This should be an appealing match as Swansea City have their supposed home advantage, while Sunderland are ahead 4 points in the Championship table.
- Swansea City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!
Swansea City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Swansea City have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. The Swansea manager Duff might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Swansea City in their previous game, a fixture away at Blackburn Rovers (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ashby, defender, was given a rating of 8.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Ashby hit two key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Watford (0-1).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 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 7.
Swansea has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Swansea City have conceded 9 goals.
Sunderland form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Sunderland seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Sunderland had fun at their own home (Swansea.com Stadium) last time out, beating Norwich City 3-1. Clarke, Neil and Hume scored. Those three points felt good as this side had gone three league fixtures without victory. Midfielder Clarke was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 10.0. Clarke scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 12 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).
Prior to that match, the Sunderland manager Mowbray faced defeat when travelling to Leicester City and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Sunderland in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Sunderland, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Sunderland's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Swansea City have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent battles against this team. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke 9 goals |   J. Yates 4 goals |  J. Lowe 3 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Swansea City | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 21% | 14% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 12.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 35% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | 32% |
| 14 | 13.1 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Swansea City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Southampton | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Cardiff City | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Hull City | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 16 | Watford | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 18 | Millwall | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 8 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 3 |
