SWANSEA. Swansea City found a way to reverse the scoreline against Bristol City. It was Bristol City to score first with a goal from A. Weimann. Notwithstanding, later Swansea City found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with M. Obafemi (54′), C. Christie (79′) and J. Piroe (90′). Swansea City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Swansea.com Stadium stadium in Swansea on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud with the collaboration of Samuel Lewis and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 4 On Target 4
- 10 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 73
- 42 Dangerous attack 20
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 17
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 71% while Bristol City was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Swansea City won the match.
Swansea City shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Bristol City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Swansea City received 2 yellow cards (M. Obafemi and C. Christie). Talking about the opposition, Bristol City received 5 yellow cards (T. Klose, J. Dasilva, A. Semenyo, C. Martin and J. Williams).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Swansea City will have 38 points to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Bristol City will stay with 37 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will play away against Sheffield United on the 19th of February with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (2 draws).
Bristol City will host Middlesbrough on the 19th of February with a 10-7 head to head in favor of Bristol City (5 draws).
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
75'
90'
79'
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: Andrew Fisher , Finley Burns , Ben Cabango , Ryan Manning , Cyrus Christie , Flynn Downes , Matt Grimes , Hannes Wolf , Joël Piroe , Jamie Paterson and Michael Obafemi .
The home team had on the bench: Joel Latibeaudiere , Olivier Ntcham , Kyle Joseph, Ben Hamer, Korey Smith, Yan Dhanda and Jay Fulton.
Substitutions
Swansea City made 3 changes: F. Burns for O. Ntcham (75′), M. Obafemi for J. Latibeaudiere (85′) and J. Paterson for K. Smith (90′).
Best player: Cyrus Christie
The most impressive player for Swansea City was Cyrus Christie.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Bristol City – Formation
Bristol City
Bristol City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Nigel Pearson played with: Max O’Leary , Zak Vyner , Tomáš Kalas , Timm Klose , Jay Dasilva , Han-Noah Massengo , Alex Scott , Cameron Pring , Andreas Weimann , Antoine Semenyo and Chris Martin .
These were the players on the bench: Duncan Idehen, Tommy Conway, Nahki Wells , Daniel Bentley , Robbie Cundy, Ayman Benarous and Joe Williams .
Bristol City could not rely on the presence of D. Bentley (injured).
Substitutions
Bristol City made 3 changes: H. Massengo for J. Williams (59′), M. O’Leary for D. Bentley (63′) and C. Pring for N. Wells (84′).
Best player: Alex Scott
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Alex Scott.
His rating is with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
