The game between Hereford United and Swindon Town in the League Two on 18th February 2012 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

Footymad preview History of the Hereford United v Swindon Town fixture

Swindon Town pack their bags to visit Hereford United at Edgar Street on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 10 games played, Robins have recorded 3 wins, and Hereford United have come away with 4 victories.

The previous match played between the two at Edgar Street was more than three years back, in October 2008, with Swindon Town inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Bulls in a (Associate Members) match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 08 Oct Swindon Town 3 - 3 Hereford Utd. League Two
2008/2009 Sat 21 Mar Swindon Town 3 - 0 Hereford Utd. League One
2008/2009 Tue 07 Oct Hereford Utd. 1-2 Swindon Town (Associate Members)
2008/2009 Fri 05 Sep Hereford Utd. 1 - 1 Swindon Town League One
2006/2007 Sat 07 Apr Hereford Utd. 0 - 0 Swindon Town League Two
2006/2007 Sat 04 Nov Swindon Town 1 - 2 Hereford Utd. League Two
2001/2002 Sat 08 Dec Swindon Town 3 - 2 Hereford Utd. F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Hereford United's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While Bulls have scored 6, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

Swindon Town's away form is none too clever either, 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 9 goals for and 7 against.

Hereford United are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 27 points from 30 matches.

Swindon Town are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 55 points from 28 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Hereford United 6 1 2 3 5 8 5
Swindon Town 6 5 0 1 11 4 15

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Swindon Town are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Hereford United Failed to win in previous 9 home matches.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Swindon Town 4 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 7 outings ago.

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