FM Preview: Fulham v Swansea City 23 Nov 2013

Last updated : 22 November 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Fulham v Swansea City fixture

Fulham prepare to entertain Swansea City at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 24 wins out of 32 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Craven Cottage was less than a year ago, in December 2012, with Swansea City inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Cottagers in a Premier League match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sun 19 May Swansea City 0 - 3 Fulham Premier League
2012/2013 Sat 29 Dec Fulham 1-2 Swansea City Premier League
2011/2012 Sat 17 Mar Fulham 0 - 3 Swansea City Premier League
2011/2012 Sat 10 Dec Swansea City 2 - 0 Fulham Premier League
2008/2009 Tue 24 Feb Fulham 2 - 1 Swansea City F.A. Cup
2008/2009 Sat 14 Feb Swansea City 1 - 1 Fulham F.A. Cup
1996/1997 Tue 11 Feb Fulham 2 - 1 Swansea City League Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

Fulham have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Cottagers have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Swansea City's away form is none too clever either, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Swans's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

Fulham are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 10 points from their 11 games thus far.

Swansea City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 12 points from their 11 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Fulham 6 1 1 4 9 14 4
Swansea City 6 1 4 1 9 6 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Craven Cottage for the Cottagers and the Madmen are unable to see past Swansea City claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Fulham Latest 4 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Swansea City Not won in previous 9 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

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