Swansea City supporters put their faith in manager S. Cooper to deliver victory against Bristol City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

4th position in the Championship table for Swansea City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Bristol City visits Liberty Stadium.

Insights:
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (19) in Championship
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Bristol City.

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Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Championship, have performed here at Liberty Stadium this season with 10 wins from 16 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Swansea tasted defeat here at Liberty Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Swansea City's last game was hosting Coventry City (placed 20th) and winning 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Huddersfield Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, five draws and five defeats.

There will be little rest for Swansea City after this match as they are travelling to Stoke City for a Championship game in only four days.

Swansea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. Swansea have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

The visitors are W6-D1-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Bristol play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Middlesbrough (placed 9th). A 0-1 loss hosting Barnsley before that.

Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bristol are hosting AFC Bournemouth in the Championship only four days away.

Bristol City have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bristol have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bristol City - Swansea 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Swansea won three, Bristol City won four and three draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, ten matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
9 goals
SwanseaJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
9 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
8 goals

Swansea City missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 16 4 Played P 7 16 32
17 10 4 Won W 1 6 13
8 5 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 1 0 Lost L 5 9 16
38 20 7 Scored S 6 18 32
19 6 1 Conceded C 17 27 43
90% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 75% 69%
20% 19% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 56% 41%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 31% 19%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 12% 6%
37% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 43% 50% 41%
57% 69% 75% Clean Sheets C S 14% 12% 22%
17% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 43% 38% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 10.1 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.1 6.9 8
3.2 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.1 2.3 2.5
40% 40% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 49% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (19) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the most clean sheets (11) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City has the most clean sheets (17) in Championship
  • Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Norwich City 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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.