SWANSEA. Birmingham City had a close win over Swansea City. Swansea City was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (72%).​

The match was played at the Swansea.com Stadium stadium in Swansea on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jeremy Simpson assisted by Andrew Dallison and Andrew Aylott. The 4th official was Peter Wright. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 72% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Swansea City had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Birmingham City succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Swansea City shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Swansea City received 1 yellow card (Andy Fisher). Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (Hannibal Mejbri and J. Bacuna).

Standings

After this match, Swansea City will stay with 39 points to go up in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Birmingham City will have 35 points to go down in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will host West Bromwich Albion on the 6th of May with a 12-8 head to head stats in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).

Birmingham City will host Sheffield United on the 6th of May with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Birmingham City (4 draws).

Swansea City – Formation

Swansea City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Andrew Fisher (5.5), Joel Latibeaudiere (7.1), Ben Cabango (6.5), Nathan Wood (6.2), Ryan Manning (7.2), Matt Grimes (7.8), Jay Fulton (6.7), Oliver Cooper (5.9), Olivier Ntcham (7.0), Liam Cullen (7.1) and Joël Piroe (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Kyle Naughton, Cameron Congreve, Morgan Whittaker (6.5), Luke Cundle (6.6), Harry Darling, Lewis Webb and Joel Cotterill.

Substitutions

Swansea City made 3 changes: Olivier Ntcham for Luke Cundle (64′), Liam Cullen for Morgan Whittaker (70′) and Joël Piroe for Harry Darling (77′).

Best player: Joël Piroe​

The player that probably impressed the most for Swansea City was Joël Piroe.

His rating is (8.5) with 2 goals, 23 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

John Eustace played with: John Ruddy (5.9), Maxime Colin (6.6), Dion Sanderson (6.2), Kevin Long (6.6), Auston Trusty (6.9), George Friend (6.4), Gary Gardner (6.6), Krystian Bielik (6.6), Tahith Chong (7.3), Scott Hogan (7.0) and Reda Khadra (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Juninho Bacuna (6.2), Alfie Chang, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Neil Etheridge, Emmanuel Longelo (6.1), Hannibal Mejbri (6.8) and Jordan James.

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 4 changes: G. Gardner for Hannibal Mejbri (46′), George Friend for Juninho Bacuna (46′), R. Khadra for Mbule Emmanuel (57′) and Krystian Bielik for Lukas Jutkiewicz (77′).

Best player: Tahith Chong​

The most impressive player for Birmingham City was Tahith Chong.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 9 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Swansea City – Birmingham City – 3-4
• Rotherham United – Sheffield United – 0-0
• Reading – Watford – 2-2
• Norwich City – Burnley – 0-3
• Hull City – Cardiff City – 1-0
• Preston North End – Bristol City – 1-2
• Millwall – Sunderland – 1-1
• Middlesbrough – Blackpool – 3-0
• Luton Town – Stoke City – 1-0
• Huddersfield Town – Queens Park Rangers – 1-1