FM Preview: Stevenage v Swindon Town 27 Oct 2012

History of the Stevenage v Swindon Town fixture

Stevenage prepare to entertain Swindon Town at Broadhall Way on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season	Date	Team	Result	Team	Comp
2005/2006	Tue 18 Oct	Swindon Town	2 - 0	Stevenage B.	(Associate Members)
1997/1998	Sat 03 Jan	Swindon Town	1 - 2	Stevenage B.	F.A. Cup

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Stevenage are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Boro in those games, with 7 conceded.

The Robins 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 Robins's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.

Stevenage are holding the final promotion place in the npower League One, and have accumulated 29 points from the 14 games they have played so far.

Swindon Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower League One, picking up 22 from their 14 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Stevenage	6	4	1	1	8	5	13
Swindon Town	6	2	2	2	6	6	8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Swindon Town is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Boro in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team	Sequences
Stevenage	Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 .
Swindon Town	5 games since last away draw. No win in the 3 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here