SWANSEA. Swansea City overcomes Blackburn Rovers 1-0 after M. Obafemi scored just 1 goal (16′).

Swansea City remained in players after R. Manning received a double yellow card in the 54′. Anyhow, Swansea City still found a way to win this match playing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Swansea.com Stadium stadium in Swansea on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 16,933 spectators.​ The referee was Tim Robinson with the support of Andrew Fox and Nigel Lugg. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Swansea City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Blackburn Rovers that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Blackburn Rovers had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Swansea City was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Swansea City shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers shot 17 times, 3 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (O. Ntcham, R. Manning and C. Christie). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (J. Rothwell and J. Buckley).

R. Manning (Swansea City) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (54′).

Standings

After this match, Swansea City will have 35 points to hold in the 16th place. On the other side, Blackburn Rovers will stay with 53 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will play away with Stoke City on the 8th of February with a 11-7 head to head record in favor of Stoke City (3 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will host Nottingham Forest on the 9th of February with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).

Swansea City – Formation

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

The manager Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Andrew Fisher (7.6), Ben Cabango (7.4), Flynn Downes (7.1), Ryan Manning (6.1), Matt Grimes (6.5), Cyrus Christie (7.4), Olivier Ntcham (6.6), Jamie Paterson (7.3), Hannes Wolf (6.9), Michael Obafemi (7.2) and Joël Piroe (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Joel Latibeaudiere (6.7), Korey Smith (6.4), Kyle Joseph, Ryan Bennett (6.8), Finley Burns, Jay Fulton and Ben Hamer.

Substitutions

Swansea City made 3 changes: M. Obafemi for R. Bennett (55′), O. Ntcham for K. Smith (58′) and J. Piroe for J. Latibeaudiere (72′).

Best player: Andrew Fisher​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was the goalkeeper: Andrew Fisher. His rating is 7.62. He performed 4 saves.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Tony Mowbray played with: Thomas Kaminski (6.8), Darragh Lenihan (7.0), Jan Paul van Hecke (6.8), Scott Wharton (7.3), Ryan Nyambe (6.5), Lewis Travis (7.3), Joe Rothwell (6.8), Deyovaisio Zeefuik (6.6), Ryan Giles (8.0), Ryan Hedges (6.9) and John Buckley (6.1).

They had on the bench: Daniel Ayala, Ben Brereton Díaz (6.8), Aynsley Pears, Reda Khadra (6.6), Jacob Davenport, Bradley Johnson and Joe Rankin-Costello (6.4).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: D. Zeefuik for R. Khadra (60′), R. Hedges for B. Brereton (60′) and R. Nyambe for J. Rankin-Costello (68′).

Best player: Ryan Giles​

The most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Ryan Giles.

His rating is (8.0) with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 23 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Blackpool – Bristol City – 3-1
• Hull City – Preston North End – 0-1
• Swansea City – Blackburn Rovers – 1-0