SHEFFIELD. Sheffield United wipes out Swansea City 4-0 with goals of M. Gibbs-White (14′), G. Baldock (17′), B. Sharp (38′) and M. Gibbs-White (78′). Swansea City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Webb who was helped by Adam Crysell and Geoffrey Liddle. The 4th official was Jeremy Simpson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.2 degrees Celsius or 36.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 62% while Sheffield United was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sheffield United won the match​.

Sheffield United shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards (O. Norwood and G. Baldock). On the other side, Swansea City didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Sheffield United will have 50 points to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Swansea City will stay with 38 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sheffield United will host Blackburn Rovers on the 23rd of February with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Sheffield United (1 draw).

Swansea City will host AFC Bournemouth on the 22nd of February with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of AFC Bournemouth (4 draws).

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Paul Heckingbottom decided to play with the following team: Wes Foderingham (7.0), Chris Basham (6.9), John Egan (6.8), Jack Robinson (6.9), George Baldock (6.9), Oliver Norwood (7.1), Morgan Gibbs-White (8.7), Rhys Norrington-Davies (7.2), Sander Berge (6.8), John Fleck (7.2) and Billy Sharp (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Iliman Ndiaye, Oliver McBurnie, Charlie Goode (7.0), Ben Davies, Adam Davies, Conor Hourihane and Daniel Jebbison.

Sheffield United could not rely on the presence of C. Goode (injured).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 3 changes: G. Baldock for C. Goode (69′), B. Sharp for O. McBurnie (82′) and M. Gibbs-White for D. Jebbison (86′).

Best player: Morgan Gibbs-White​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sheffield United was Morgan Gibbs-White.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 33 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Swansea City – Formation

Also Swansea City adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Russell Martin played with: Andrew Fisher (5.8), Finley Burns (6.2), Ben Cabango (6.3), Ryan Manning (6.7), Cyrus Christie (6.1), Flynn Downes (6.8), Matt Grimes (6.6), Joel Latibeaudiere (6.2), Olivier Ntcham (7.0), Jamie Paterson (7.0) and Joël Piroe (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Korey Smith, Kyle Joseph, Michael Obafemi (6.2), Ryan Bennett, Yan Dhanda, Ben Hamer and Jay Fulton.

Substitutions

Swansea City made 2 changes: O. Ntcham for M. Obafemi (60′) and J. Piroe for K. Smith (81′).

Best player: Olivier Ntcham​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Olivier Ntcham.

His rating is (7.0) with 32 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

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