Another adrenaline-fuelled fixture as Swansea City entertain Middlesbrough

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Struggling Swansea City are aching to pull off a surprise when they greet enterprising Middlesbrough in the upcoming league match. It’s 17th vs 3rd and the home fans will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Middlesbrough is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship

Swansea City and Middlesbrough should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Swansea City form and stats

The overall Championship results playing at home this season for Swansea City are 7-3-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Swansea City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Luton Town. Midfielder Manning was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Manning hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Swansea hosted Rotherham United and drew the game 1-1.

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

A decent goal production from Swansea in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. On the other hand, Swansea City have conceded 25 goals.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 8 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Forss, Ramsey (2) and Akpom (2) secured the home win 5-0 against Reading in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Middlesbrough was very dominant against Reading, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Forss, Ramsey (2) and Akpom (2) providing the goals. Ramsey got a match rating of 8.5 in that game, top player of the team. Ramsey scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).

Prior to that match, the Middlesbrough manager Carrick faced defeat when travelling to West Bromwich Albion and losing 0-2.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this club's 16 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

After this away game Middlesbrough return home for a Championship game against Stoke City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Middlesbrough are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 18 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Middlesbrough have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the participants met previously this season; Middlesbrough - Swansea 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Swansea City victories, three draws and three Middlesbrough wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
21 goals
Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
12 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Forss
M. Forss
8 goals

Swansea City missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Middlesbrough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 18 35
11 7 0 Won W 4 8 18
10 3 1 Drew D 0 1 6
14 7 5 Lost L 1 9 11
47 27 3 Scored S 15 30 61
52 25 11 Conceded C 6 27 40
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
77% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 80%
57% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 72% 63%
31% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 44% 37%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 11% 14%
57% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 60%
17% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 26%
29% 24% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 28% 20%
 
5.4 5.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.7 6.2
4.4 3.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4 4.2
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.4 12.9 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.4 12.4 12.5
4.3 4.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 4.2
31% 35% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 46% 42%
 
10.2 8.6 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 11.6 10.1
3.9 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most scored goals (30) away in Championship
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Middlesbrough is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Burnley 35 22 11 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 40 77
2 Sheffield United 34 19 7 8 55 31 17 11 3 3 35 16 17 8 4 5 20 15 24 64
3 Middlesbrough 35 18 6 11 61 40 17 10 5 2 31 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 21 60
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 18 4 13 39 38 17 12 1 4 23 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 1 58
5 Luton Town 35 15 12 8 43 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 9 57
6 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
7 Millwall 35 15 9 11 45 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 18 6 4 8 18 23 7 54
8 Coventry City 35 14 10 11 41 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 52
9 Watford 35 13 12 10 41 38 17 8 5 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 51
10 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 34 13 9 12 44 38 17 8 5 4 24 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 6 48
12 Preston North End 35 12 11 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -8 47
13 Hull City 35 12 9 14 40 48 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -8 45
14 Bristol City 34 11 11 12 43 43 18 7 5 6 22 18 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 44
15 Reading 34 13 5 16 38 53 16 10 3 3 27 18 18 3 2 13 11 35 -15 44
16 Stoke City 35 12 7 16 44 42 17 5 4 8 20 19 18 7 3 8 24 23 2 43
17 Swansea City 35 11 10 14 47 52 17 7 3 7 27 25 18 4 7 7 20 27 -5 43
18 Rotherham United 35 9 13 13 40 47 17 7 5 5 29 21 18 2 8 8 11 26 -7 40
19 Birmingham City 35 10 9 16 39 47 18 5 5 8 20 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -8 39
20 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 9 16 36 52 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -16 39
21 Cardiff City 35 10 8 17 27 38 18 6 5 7 15 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -11 38
22 Blackpool 35 7 11 17 33 51 17 4 6 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 32
23 Wigan Athletic 34 7 11 16 31 53 18 3 5 10 13 31 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 32
24 Huddersfield Town 34 8 7 19 30 51 17 6 3 8 16 20 17 2 4 11 14 31 -21 31

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 Burnley 35 22 11 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 40 77
2 Sheffield United 34 19 7 8 55 31 17 11 3 3 35 16 17 8 4 5 20 15 24 64
3 Middlesbrough 35 18 6 11 61 40 17 10 5 2 31 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 21 60
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 18 4 13 39 38 17 12 1 4 23 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 1 58
5 Luton Town 35 15 12 8 43 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 9 57
6 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
7 Millwall 35 15 9 11 45 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 18 6 4 8 18 23 7 54
8 Coventry City 35 14 10 11 41 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 52
9 Watford 35 13 12 10 41 38 17 8 5 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 51
10 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 34 13 9 12 44 38 17 8 5 4 24 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 6 48
12 Preston North End 35 12 11 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -8 47
13 Hull City 35 12 9 14 40 48 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -8 45
14 Bristol City 34 11 11 12 43 43 18 7 5 6 22 18 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 44
15 Reading 34 13 5 16 38 53 16 10 3 3 27 18 18 3 2 13 11 35 -15 44
16 Stoke City 35 12 7 16 44 42 17 5 4 8 20 19 18 7 3 8 24 23 2 43
17 Swansea City 35 11 10 14 47 52 17 7 3 7 27 25 18 4 7 7 20 27 -5 43
18 Rotherham United 35 9 13 13 40 47 17 7 5 5 29 21 18 2 8 8 11 26 -7 40
19 Birmingham City 35 10 9 16 39 47 18 5 5 8 20 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -8 39
20 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 9 16 36 52 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -16 39
21 Cardiff City 35 10 8 17 27 38 18 6 5 7 15 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -11 38
22 Blackpool 35 7 11 17 33 51 17 4 6 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 32
23 Wigan Athletic 34 7 11 16 31 53 18 3 5 10 13 31 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 32
24 Huddersfield Town 34 8 7 19 30 51 17 6 3 8 16 20 17 2 4 11 14 31 -21 31

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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.