Possible nail-biting contest in Swansea City - Preston North End game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 19.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Championship: Two teams in good form get together for this match. Preston North End could have a slight edge with their 8th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Swansea City nor Preston North End as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Swansea City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Swansea City at their home stadium (Swansea.com Stadium) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

The Swansea City goalkeeper Andy Fisher is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 277 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

Swansea's last game was hosting Huddersfield Town (placed 19th) and winning 1-0. Manning, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Manning scored one goal, hit four key passes and won 2 of 6 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Wigan Athletic and winning 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Swansea City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 5.

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

Swansea has scored 31 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 28 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 10 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Preston North End play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Millwall (placed 5th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Defender Hughes was the best team player with a rating of 7.15. Hughes hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Reading.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Preston North End, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Preston North End, the Championship home match versus Blackburn Rovers. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Preston have scored 22 goals in 21 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by Preston North End in these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the match result Preston North End - Swansea 1-0 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Swansea City victories, two draws and four Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
16 goals
Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
9 goals
Swansea CityL. Cullen
L. Cullen
7 goals

Swansea City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Preston North End
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 21 42
15 9 0 Won W 2 10 17
11 4 2 Drew D 3 5 11
16 8 5 Lost L 2 6 14
57 31 4 Scored S 5 22 41
59 28 13 Conceded C 6 23 47
95% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 57% 76% 79%
76% 76% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 57% 60%
55% 57% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 43% 40%
31% 33% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 19% 17%
12% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 10%
55% 48% 43% BTTS BTTS 29% 33% 38%
24% 33% 14% Clean Sheets C S 57% 48% 40%
26% 24% 57% Failed to Score F T 57% 43% 43%
 
5.1 5.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4 4.2
4.5 4 5.1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 5.9 5.4
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.9 13.7 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9 10.6
4.5 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.5
30% 31% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 31% 28%
 
10.1 8.9 10.9 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 13.4 12.8
3.9 3.4 4.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.1 3.6 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) 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 Burnley 41 26 13 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 20 11 7 2 33 17 48 91
2 Sheffield United 41 24 7 10 64 36 20 13 3 4 40 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 28 79
3 Luton Town 42 20 14 8 53 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 21 11 6 4 24 16 17 74
4 Middlesbrough 42 21 8 13 79 51 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 9 2 10 37 34 28 71
5 Millwall 42 18 11 13 50 41 21 11 6 4 31 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 9 65
6 Blackburn Rovers 41 19 6 16 45 47 20 13 2 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 63
7 Coventry City 42 16 14 12 52 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 21 7 7 7 26 20 9 62
8 Preston North End 42 17 11 14 41 47 21 7 6 8 19 24 21 10 5 6 22 23 -6 62
9 Sunderland 42 16 13 13 60 51 21 7 7 7 30 30 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 61
10 Norwich City 42 17 10 15 55 47 21 8 5 8 27 23 21 9 5 7 28 24 8 61
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 16 12 13 52 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 20 6 5 9 24 28 7 60
12 Watford 42 15 14 13 51 47 21 10 6 5 32 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 4 59
13 Swansea City 42 15 11 16 57 59 21 9 4 8 31 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -2 56
14 Bristol City 42 13 14 15 50 52 21 8 7 6 27 21 21 5 7 9 23 31 -2 53
15 Hull City 42 13 14 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 21 5 9 7 26 31 -9 53
16 Stoke City 42 14 10 18 54 49 21 6 5 10 25 25 21 8 5 8 29 24 5 52
17 Birmingham City 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 21 6 5 10 22 32 -8 50
18 Rotherham United 41 10 15 16 44 54 20 8 5 7 33 26 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 45
19 Huddersfield Town 42 11 10 21 41 60 21 7 6 8 23 25 21 4 4 13 18 35 -19 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 10 21 40 67 21 6 4 11 20 32 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 43
21 Cardiff City 41 11 9 21 34 50 21 6 6 9 18 21 20 5 3 12 16 29 -16 42
22 Reading 42 13 9 20 43 62 21 10 6 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 42
23 Blackpool 42 9 11 22 44 67 21 6 6 9 26 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 38
24 Wigan Athletic 42 8 13 21 34 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 21 4 7 10 19 29 -29 34

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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 Burnley 41 26 13 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 20 11 7 2 33 17 48 91
2 Sheffield United 41 24 7 10 64 36 20 13 3 4 40 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 28 79
3 Luton Town 42 20 14 8 53 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 21 11 6 4 24 16 17 74
4 Middlesbrough 42 21 8 13 79 51 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 9 2 10 37 34 28 71
5 Millwall 42 18 11 13 50 41 21 11 6 4 31 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 9 65
6 Blackburn Rovers 41 19 6 16 45 47 20 13 2 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 63
7 Coventry City 42 16 14 12 52 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 21 7 7 7 26 20 9 62
8 Preston North End 42 17 11 14 41 47 21 7 6 8 19 24 21 10 5 6 22 23 -6 62
9 Sunderland 42 16 13 13 60 51 21 7 7 7 30 30 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 61
10 Norwich City 42 17 10 15 55 47 21 8 5 8 27 23 21 9 5 7 28 24 8 61
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 16 12 13 52 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 20 6 5 9 24 28 7 60
12 Watford 42 15 14 13 51 47 21 10 6 5 32 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 4 59
13 Swansea City 42 15 11 16 57 59 21 9 4 8 31 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -2 56
14 Bristol City 42 13 14 15 50 52 21 8 7 6 27 21 21 5 7 9 23 31 -2 53
15 Hull City 42 13 14 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 21 5 9 7 26 31 -9 53
16 Stoke City 42 14 10 18 54 49 21 6 5 10 25 25 21 8 5 8 29 24 5 52
17 Birmingham City 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 21 6 5 10 22 32 -8 50
18 Rotherham United 41 10 15 16 44 54 20 8 5 7 33 26 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 45
19 Huddersfield Town 42 11 10 21 41 60 21 7 6 8 23 25 21 4 4 13 18 35 -19 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 10 21 40 67 21 6 4 11 20 32 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 43
21 Cardiff City 41 11 9 21 34 50 21 6 6 9 18 21 20 5 3 12 16 29 -16 42
22 Reading 42 13 9 20 43 62 21 10 6 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 42
23 Blackpool 42 9 11 22 44 67 21 6 6 9 26 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 38
24 Wigan Athletic 42 8 13 21 34 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 21 4 7 10 19 29 -29 34

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