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Barnsley face a trip to Swindon Town at County Ground on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 21 games played, Tykes have recorded 4 wins, and Swindon Town have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, 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: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Swindon Town | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Feb | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | Swindon Town | 3 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 29 Apr | Swindon Town | 1 - 2 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 19 Oct | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Swindon Town | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Swindon Town 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, 10 to 8.
The Tykes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Tykes, and 7 goals against.
Swindon Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 45 points from their 31 games so far. Barnsley's 41 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Tykes could well see them head back from County Ground with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swindon Town | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Barnsley | Previous 4 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. Drawn each of the last 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |