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Northampton pack their bags to visit Swansea City at Vetch Field on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cobblers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them taste defeat on 12 occassions, and draw 7, from the 21 games played.
The previous match played between the two at Vetch Field was more than three years back, in March 2001, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Mon 17 Nov | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Swansea City | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Mar | Swansea City | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 27 Feb | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Swansea City | LD2 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 10 Mar | Swansea City | 4 - 1 | Northampton | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 02 Nov | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Swansea City | LD3 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 08 Feb | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Swansea City | LD3 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 02 Nov | Swansea City | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 10.
The Cobblers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Cobblers, and 5 goals against.
Swansea City's 55 points from 43 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Northampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Three, picking up 66 from their 43 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Swansea City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 5 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Northampton | Undefeated in last 4 away games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |