Swansea City are willing to forget the league table before this match vs Preston North End. Here's everything you should know before the game!
- Preston North End have the most points from losing position (16) in Championship
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.
Swansea City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Swansea City at their home stadium (Swansea.com Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Swansea.com Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Swansea travelled for their previous game, a trip to Huddersfield Town that ended 1-1. Hamer, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.44 out of 10 in that game. Hamer stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Preceding that match was the home FA Cup game against Southampton (after extra-time) that was lost 2-3.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 five times, drawn three and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Swansea City as they are travelling to their away game against Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Swansea City has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Swansea City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Preston North End form and stats
There's been little loot from Preston North End's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Championship. Preston North End only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
Preston North End's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sheffield United that finished 2-2. Attacker Riis got a player rating of 7.72 in the game. "Man of the match" Riis scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A draw for Preston North End before that, at their own venue hosting Birmingham City (1-1).We have checked recent matches where Preston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Preston North End manager Lowe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against West Bromwich Albion.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 17 goals have been conceded by Preston North End in these games.
Head 2 Head
Swansea City and Preston North End have duelled earlier this season: Preston North End - Swansea City 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Swansea wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 11 goals |   E. Riis Jakobsen 9 goals |  J. Paterson 8 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Swansea City | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 29 |
| 32 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 32 |
| 83% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 88% |
| 70% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 76% |
| 57% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 52% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 13% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 39% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 20% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 28% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 11.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 38% | 34% |
| 9.7 | 7.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.5 | 12.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have the most points from losing position (16) 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 | Fulham | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 47 | 54 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38 |
| 9 | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Millwall | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 30 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -13 | 28 |
| 19 | Hull City | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
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- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
- Preston North End
- Lancashire Post - (local newspaper)
