Swansea City vs Rotherham United pre-match info: Away team face a grim task at Swansea.com Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 27.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Swansea City in this match against Rotherham United, but the guests will resist to the finish. Here's our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Swansea City have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship

Swansea City and Rotherham United 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

7-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Swansea City so far this season.

The Swansea City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Stoke City here at Swansea.com Stadium. Manning (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Manning hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Blackburn Rovers.

Lots of goals and action? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has contained three goals or more.

The Swansea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. Swansea City have conceded 24 from these games.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rotherham United so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-8 (win-draw-lose).

Rotherham United won their last game, 2-1 versus Sunderland played at home. That win felt nice as this team had gone five league matches without winning.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Coventry City.

The attacking power of Rotherham when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Rotherham United have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Swansea City have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against Rotherham United.

The last H2H game ended Rotherham United - Swansea 1-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
11 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
6 goals
Swansea CityJ. Ntcham
J. Ntcham
5 goals

Swansea City missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 17 33
11 7 3 Won W 0 2 8
9 2 1 Drew D 2 7 12
13 7 2 Lost L 2 8 13
46 26 11 Scored S 3 10 36
50 24 10 Conceded C 7 25 45
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 88%
79% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 65% 79%
61% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 41% 48%
33% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 21%
12% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
58% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 35% 45%
18% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 30%
27% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 36%
 
5.6 5.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.4 3.5
4.4 3.4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7.4 6.2
2.4 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.6 13.3 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.6 8.4
4.4 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 1.8 2.7
32% 35% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 32% 40%
 
9.8 8.3 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 17.2 14.4
3.9 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.7 5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Championship
  • Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rotherham United have scored away.
  • Swansea City have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Championship
  • 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 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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  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 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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