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MATCH PREVIEW: Albion v Swansea

PUBLISHED

05:55 8th March 2013

Stats and info for tomorrow's Hawthorns clash (ko 3pm)

All-time results record (League, FA Cup and League Cup)


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HOME
14
8
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18

AWAY1624101732

-15 

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0

TOTAL30107135249

3


Interesting facts


Albion have not won nine or more home games in a top-flight season since Johnny Giles' outfit recorded 11 triumphs at The Hawthorns in the 1984/85 campaign.  

Only Manchester United (13) and Manchester City (10) have won more home games than Steve Clarke's side this season (8). 

Swansea have won all three Barclays Premier League meetings with the Baggies (3-1, 1-2, 3-0). 

Albion and City were battling it out for a play-off place in the Old Division Two this time 20 years ago. Both sides qualified for the semi-finals with Albion winning 3-2 on aggregate in May 1993, before going on to beat Port Vale 3-0 at Wembley.

Last time out

HOME: Barclays Premier League, Saturday, February 4, 2012, Albion 1 (Fortune 54) Swansea 2 (Sigurdsson 55, Graham 59)
AWAY: Barclays Premier League, Wednesday, November 28, 2012, Swansea 3 (Michu 9, Routledge 11, 39) Albion 1 (Lukaku 45)

Form guide (last six league matches)

ALBION: DLLWWL
SWANSEA: WDLWLW

Last league match line-ups

ALBION (v Chelsea – away L 1-0): Foster; Reid, McAuley, Olsson (c), Ridgewell; Yacob (Rosenberg 82), Mulumbu; Fortune (Odemwingie 62), Morrison, Dorrans (Thomas 71); Long. Subs not used: Myhill (gk), Jones, Tamas, Brown.

SWANSEA (v Newcastle - home W 1-0): Vorm; Rangel, Williams, Monk, Davies; Hernandez (Tiendalli 88), Britton (Moore 76), Routledge, de Guzman, Dyer (Sung-Yueng 60); Michu. Subs not used: Tremmel (gk); Bartley, Lamah, Schechter.  

Swansea team news

Chico Flores is expected to miss out again with an ankle injury, while midfielder Kemy Agustien is ruled out with a quad problem.

Ref watch

Lee Mason will referee tomorrow's game. The Lancashire official last oversaw the Baggies in their trip to the Liberty Stadium in November. Prior to that Mason refereed last February’s 5-1 victory over Wolves at Molineux. He has dished out 78 yellow and no red cards in 22 games this season. 

Betting

Selected odds from Bet Butler: 

Albion to win: 11/8 
Swansea to win: 11/5
Draw: 12/5 

Romelu Lukaku to score first: 5/1
Michu to score first: 6/1

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