It is a daunting challenge but as anyone will tell you records are there to be broken and that is one that the Swans would love to travel back to South Wales having taken.
Five years of Tuesday matches with no defeat is not what the Swans would want to come up against after the 4-0 drubbing at Reading on the weekend but Roberto – as ever – meets that in his stride and told the Evening Post “It’s a remarkable stat
“Preston will look at that record and they will be full of confidence.
“It will give them lots of belief, but it’s a great challenge for us to see if we can stop their run.
“In a way it’s going to be the same kind of test that we failed at Reading, when we coped poorly with their intensity and the momentum being at home gave them early on.
“You can get into a rhythm as a football club,” he said.
“Sometimes 11 brains can click together and the way minds interact can give you a lot. It’s about self-belief. You turn up knowing that you’re going to win a game and that’s more important than the talent you have.
“We felt that way every time we played a night game at Vetch Field.
“The atmosphere was always electric, we had that feelgood factor and we looked forward to games.
“They finished last term with momentum and they have carried on from there,” Martinez added. “What’s important, though, is that we learn after the huge lesson at Reading. We are not used to the feeling we had on Saturday and we are looking for a response to that.”
Swansea will give late fitness tests to Darren Pratley, Marcos Painter and Shaun MacDonald tonight as Martinez looks to make changes.
“It’s quite clear that a couple of players need freshening up,” he said.