HUDDERSFIELD. Huddersfield Town and Swansea City draw 1-1. D. Sinani scored the first goal (15′) for Huddersfield Town. F. Downes made it even (78′). Swansea City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (69%)
The match was played at the The John Smith’s Stadium stadium in Huddersfield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Webb who was helped by Adam Crysell and Matt McGrath. The 4th official was Neil Hair. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.3 degrees Celsius or 37.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 10 Total 19
- 7 On Target 11
- 3 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 82 Attack 147
- 30 Dangerous attack 79
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 8 Total 3
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Swansea City had a strong ball possession 69% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 11 were on target. However, that was not enough Swansea City to win the match.
Huddersfield Town shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Swansea City shot 19 times, 11 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Huddersfield Town will have 41 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City will have 28 points like Birmingham City to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Huddersfield Town will play away against Reading on the 22nd of January with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Reading (6 draws).
Swansea City will host Preston North End on the 22nd of January with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Swansea City (2 draws).
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
86'
15'
Huddersfield Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Lee Nicholls , Oliver Turton , Matthew Pearson , Tom Lees , Sorba Thomas , Jonathan Hogg , Lewis O’Brien , Harry Toffolo , Danel Sinani , Josh Koroma and Daniel Ward .
The home team had on the bench: Naby Sarr, Scott High , Josh Ruffels, Nicholas Bilokapic, Jordan Rhodes , Pipa and Jon Russell.
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 3 changes: D. Sinani for S. High (46′), J. Koroma for Pipa (72′) and O. Turton for J. Rhodes (86′).
Best player: Lee Nicholls
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was the goalkeeper: Lee Nicholls. His rating is 9.14. He performed 10 saves.
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
Swansea City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Russell Martin played with: Ben Hamer , Ben Cabango , Kyle Naughton , Ryan Manning , Cyrus Christie , Flynn Downes , Matt Grimes , Joel Latibeaudiere , Korey Smith , Joël Piroe and Olivier Ntcham .
They had on the bench: Liam Walsh, Michael Obafemi , Azeem Abdullah, Andrew Fisher, Ryan Bennett, Jay Fulton and Kyle Joseph.
Substitutions
Swansea City made 2 changes: C. Christie for M. Obafemi (68′) and O. Ntcham for K. Joseph (88′).
Best player: Ben Hamer
The player that probably impressed the most for Swansea City was the goalkeeper: Ben Hamer. His rating is 8.43. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Cardiff City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
- Derby County – Sheffield United – 2-0
- Fulham – Bristol City – 6-2
- Huddersfield Town – Swansea City – 1-1
- Luton Town – AFC Bournemouth – 3-2
- Middlesbrough – Reading – 2-1
- Millwall – Nottingham Forest – 0-1
- Peterborough United – Coventry City – 1-4
- Preston North End – Birmingham City – 1-1
- Queens Park Rangers – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0
