Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Liberty Stadium clash with Barnsley, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.
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 Barnsley.
Swansea City form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Swansea City have to build on here at Liberty Stadium in the Championship.
Swansea City lost their last game at Brentford (placed 3rd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Luton Town.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea City handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D3-L4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Swansea City as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Charlton Athletic are visiting.
Swansea City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Swansea City have conceded 15 goals.
Barnsley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Barnsley's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs West Bromwich Albion (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away victory against Millwall with the score of 2-1.
Barnsley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of six matches.
The schedule is very tough for Barnsley now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Derby County is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Barnsley when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. For Barnsley, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Barnsley - Swansea City 1-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Swansea City victories, 6 draws and 0 Barnsley wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ayew 9 goals |   C. Chaplin 9 goals |  C. Woodrow 8 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Barnsley missing players
| Swansea City | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 32 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 47 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 83% |
| 54% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 50% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 21% |
| 62% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 71% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 25% |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 311 | 178 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 131 | 336 |
| 103 | 61 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 37 | 102 |
| 30% | 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | 31% |
- Barnsley has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
- Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Swansea City 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 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 51 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Brentford | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Fulham | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 34 |
| 12 | Millwall | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 13 | Hull City | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 32 |
| 15 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 29 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 28 |
| 18 | Derby County | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 27 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 27 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 22 | Luton Town | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -19 | 21 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 20 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
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