Classic home win, the away team steals it or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Swansea City and Blackpool duel at Swansea.com Stadium.
- Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Championship
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This could be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Swansea City form and stats
Overall Championship results at home this season for Swansea City, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Championship, are 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Millwall game Swansea has been unbeatable here at Swansea.com Stadium producing four straight wins.
Swansea lost their last game at AFC Bournemouth (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Swansea suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The talented striker Joël Piroe outshone all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 6.73 out of 10. Piroe dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Coventry City and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swansea City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost four.
Swansea are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Barnsley awaits in four days.
The Swansea fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Swansea City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Blackpool form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Blackpool has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Blackpool delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Queens Park Rangers (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Lawrence-Gabriel won 8 of 14 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Stoke City before that.Blackpool are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
After this away game Blackpool return home for a Championship game against West Bromwich Albion. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Blackpool has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. Blackpool have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last eight meetings): Swansea won one game, three matches ended in a draw and Blackpool got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 9 goals |  J. Paterson 6 goals |   J. Yates 5 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Blackpool missing players
| Swansea City | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 76% | 62% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 65% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 41% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 53% |
| 47% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 10.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.6 | 10.1 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 43% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | 38% |
| 10.6 | 7.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| 4.3 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blackpool have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Championship
- Swansea City have the most clean sheets (6) at home 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Fulham | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Millwall | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Reading | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 21 | Peterborough United | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Hull City | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 6 |