Swansea City vs Brentford betting preview: Even match expected

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 Brentford.

Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City have collected 10 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-1-2.

The home team returns to Liberty Stadium after sharing the points with Barnsley (placed 24th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Swansea City lost 1-2 at home to Stoke City.

A case of two points dropped for Swansea City in the Barnsley match as a lead 1-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Swansea City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 7 Drawn 3 Lost 1.

Swansea City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Liberty Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Swansea City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Brentford form and stats

Brentford have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-4 (6 played).

The supporters enjoyed Brentford's previous game versus Millwall (placed 17th), a Championship 3-2 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Brentford manager T. Frank faced defeat when travelling to Nottingham Forest and losing 0-1.

What a finish in the last match, as Brentford came back from being down 0-2 and secured all three points through O. Watkins in the 90th minute.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brentford playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 3 Brentford wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brentford as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Brentford have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 8 Swansea City victories, 1 draw and 1 Brentford win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

O. Watkins 8 goals

Borja Bastón 6 goals

A. Ayew 3 goals / 3 assists

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