This could be an interesting match as Brentford have their presumed home advantage while Swansea City are ahead 4 points in the Championship table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Brentford form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Brentford at their home stadium (Griffin Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Brentford, who won 3-0 against Luton Town (placed 13th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Norwich City.
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 Brentford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Brentford as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Middlesbrough are visiting.
The Brentford manager T. Frank has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded.
Swansea City form and stats
Playing away, Swansea City have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Championship this season. Swansea has drawn their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Swansea goalkeeper Freddie Woodman is eager to challenge this, with his 187 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ben Cabango and André Ayew scored in Swansea's previous match, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 2-0. Before that, Swansea secured a home win against Stoke City with the score 2-0.
Swansea 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 four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Swansea has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Norwich City in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Swansea have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. The Swansea defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Brentford wins - draws - Swansea City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Brentford missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Brentford | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 126 | 67 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 42 | 109 |
| 38 | 21 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 13 | 37 |
| 42% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 32% |
- All of Brentford's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brentford have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Brentford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City have not yet lost a game away.
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Swansea City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Reading | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Watford | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Millwall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Brentford | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Derby County | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | -4 |