swansea City | 4 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The away form of Swansea City is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Swans have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sheff. Wed. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 50 points from their 39 games played so far, Swansea City's 57 points from 39 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its not been a very profitable last few weeks for Sheff. Wed., and I'm afraid the Footymad team cannot see it getting too much better here. Look no further than honours being even at the end of this one. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Swansea City | Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |