Swansea City vs AFC Bournemouth match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 26.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

AFC Bournemouth cannot bank on any handouts from hosts Swansea City in this Championship fixture. Here's your complete preview!

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (36) 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 and AFC Bournemouth.

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Swansea City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Swansea City at their home stadium (Swansea.com Stadium) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Swansea City.

Swansea drew their last game, also a home match. Middlesbrough (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Naughton was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Naughton won 1 of 1 duels.

4-4 away at Reading before that.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Swansea City as they are travelling to their away game against Nottingham Forest in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Swansea has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. Swansea City have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

11-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AFC Bournemouth, who have the fewest conceded goals (36) in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

AFC Bournemouth delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Fulham (placed 1st) in their previous fixture. Solanke, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Solanke scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that result Bournemouth won their away game at Coventry City. The scoreline was 3-0.

AFC Bournemouth have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Championship match vs Blackburn Rovers. A demanding schedule for the visitors!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AFC Bournemouth have scored 27 goals in 21 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

Swansea City and AFC Bournemouth have faced off before this season: AFC Bournemouth - Swansea City 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Swansea victories, three draws and seven AFC Bournemouth wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
27 goals
Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
20 goals
Swansea CityM. Obafemi
M. Obafemi
11 goals

Swansea City missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 6 21 42
16 9 1 Won W 4 11 22
12 7 3 Drew D 0 5 12
15 5 3 Lost L 2 5 8
54 27 4 Scored S 8 27 66
59 23 11 Conceded C 5 15 36
86% 81% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 90%
67% 62% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 76%
51% 48% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 50%
33% 29% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 19%
14% 14% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
47% 52% 43% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 48%
37% 43% 43% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 43%
30% 24% 43% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 19%
 
4.1 4.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.2
4.7 4.7 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.2 4.9
2 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.9 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.2 12.1
3.5 3.4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4.3
36% 38% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 35% 37%
 
10.6 10.3 10.1 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.1 9.7
3.8 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (36) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (12) away in Championship

  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 43 26 9 8 99 38 21 13 4 4 49 19 22 13 5 4 50 19 61 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 42 22 12 8 66 36 21 11 7 3 39 21 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 78
3 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
4 Nottingham Forest 42 21 10 11 66 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 20 9 6 5 28 16 29 73
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
8 Middlesbrough 43 18 10 15 53 45 21 12 2 7 29 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 8 64
9 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 43 16 12 15 54 59 21 9 7 5 27 23 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 60
15 Preston North End 43 14 16 13 44 50 21 8 10 3 28 23 22 6 6 10 16 27 -6 58
16 Blackpool 43 15 12 16 52 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 21 4 9 8 23 27 1 57
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 43 14 7 22 48 65 22 7 3 12 21 28 21 7 4 10 27 37 -17 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 43 6 12 25 32 64 21 5 7 9 17 24 22 1 5 16 15 40 -32 30

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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 43 26 9 8 99 38 21 13 4 4 49 19 22 13 5 4 50 19 61 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 42 22 12 8 66 36 21 11 7 3 39 21 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 78
3 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
4 Nottingham Forest 42 21 10 11 66 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 20 9 6 5 28 16 29 73
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
8 Middlesbrough 43 18 10 15 53 45 21 12 2 7 29 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 8 64
9 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 43 16 12 15 54 59 21 9 7 5 27 23 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 60
15 Preston North End 43 14 16 13 44 50 21 8 10 3 28 23 22 6 6 10 16 27 -6 58
16 Blackpool 43 15 12 16 52 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 21 4 9 8 23 27 1 57
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 43 14 7 22 48 65 22 7 3 12 21 28 21 7 4 10 27 37 -17 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 43 6 12 25 32 64 21 5 7 9 17 24 22 1 5 16 15 40 -32 30

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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.