Swansea City supporters put their faith in manager S. Cooper to deliver victory against Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

3rd position in the Championship table for Swansea City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 16th-placed Nottingham Forest visits Liberty Stadium.

Insights:
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship

Nottingham Forest could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.

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Swansea City form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Championship games here at Liberty Stadium for Swansea City. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. The Swansea City fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Liberty Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Swansea City has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

The Swansea crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Manchester City here at Liberty Stadium in a FA Cup match. Previous to that game, a Championship home match hosting Norwich City in a game that was won 2-0.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won nine times, drawn five and lost five.

Swansea City has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Swansea have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

4-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nottingham Forest in their Championship matches away. Having won their last three away games Nottingham has no reason to fear anyone.

The Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 253 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Nottingham played 0-0 against AFC Bournemouth in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Wycombe Wanderers with the score of 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where Nottingham Forest have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were three victories, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Blackburn Rovers in just three days.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Nottingham have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nottingham Forest - Swansea 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Swansea won four, Nottingham Forest won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
9 goals
SwanseaJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
9 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Taylor
L. Taylor
4 goals

Swansea City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
15 8 5 Won W 0 4 8
8 5 0 Drew D 0 3 9
4 1 0 Lost L 4 7 12
35 18 10 Scored S 1 11 25
15 6 1 Conceded C 7 16 30
89% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
74% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 69%
19% 21% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 21% 28%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
37% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 41%
56% 64% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 31%
19% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.2 10.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.8 11.1
3.3 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.3 3
39% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 34% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the most clean sheets (15) in Championship
  • Swansea City has the most clean sheets (9) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 29 17 7 5 39 24 15 9 5 1 21 9 14 8 2 4 18 15 15 58
2 Brentford 28 16 9 3 55 28 14 8 5 1 29 15 14 8 4 2 26 13 27 57
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Watford 29 14 9 6 37 20 15 11 2 2 30 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 17 51
5 Reading 29 14 6 9 42 34 15 9 0 6 24 18 14 5 6 3 18 16 8 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 29 12 10 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 15 4 7 4 18 14 15 46
7 Cardiff City 29 11 7 11 40 33 15 5 3 7 23 19 14 6 4 4 17 14 7 40
8 Middlesbrough 29 11 7 11 32 30 14 7 2 5 16 13 15 4 5 6 16 17 2 40
9 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 6 11 42 31 14 6 4 4 21 15 14 5 2 7 21 16 11 39
10 Stoke City 29 9 12 8 33 33 14 5 4 5 18 19 15 4 8 3 15 14 0 39
11 Preston North End 29 12 3 14 34 37 14 4 2 8 11 15 15 8 1 6 23 22 -3 39
12 Bristol City 29 12 3 14 29 39 14 7 2 5 14 13 15 5 1 9 15 26 -10 39
13 Millwall 29 8 14 7 28 27 14 2 9 3 13 13 15 6 5 4 15 14 1 38
14 Luton Town 28 10 7 11 23 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 15 5 2 8 7 15 -6 37
15 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
16 Nottingham Forest 29 8 9 12 25 30 15 4 6 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 33
17 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
18 Huddersfield Town 29 9 6 14 33 42 15 7 2 6 20 16 14 2 4 8 13 26 -9 33
19 Derby County 28 8 7 13 19 29 15 4 4 7 9 16 13 4 3 6 10 13 -10 31
20 Coventry City 29 7 10 12 27 40 14 5 6 3 15 15 15 2 4 9 12 25 -13 31
21 Rotherham United 27 8 5 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 20 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -5 29
22 Sheffield Wednesday 28 9 7 12 21 30 14 6 5 3 12 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -9 28
23 Birmingham City 29 6 10 13 21 35 15 2 3 10 9 24 14 4 7 3 12 11 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 28 4 7 17 21 49 14 2 5 7 8 17 14 2 2 10 13 32 -28 19

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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 29 17 7 5 39 24 15 9 5 1 21 9 14 8 2 4 18 15 15 58
2 Brentford 28 16 9 3 55 28 14 8 5 1 29 15 14 8 4 2 26 13 27 57
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Watford 29 14 9 6 37 20 15 11 2 2 30 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 17 51
5 Reading 29 14 6 9 42 34 15 9 0 6 24 18 14 5 6 3 18 16 8 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 29 12 10 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 15 4 7 4 18 14 15 46
7 Cardiff City 29 11 7 11 40 33 15 5 3 7 23 19 14 6 4 4 17 14 7 40
8 Middlesbrough 29 11 7 11 32 30 14 7 2 5 16 13 15 4 5 6 16 17 2 40
9 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 6 11 42 31 14 6 4 4 21 15 14 5 2 7 21 16 11 39
10 Stoke City 29 9 12 8 33 33 14 5 4 5 18 19 15 4 8 3 15 14 0 39
11 Preston North End 29 12 3 14 34 37 14 4 2 8 11 15 15 8 1 6 23 22 -3 39
12 Bristol City 29 12 3 14 29 39 14 7 2 5 14 13 15 5 1 9 15 26 -10 39
13 Millwall 29 8 14 7 28 27 14 2 9 3 13 13 15 6 5 4 15 14 1 38
14 Luton Town 28 10 7 11 23 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 15 5 2 8 7 15 -6 37
15 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
16 Nottingham Forest 29 8 9 12 25 30 15 4 6 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 33
17 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
18 Huddersfield Town 29 9 6 14 33 42 15 7 2 6 20 16 14 2 4 8 13 26 -9 33
19 Derby County 28 8 7 13 19 29 15 4 4 7 9 16 13 4 3 6 10 13 -10 31
20 Coventry City 29 7 10 12 27 40 14 5 6 3 15 15 15 2 4 9 12 25 -13 31
21 Rotherham United 27 8 5 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 20 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -5 29
22 Sheffield Wednesday 28 9 7 12 21 30 14 6 5 3 12 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -9 28
23 Birmingham City 29 6 10 13 21 35 15 2 3 10 9 24 14 4 7 3 12 11 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 28 4 7 17 21 49 14 2 5 7 8 17 14 2 2 10 13 32 -28 19

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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.