Swansea City vs Middlesbrough match preview: Even contest expected at Liberty Stadium

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (21028 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Swansea City have their presumed home advantage while Middlesbrough are ahead 8 points in the Championship table.

It's no vacation for neither Swansea City nor Middlesbrough as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Swansea City form and stats

When playing at home, Swansea City have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

The Swansea City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Brentford in Championship and win 3-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nottingham Forest (1-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Swansea City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swansea City as a small favourite), we find five games. Swansea City has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Stoke City in only three days. This game is also played here at Liberty Stadium.

A decent goal production from Swansea City in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 18 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

8-7-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough, who have the fewest conceded goals (33) in Championship, in their matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Middlesbrough who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Wigan Athletic was the last time a defeat was avoided.

The manager T. Pulis was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Liberty Stadium. Middlesbrough suffered a 0-1 loss to Bristol City. A loss against Norwich City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Middlesbrough, 8 draws and 5 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Middlesbrough now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Bolton Wanderers is waiting in only three days.

Middlesbrough have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, 19 away games. Middlesbrough are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 17 times in 19 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Middlesbrough - Swansea City 0-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Swansea City, 3 draws and 2 wins for Middlesbrough.

Top Goalscorers

O. McBurnie
16 goals / 4 assists
B. Assombalonga
10 goals

Swansea City missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Swansea City Middlesbrough
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 18 Played 19 39
49 29 Scored 21 40
48 20 Conceded 17 33
89% 94% Over 0.5 84% 87%
66% 67% Over 1.5 63% 64%
55% 56% Over 2.5 37% 28%
26% 33% Over 3.5 11% 5%
16% 17% Over 4.5 5% 3%
50% 44% Both teams to score 47% 38%
32% 44% Clean Sheet 37% 41%
29% 17% Failed To Score 32% 33%
Key stats this season:
  • Middlesbrough is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Swansea City is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Norwich City 39 24 9 6 78 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 30 81
2 Leeds United 39 23 7 9 66 41 20 13 3 4 35 18 19 10 4 5 31 23 25 76
3 Sheffield United 39 22 8 9 66 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 19 9 5 5 29 21 29 74
4 West Bromwich Albion 39 20 10 9 75 50 20 9 7 4 44 27 19 11 3 5 31 23 25 70
5 Bristol City 38 17 10 11 49 40 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 61
6 Aston Villa 39 15 15 9 70 55 20 9 8 3 46 33 19 6 7 6 24 22 15 60
7 Derby County 38 16 11 11 52 45 20 10 7 3 31 19 18 6 4 8 21 26 7 59
8 Middlesbrough 39 15 13 11 40 33 20 7 6 7 19 16 19 8 7 4 21 17 7 58
9 Nottingham Forest 39 14 15 10 54 45 20 11 4 5 29 19 19 3 11 5 25 26 9 57
10 Preston North End 39 15 12 12 59 52 19 7 9 3 34 24 20 8 3 9 25 28 7 57
11 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 14 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 20 6 6 8 21 29 -3 56
12 Hull City 39 15 9 15 56 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 20 6 4 10 25 38 0 54
13 Brentford 39 13 11 15 60 53 19 11 3 5 40 20 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 50
14 Swansea City 38 14 8 16 49 48 18 9 4 5 29 20 20 5 4 11 20 28 1 50
15 Stoke City 39 10 18 11 37 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 48
16 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 11 16 53 62 19 8 6 5 26 18 20 4 5 11 27 44 -9 47
17 Queens Park Rangers 39 12 8 19 46 61 20 8 3 9 28 28 19 4 5 10 18 33 -15 44
18 Birmingham City 39 12 14 13 55 52 19 6 8 5 26 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 3 41
19 Reading 39 9 13 17 42 57 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -15 40
20 Wigan Athletic 39 10 10 19 41 57 20 9 7 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 40
21 Millwall 38 9 10 19 43 58 18 6 6 6 22 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -15 37
22 Rotherham United 39 7 15 17 41 67 19 6 8 5 27 30 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 39 8 8 23 28 64 19 4 4 11 12 28 20 4 4 12 16 36 -36 32
24 Ipswich Town 39 3 15 21 30 64 20 2 10 8 18 27 19 1 5 13 12 37 -34 24

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