Betting preview: Hull City vs Swansea City should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

This fixture features two participants residing in the lower parts of the Championship, Hull City having 19th place and Swansea City in 17th. A decent chance for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.

Insights:
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game was also an away game, at Queens Park Rangers. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Hull City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Hull City have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Hull City, as their goalkeeper Nathan Baxter has completely shut out the opponents for 220 minutes in the Championship.

Hull City are returning here after visiting AFC Bournemouth and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Longman scored the goal(s). Goalkeeper Baxter got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.42 out of ten. Baxter topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Blackburn Rovers.

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 Hull City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost five.

16 goals have been conceded. Hull City has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Swansea City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Swansea City so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Swansea City, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

255 minutes! That's how long the Swansea goalkeeper Ben Hamer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Naughton, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Naughton won 6 of 7 duels.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Preston North End.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swansea City playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were seven Swansea City wins, four draws and four defeats.

After this away game Swansea City return home for a Championship game against Luton Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Goals are few and far between in Swansea City's away league games. Only 13 goals from 13 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Swansea's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Swansea City - Hull City 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Hull City wins - draws - Swansea City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
11 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
8 goals
Hull CityG. Honeyman
G. Honeyman
5 goals

Hull City missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Swansea City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 25
8 4 1 Won W 1 3 8
5 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
14 6 2 Lost L 1 6 9
23 13 3 Scored S 3 13 28
31 16 3 Conceded C 2 20 32
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 80%
67% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 64%
26% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 52%
11% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 28%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
30% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 48%
30% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 44%
48% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 28%
 
5.1 5.5 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.4
4.5 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 4
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11 11.1 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 10.5
3.1 3.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.3 3.6
27% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 30% 31%
 
13 12.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 11.2 9.6
4.7 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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.