SWANSEA. Watford defeats Swansea City 1-0 after K. Sema scored just 1 goal (82′). Swansea City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Swansea.com Stadium stadium in Swansea on Wednesday and it started at 5:45 am local time. In front of 14,698 spectators. The referee was Andrew Kitchen with the help of Mark Stevens and Craig Taylor. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.53 degrees Celsius or 77.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 9 Total 12
- 3 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 121 Attack 87
- 64 Dangerous attack 29
- 83 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
Fouls
- 6 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 59% while Watford was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Watford was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Swansea City shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Watford shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Swansea City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Watford received 3 yellow cards (Edo Kayembe, Wesley Hoedt and Jake Livermore).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Swansea City will stay with 15 points like Coventry City to hold in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Watford will have 16 points like Millwall to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will host Stoke City on the 10th of April with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Stoke City (4 draws).
Watford will play away agasint Ipswich Town on the 10th of April with a 13-3 head to head statistic in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Michael Duff decided to play with the following team: Josh Key, Carl Rushworth
, Harrison Ashby , Harry Darling , Bashir Humphreys , Kristian Pedersen , Matt Grimes , Jay Fulton , Liam Cullen , Jamie Paterson , Jamal Lowe and Jerry Yates .The home team had on the bench: Josh Tymon
, Charlie Patino, Andrew Fisher, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Kyle Naughton, Liam Walsh , Oliver Cooper , Cameron Congreve and Samuel Parker.Swansea City could not rely on the presence of Liam Walsh (injured).
Substitutions
Swansea City made 3 changes: Harrison Ashby for Liam Walsh (79′), Jamie Paterson for Oliver Cooper (61′) and Liam Cullen for Josh Tymon (61′).
Best player: Matt Grimes
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Matt Grimes.
His rating is
with 75 passes (96% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.Watford – Formation
Watford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Valérien Ismaël played with: Tom Dele-Bashiru, Daniel Bachmann
, Jeremy Ngakia , Francisco Sierralta , Wesley Hoedt , Jamal Lewis , Edo Kayembe , Jake Livermore , Ismael Koné , Thomas Ince , Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Matheus Martins .They had on the bench: Imrân Louza, M. Rajović
, Ken Sema , Rhys Healey, Matthew Pollock, Giorgi Chakvetadze , Yaser Asprilla , Ben Hamer and James Morris.Watford could not rely on the presence of Ken Sema (injured).
Substitutions
Watford made 5 changes: Matheus Martins for Ken Sema (46′), Ismael Koné for Giorgi Chakvetadze (82′), Jamal Lewis for Matthew Pollock (90′), Thomas Ince for Yaser Asprilla (61′) and Vakoun Issouf Bayo for M. Rajović (62′).
Best player: Jeremy Ngakia
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Jeremy Ngakia even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 41 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Queens Park Rangers – 2-0
- Swansea City – Watford – 0-1
- Norwich City – Middlesbrough – 1-2
- Millwall – Blackburn Rovers – 1-2
- Leicester City – Sunderland – 1-0
- Huddersfield Town – Cardiff City – 0-4