Championship prediction and preview: Swansea City modest favorites to beat Queens Park Rangers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

Swansea City have performed better than Queens Park Rangers so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

It's no vacation for neither Swansea nor Queens Park Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

QPR are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Swansea City form and stats

11 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Swansea City have to build on here at Liberty Stadium in the Championship.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Wycombe Wanderers in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Sheffield Wednesday with a 2-0 scoreline.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Wycombe Wanderers as Liam Cullen's goal in the 83rd minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach S. Cooper made a successful contribution in the game against Wycombe Wanderers, bringing on Liam Cullen who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, five draws and six defeats.

The Swansea fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Swansea have conceded only 14 goals.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for QPR, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Middlesbrough (placed 11th) in the Championship last time out. Prior to that match, the Queens Park Rangers manager M. Warburton faced defeat when travelling to Rotherham United and losing 1-3.

We have checked recent matches where QPR have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were six victories, four draws and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for QPR, the Championship home match versus Norwich City. Busy days.

Queens Park Rangers find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 21 away fixtures in the league. Queens Park Rangers have conceded 28 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Queens Park Rangers - Swansea 0-2, played this season. Swansea-Queens Park Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Swansea City six wins, Queens Park Rangers two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
15 goals
Swansea CityJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
13 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
10 goals

Swansea City missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 21 42
22 11 6 Won W 2 6 16
10 6 0 Drew D 3 7 11
10 4 1 Lost L 2 8 15
52 25 12 Scored S 6 22 50
33 14 5 Conceded C 8 28 51
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 90%
69% 62% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 81% 74%
29% 29% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 43% 43%
10% 10% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 21%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 12%
38% 38% 43% BTTS BTTS 57% 62% 55%
48% 52% 57% Clean Sheets C S 29% 29% 29%
21% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 19% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
10.2 11 11.9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 10.7 11.3
3.3 3.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.7 3.6
38% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 33%

  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 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 59 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 21 7 8 6 18 16 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 52 33 21 11 6 4 25 14 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 71 40 20 10 8 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 66 40 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 7 8 5 26 19 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 58 46 21 7 5 9 34 24 21 9 7 5 24 22 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 21 8 7 6 22 21 1 59
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 50 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 21 6 7 8 22 28 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 49 47 21 10 4 7 27 21 21 6 5 10 22 26 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 46 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 41 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 54 48 21 7 7 7 27 24 21 6 4 11 27 24 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -14 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
19 Coventry City 41 11 12 18 37 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -19 45
20 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 31 48 21 6 6 9 16 21 21 5 4 12 15 27 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 39 11 6 22 41 53 20 5 3 12 24 31 19 6 3 10 17 22 -12 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 35 55 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 66 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -34 34

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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 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 59 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 21 7 8 6 18 16 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 52 33 21 11 6 4 25 14 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 71 40 20 10 8 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 66 40 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 7 8 5 26 19 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 58 46 21 7 5 9 34 24 21 9 7 5 24 22 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 21 8 7 6 22 21 1 59
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 50 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 21 6 7 8 22 28 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 49 47 21 10 4 7 27 21 21 6 5 10 22 26 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 46 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 41 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 54 48 21 7 7 7 27 24 21 6 4 11 27 24 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -14 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
19 Coventry City 41 11 12 18 37 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -19 45
20 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 31 48 21 6 6 9 16 21 21 5 4 12 15 27 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 39 11 6 22 41 53 20 5 3 12 24 31 19 6 3 10 17 22 -12 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 35 55 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 66 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -34 34

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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.