Delightful dogfight as daring Fulham duels with determined Swansea City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 26.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

It's advantage Fulham so far with their 4th position in the Championship table, welcoming Swansea City who are placed 9th.

Swansea City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.

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Fulham form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Fulham have managed 10 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 17 games.

An away draw last time out for Fulham, facing Derby County in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Fulham lost 0-3 at home to Barnsley.

Fulham's goalie Marek Rodák played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Derby County with a stunning six saves.

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 Fulham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost zero.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Fulham as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Preston North End are visiting.

The Fulham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 17 league matches. Fulham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Swansea City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Swansea City, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Jay Fulton, Jordan Garrick and André Ayew scored in Swansea City's previous match, the home game against Huddersfield Town that ended 3-1. Before that, Swansea City travelled to Hull City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 4-4.

Swansea City 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, two draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Blackburn Rovers.

Swansea City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Swansea City have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Swansea City - Fulham 1-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Fulham victories, one draw and five Swansea City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
22 goals
Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
11 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
7 goals

Fulham missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 16 34
16 10 3 Won W 1 5 13
9 2 0 Drew D 2 8 12
9 5 1 Lost L 2 3 9
48 29 10 Scored S 4 20 44
37 21 3 Conceded C 9 22 42
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 85%
74% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 68%
50% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 50%
18% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 26%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
53% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 59%
32% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 29%
21% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 26%
 
5.7 7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.2 5.7
4.6 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.6
1.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
457 255 60 Total Shots T S 60 186 439
154 84 24 Shots on Target S O 14 56 139
31% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 34 18 8 8 49 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 19 62
3 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
4 Fulham 34 16 9 9 48 37 17 10 2 5 29 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 11 57
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 34 14 9 11 50 40 17 8 6 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 51
9 Swansea City 34 13 12 9 44 42 18 8 4 6 24 20 16 5 8 3 20 22 2 51
10 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
11 Millwall 34 12 13 9 40 39 16 8 5 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
13 Sheffield Wednesday 34 12 9 13 44 41 16 6 5 5 14 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 3 45
14 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
15 Birmingham City 34 12 9 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 45
16 Reading 34 11 9 14 41 38 16 6 2 8 21 21 18 5 7 6 20 17 3 42
17 Hull City 34 11 8 15 48 53 17 6 3 8 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 25 -5 41
18 Charlton Athletic 34 10 9 15 44 48 18 7 5 6 25 22 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 34 11 4 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -10 37
21 Middlesbrough 34 8 13 13 34 44 17 6 7 4 16 16 17 2 6 9 18 28 -10 37
22 Wigan Athletic 34 8 10 16 34 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -16 34
23 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33
24 Barnsley 34 7 10 17 41 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -17 31

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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 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 34 18 8 8 49 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 19 62
3 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
4 Fulham 34 16 9 9 48 37 17 10 2 5 29 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 11 57
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 34 14 9 11 50 40 17 8 6 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 51
9 Swansea City 34 13 12 9 44 42 18 8 4 6 24 20 16 5 8 3 20 22 2 51
10 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
11 Millwall 34 12 13 9 40 39 16 8 5 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
13 Sheffield Wednesday 34 12 9 13 44 41 16 6 5 5 14 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 3 45
14 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
15 Birmingham City 34 12 9 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 45
16 Reading 34 11 9 14 41 38 16 6 2 8 21 21 18 5 7 6 20 17 3 42
17 Hull City 34 11 8 15 48 53 17 6 3 8 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 25 -5 41
18 Charlton Athletic 34 10 9 15 44 48 18 7 5 6 25 22 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 34 11 4 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -10 37
21 Middlesbrough 34 8 13 13 34 44 17 6 7 4 16 16 17 2 6 9 18 28 -10 37
22 Wigan Athletic 34 8 10 16 34 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -16 34
23 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33
24 Barnsley 34 7 10 17 41 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -17 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.