Sydney Swans assistant coach Stuart Dew says recent records will count for very little during Saturday night’s clash against Gold Coast.

The Sydney Swans have beaten Hawthorn and North Melbourne in consecutive weeks to sit second on the ladder with an 8-2 record going into the Round 11 encounter at Metricon Stadium.

Hurt by injuries, Gold Coast are placed 15th and are coming off seven-straight losses.

Head-to-head, the Swans also hold an advantage having won all six previous encounters by an average of 57 points, the most recent ending in a 63-point win with Josh Kennedy best afield for his 31 disposal and two-goal performance.

Dew only needed a few words to sum up his thoughts on the two clubs’ history.

“It doesn’t mean anything if we don’t win this week,” he said.

What Dew likes about last weekend’s win was the fact the Swans’ midfield out-hunted “probably one of the best midfields in the competition”, finishing ahead in the contested ball tally 169-144.

Take that same intensity and pressure to the Gold Coast and the chances of securing a ninth win strengthens.

“Our midfield was certainly up for the challenge,” he said.

“We wanted to pressure the ball going in because (North) have some marking power down there so to be able to hold them was pleasing.

“And I thought our forwards consolidated as well from our entries.”

The Suns are expecting to welcome back anywhere up to seven players for predicted wet weather match at the Gold Coast which means they’ll be a different side to the one which lost to West Coast in Perth on Sunday.

“You can’t take any team lightly otherwise it can come back and bite you pretty quickly,” Dew added.

“We’ll wait and see what team they’ll pick but we’ll be certainly doing our homework on a number of their players.”