Possible nail-biting contest in Swansea City - Barnsley game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Swansea City and Barnsley, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Swansea City form and stats

12-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Swansea City so far this season.

A strong away win for Swansea against Barnsley the last match, as André Ayew were on target. Sensational by Swansea last match, beating Barnsley away as big underdogs. The goalie Freddie Woodman was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.64 out of ten. Woodman stopped the opponent with four saves.

Prior to that, an away loss at Watford.

This is expected to be a close game, with Swansea City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swansea City as a small favourite), we find nine games. Swansea City has won seven of these, drawn zero and lost two.

The Swansea fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 27 in 23 matches. From these home matches, Swansea City have conceded only 16 goals.

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Barnsley form and stats

Playing away, Barnsley have won 11 games, drawn 3 and suffered 9 defeats in the Championship this season.

Barnsley's previous game was their home loss versus Swansea City (0-1). The attacker Cauley Woodrow got a match rating of 7.15 in that game. Woodrow hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Norwich City.

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

Barnsley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 23 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Barnsley have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Barnsley - Swansea 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - four - zero (Swansea wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SwanseaA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
17 goals
Swansea CityJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
14 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
12 goals

Swansea City missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Barnsley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played P 6 23 47
24 12 2 Won W 2 11 23
11 6 3 Drew D 0 3 9
12 5 1 Lost L 4 9 15
57 27 5 Scored S 5 28 58
39 16 3 Conceded C 9 28 51
94% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 96% 94%
68% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 72%
30% 30% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 48% 47%
11% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 17%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 4% 2%
38% 39% 33% BTTS BTTS 17% 48% 45%
45% 48% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 22% 30%
23% 26% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 35% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.5 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
10.2 10.7 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.8 11.2
3.2 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.6
38% 36% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 40% 34%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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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 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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