Match preview Championship: Swansea City - Middlesbrough at Liberty Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

Swansea City perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Middlesbrough can look both up and down from their 9th position.

Insights:
  • Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Championship

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 Middlesbrough.

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Swansea City form and stats

35 points is a decent return from 17 Championship games here at Liberty Stadium for Swansea City. The data says 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bristol City (1-3).

A late climax in the match against Stoke City as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by André Ayew.

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 eight games. Swansea City has won six of these, drawn one and lost one.

The manager S. Cooper will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Blackburn Rovers in only three days.

Swansea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. Swansea have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. Middlesbrough love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Middlesbrough, whose manager N. Warnock could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Coventry City. A draw for Middlesbrough before that, at their own venue hosting Cardiff City (1-1).

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager N. Warnock when George Saville scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Middlesbrough, five draws and four defeats.

The visiting Middlesbrough have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. Middlesbrough have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Swansea and Middlesbrough have met before this season: Middlesbrough - Swansea City 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Swansea, two draws and two wins for Middlesbrough. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

SwanseaA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
10 goals
Swansea CityJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
9 goals
MiddlesbroughD. Watmore
D. Watmore
6 goals

Swansea City missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Middlesbrough
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
18 10 5 Won W 1 6 14
8 5 0 Drew D 3 5 8
6 2 1 Lost L 1 6 12
41 21 10 Scored S 3 20 40
23 9 4 Conceded C 2 18 36
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 82% 88%
72% 65% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 65%
25% 24% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 47% 47%
9% 6% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 15%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
41% 35% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 53% 47%
53% 65% 67% Clean Sheets C S 60% 29% 32%
16% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 35% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.5 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.3 10.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.5 11.7
3.4 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 3.1
37% 37% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 47% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Championship
  • Swansea City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Championship
  • Swansea City have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City have the most clean sheets (17) 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 Norwich City 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

Swansea City:
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Championship:
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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 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 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.