SWANSEA. Swansea City and Hull City didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Swansea City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (69%). it was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%)..
The match was played at the Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre stadium in Swansea on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud that was helped by Rob Merchant and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Peter Wright. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.7 degrees Celsius or 63.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Swansea City started with an extremely aggressive line-up. On the other side, Hull City adopted for a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Swansea City – Formation
Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Ben Hamer , Ryan Bennett , Kyle Naughton , Rhys Williams , Ethan Laird , Flynn Downes , Matt Grimes , Jake Bidwell , Olivier Ntcham , Joël Piroe and Jamie Paterson .
The home team had on the bench: Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Cullen, Jay Fulton, Michael Obafemi , Ryan Manning , Steven-Andreas Benda and Ben Cabango .
Best player: Matt Grimes
The player that probably impressed the most for Swansea City was Matt Grimes.
His rating is with 0 goals, 126 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Hull City – Formation
On the other side, Grant Martin played with: Matt Ingram , Lewie Coyle , Di’Shon Bernard , Jacob Greaves , Callum Elder , Tom Huddlestone , Greg Docherty , Keane Lewis-Potter , George Moncur , Mallik Wilks and Josh Magennis .
They had on the bench: Richard Smallwood, Josh Emmanuel, Tyler Smith , Sean McLoughlin, Nathan Baxter, Ryan Longman and Matthew Smith .
Best player: Matt Ingram
The player that probably impressed the most for Hull City was the goalkeeper: Matt Ingram. His rating is 8.04. He performed 0 saves.
Match report
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 16 Total 4
- 0 On Target 1
- 16 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 140 Attack 54
- 57 Dangerous attack 27
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 69% while Hull City was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Swansea City was extremely more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 0 were on target. However, that was not enough Swansea City to win the match.
Swansea City shoot 16 times, 0 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Hull City shoot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Swansea City received 1 yellow card (J. Paterson). On the other side, Hull City received 2 yellow cards (D. Bernard and K. Lewis-Potter).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Swansea City will have 5 points to stay in the 21st place. On the other side, Hull City will have 5 points to stay in the 19th place.
In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will host Millwall on the 15th of September with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Swansea City (2 draw). Hull City will play away Blackburn Rovers on the 14th of September with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Blackburn Rovers (3 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- AFC Bournemouth – Barnsley – 3-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Luton Town – 2-2
- Blackpool – Fulham – 1-0
- Bristol City – Preston North End – 0-0
- Coventry City – Middlesbrough – 2-0
- Reading – Queens Park Rangers – 3-3
- Sheffield United – Peterborough United – 6-2
- Stoke City – Huddersfield Town – 2-1
- Swansea City – Hull City – 0-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Millwall – 1-1