Swansea City and AFC Bournemouth are both riding high in the Championship with their 4th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+13) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Swansea City and AFC Bournemouth.
Swansea City form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Championship games here at Liberty Stadium for Swansea City. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Swansea City's last game was hosting Luton Town (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Middlesbrough.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Swansea as they are travelling to their away game against Cardiff City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Swansea has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Swansea City have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
It's the second away game in a row for AFC Bournemouth, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Barnsley (placed 17th) in the Championship last time out. A loss against Preston North End was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As you can tell from the results above, Bournemouth was very dominant against Barnsley, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Sam Surridge, Philip Billing, Diego Rico and Dominic Solanke providing the goals.
A new game in only four days for Bournemouth, the Championship home match versus Huddersfield Town. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Bournemouth's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by AFC Bournemouth in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Swansea victories, three draws and five AFC Bournemouth wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ayew Pelé 7 goals |   D. Solanke 6 goals |  A. Groeneveld 5 goals |
Swansea City missing players
AFC Bournemouth missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 29 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 12.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 30% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 37% | 39% |
- AFC Bournemouth has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+13) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championship
- Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Norwich City | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Reading | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Brentford | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Watford | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Millwall | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 23 | Derby County | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
- Swansea City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)