Britton has enjoyed two promotions with Swansea City

Leon Britton insists promotion-chasing Swansea City will not get carried away over their position and form as they host Peterborough on Saturday.

The fourth-place Swans are the only team in the Championship not to lose in 2010 and are on an unbeaten run of 11.

In stark comparison, Peterborough are bottom of the table 10 points adrift of safety, winless away from home and are on their third manager of the season.

"These are probably the hardest games to play," said Britton.

"People on the outside may look at it and say it is a home banker, but the players don't look at it like that.

"A team at the bottom of the league, changing manager a few times and fighting for their lives to stay in the division.

"As a team we're not getting carried away, our feet are on the ground and we know there's a lot of football to be played between now and the end of the season."

Britton witnessed Peterborough's fighting spirit from the bench back in December when Lee Trundle struck two minutes into injury time to seemingly secure a win for the Swans at London Road.

But Aaron McLean snatched a 2-2 draw in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

"They've shown they've got the fighting spirit which they are going to need to try and get out of the position they're in," Britton added.

The Posh were also bottom at the time but sacked manager Mark Cooper earlier this month after he won just once in 13 games since taking over from Darren Ferguson in November.

Now former Motherwell and Stockport manager Jim Gannon has taken over and has won two and lost two.

But Britton is focused on Swansea's cause as they look to go one better than last season and at least make the play-offs, with a place in the Premier League the ultimate goal.

"Last year was a case of nearly there, we were hanging around the play-offs," he said of the Swans who finished eighth, two places and six points short.

"We were always nearly there but we were never quite cemented.

"This season we've been pretty much in there for large periods now.

"It's nice to be there but there's a lot of football to be played and we don't get carried away.

"We want to make sure we are carrying on the way we are and if we do that the results will come and at the end of the season, hopefully things will look good."

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