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Swindon Town travel to take on Chester City at The Saunders Honda Stadium on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 8 and win only 3 of the 13 games.
The last time the two teams met at Chester City was well over fifteen years ago, back in April 1987, with Chester City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1986/1987 | Wed 01 Apr | Chester City | 2 - 0 | Swindon Town | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 13 Sep | Swindon Town | 1 - 1 | Chester City | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Tue 08 Apr | Swindon Town | 4 - 2 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 19 Oct | Chester City | 0 - 1 | Swindon Town | LGE2 |
| 1984/1985 | Mon 06 May | Swindon Town | 4 - 4 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1984/1985 | Wed 30 Jan | Chester City | 2 - 0 | Swindon Town | LGE2 |
| 1983/1984 | Wed 08 Feb | Chester City | 0 - 3 | Swindon Town | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Chester City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
The Robins have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, 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.
Chester City's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Swindon Town are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League Two, with their 5 games giving them a return of 15 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chester City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Swindon Town | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
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: | |
| Chester City | 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Swindon Town | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 9 games since last defeat. |