SWANSEA. Swansea City conquers Preston North End 1-0 after R. Manning scored just 1 goal (51′). Swansea City took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

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 Joshua Smith with the help of Samuel Lewis and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Leigh Doughty. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swansea City had a strong ball possession 57% while Preston North End was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Preston North End was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Swansea City found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Swansea City shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Preston North End shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (R. Manning, J. Latibeaudiere and K. Smith). On the other side, Preston North End received 3 yellow cards (G. Cunningham, C. Evans and P. Bauer).

Standings

After playing this match, Swansea City will have 31 points like Birmingham City to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Preston North End will stay with 33 points like Millwall and Bristol City to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will play away with Hull City on the 29th of January with a 7-3 head to head stats in favor of Hull City (6 draws).

Preston North End will host Bristol City on the 29th of January with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Preston North End (11 draws).

Swansea City – Formation

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

The manager Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Ben Hamer (6.2), Ben Cabango (7.3), Kyle Naughton (7.0), Ryan Manning (7.6), Cyrus Christie (7.4), Flynn Downes (7.4), Matt Grimes (7.2), Joel Latibeaudiere (6.4), Korey Smith (7.1), Olivier Ntcham (7.0) and Joël Piroe (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ryan Bennett, Liam Walsh, Michael Obafemi, Kyle Joseph (6.1), Andrew Fisher, Hannes Wolf (6.8) and Jay Fulton (6.4).

Substitutions

Swansea City made 3 changes: O. Ntcham for H. Wolf (46′), J. Piroe for K. Joseph (74′) and C. Christie for J. Fulton (84′).

Best player: Ryan Manning​

The most impressive player for Swansea City was Ryan Manning.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 60 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Preston North End – Formation

Preston North End started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Ryan Lowe played with: Daniel Iversen (6.7), Sepp van den Berg (7.3), Patrick Bauer (7.1), Greg Cunningham (6.6), Tom Barkhuizen (6.8), Benjamin Whiteman (7.1), Alan Browne (6.4), Joe Rafferty (6.8), Daniel Johnson (7.1), Emil Riis (6.8) and Ched Evans (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Connor Ripley, Alistair McCann, Ryan Ledson (7.0), Matthew Olosunde (6.4), Liam Lindsay, Sean Maguire and Scott Sinclair (6.2).

Preston North End could not rely on the presence of M. Olosunde (injured).

Substitutions

Preston North End made 3 changes: T. Barkhuizen for M. Olosunde (36′), J. Rafferty for S. Sinclair (63′) and B. Whiteman for R. Ledson (84′).

Best player: Sepp van den Berg​

The most impressive player for Preston North End was Sepp van den Berg.

His rating is (7.3) with 44 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Bristol City – Cardiff City – 3-2
• Nottingham Forest – Derby County – 2-1
• AFC Bournemouth – Hull City – 0-1
• Birmingham City – Barnsley – 2-1
• Blackpool – Millwall – 1-0
• Coventry City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
• Reading – Huddersfield Town – 3-4
• Sheffield United – Luton Town – 2-0
• Stoke City – Fulham – 2-3
• Swansea City – Preston North End – 1-0
• West Bromwich Albion – Peterborough United – 3-0