Football betting preview: Swansea City vs Leeds United

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 12.July
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Swansea City - Leeds United!

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 Leeds United.

Leeds United are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Swansea City form and stats

9 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Swansea City have to build on here at Liberty Stadium in the Championship.

A good away victory last time out for Swansea, who won 3-1 against Birmingham City (placed 17th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sheffield Wednesday in a game that was won 2-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Swansea as they are travelling to their away game against Nottingham Forest in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Swansea has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. Swansea's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leeds United form and stats

11 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Leeds United, who have the most clean sheets (19) in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

The supporters enjoyed Leeds United's previous game versus Stoke City (placed 21st), a Championship 5-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Blackburn Rovers.

As you can tell from the results above, Leeds was very dominant against Stoke City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Liam Cooper, Hélder Costa, Pablo Hernández, Mateusz Klich and Patrick Bamford providing the goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barnsley in just four days.

Leeds United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 33 times in 21 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (20 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Leeds United - Swansea City 0-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Swansea victories, one draw and three Leeds United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
16 goals
Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
14 goals
SwanseaR. Brewster
R. Brewster
8 goals

Swansea City missing players

Leeds United missing players

Swansea City Leeds United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 6 21 42
16 9 2 Won W 0 11 24
15 5 1 Drew D 3 4 9
11 7 3 Lost L 3 6 9
55 26 5 Scored S 4 33 68
49 22 8 Conceded C 9 20 34
86% 86% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 71%
50% 52% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 38% 33%
26% 19% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 19%
10% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
57% 52% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 38%
29% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 45%
29% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 19%
 
5.3 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 7.6 7.8
5.1 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 3.9
1.6 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
506 274 83 Total Shots T S 88 329 684
160 89 25 Shots on Target S O 20 104 225
34% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (34)
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (14)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (19)
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (28)
  • Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (45)
  • Leeds United 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 Leeds United 42 24 9 9 68 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 34 81
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 42 16 15 11 55 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 7 10 4 29 27 6 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Birmingham City 42 12 13 17 52 67 21 6 6 9 31 38 21 6 7 8 21 29 -15 49
18 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
19 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
20 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
21 Stoke City 42 13 7 22 54 66 21 9 3 9 33 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -12 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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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.