FM Preview: Fulham v Swansea City 29 Dec 2012

Last updated : 28 December 2012 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 31 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Craven Cottage was less than a year ago, in March 2012, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a Premier League match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
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
1996/1997 Sat 14 Sep Swansea City 1 - 2 Fulham League Division Three
1995/1996 Sat 11 Nov Fulham 7 - 0 Swansea City F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Fulham are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Cottagers have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

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 games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Swans, and 7 goals against.

Fulham find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 21 points from their 19 matches.

Swansea City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 24 points from their 18 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Fulham 6 1 2 3 4 11 5
Swansea City 6 3 1 2 10 7 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Your FootyMad panel thinks that Fulham's indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Swansea City. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Fulham Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Swansea City 4 games since last away draw.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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