Championship preview: Can Swansea City edge out victory against Barnsley?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Swansea City have won 32 of their 57 in total here in their own stadium fortress. Will more points be won versus Barnsley?

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (30) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Swansea City form and stats

9-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Swansea City so far this season.

Swansea City's last game was hosting Derby County (placed 23rd) and winning 2-1. The forward Piroe was named "man of the match" for Swansea with the rating of 8.24/10. Piroe scored two goals.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Millwall and winning 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swansea City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost four.

The manager Martin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Reading in only three days.

The Swansea City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 19 matches. Swansea City have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

There's been little loot from Barnsley's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 20 away games in the Championship. Barnsley only have 1 win to counter their 15 defeats and 4 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Barnsley's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Barnsley lost away at Millwall (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Collins (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.41. Collins topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Reading.

Barnsley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Peterborough United in just three days.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Barnsley struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 37 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought earlier this season: Barnsley - Swansea City 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Swansea City won six games, four matches ended in a draw and Barnsley managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
18 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
9 goals
Swansea CityM. Obafemi
M. Obafemi
9 goals

Swansea City missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 7 Played P 6 20 40
16 9 4 Won W 0 1 6
9 5 2 Drew D 2 4 11
15 5 1 Lost L 4 15 23
48 25 13 Scored S 5 13 30
53 21 5 Conceded C 11 37 59
85% 79% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
65% 58% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 70%
52% 53% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 35%
32% 32% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 15%
12% 16% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 10%
42% 47% 43% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
40% 47% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 18%
32% 26% 29% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 42%
 
4 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.2 3.8
4.7 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.1 5.8
1.9 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 1.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 10.5 13.9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.1 9.8
3.6 3.6 5.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 3.2
34% 37% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 20% 23%
 
10.4 9.7 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.9 12.8
3.8 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.7 4.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barnsley have the fewest points (7) away in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (30) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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