The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Swansea City are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 20th.
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 City and Middlesbrough.
Swansea City form and stats
Swansea City have collected 14 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-2-5.
The points were shared in Swansea City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Blackburn Rovers (placed 10th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at West Bromwich Albion.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swansea City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
The Swansea City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Swansea City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Middlesbrough form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Middlesbrough so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-5 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Middlesbrough are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest (placed 5th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Charlton Athletic.
We have checked recent matches where Middlesbrough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W0-D1-L3.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Middlesbrough as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Middlesbrough have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 4 - 3 - 2 (Swansea City wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Borja Bastón
6 goals
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A. Ayew
5 goals
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B. Assombalonga
5 goals
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Swansea City missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Swansea City | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 26 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 71% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | 52% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 33% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 40% | 29% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 62% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 43% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 265 | 168 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 112 | 255 |
| 89 | 54 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 29 | 68 |
| 29% | 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | 26% |
- Middlesbrough has the fewest scored goals (18)
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
- 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 | Leeds United | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Fulham | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Brentford | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | Millwall | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Hull City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 28 |
| 16 | Derby County | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 20 |
| 22 | Stoke City | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 17 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
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