Championship: A pair of teams who have played splendidly up to now. Get to know Swansea City - Sunderland with this full preview!
- Swansea City have the most points from losing position (7) in Championship
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Swansea City nor Sunderland 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.
Swansea City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Swansea City at their home stadium (Swansea.com Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Happy days for Swansea in their previous game, a fixture away at Watford (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Cabango scored the winning goal eight minutes into stoppage time. Cabango, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Cabango scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that match, a win away at West Bromwich Albion.Swansea City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sunderland form and stats
Playing away, Sunderland have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. The last three matches for Sunderland have all ended in a draw.
Sunderland have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Bennette was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson is eager to challenge this, with his 208 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Sunderland delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Blackpool (placed 21st) in their previous fixture. Attacker Pritchard got a player rating of 7.75 in the game. "Man of the match" Pritchard hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Preston North End.The travelling fans enjoy Sunderland's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Sunderland have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Swansea, five draws and one win for Sunderland. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 5 goals |   J. Piroe 4 goals |  J. Ntcham 3 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Swansea City | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 75% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.2 | 6.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 13.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.3 | 11.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 10.3 | 9.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.2 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Swansea City have the most points from losing position (7) in Championship
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Burnley | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
