SWANSEA. Swansea City prevails over Rotherham United 1-0 after A. Rinomhota scored an own goal 74min. Swansea City was decisively 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 Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 15,327 spectators. The referee was Leigh Doughty assisted by Black Antrobus and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.22 degrees Celsius or 50.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 16 Total 4
- 6 On Target 0
- 6 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 0
- 108 Attack 63
- 61 Dangerous attack 17
- 96 Ball safe 97
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 0
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Swansea City had a strong ball possession 71% while Rotherham United was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Swansea City won the match.
Swansea City shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Rotherham United shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (Oliver Cooper, Jay Fulton and Matt Grimes ). On the other side, Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards (Lee Peltier and Cameron Humphreys).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Swansea City has 53 points to remain in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Rotherham United will stays with 23 points to hold in the 24th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will play away against Huddersfield Town on the 20th of April with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Huddersfield Town (6 draws).
Rotherham United will host Birmingham City on the 20th of April with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Birmingham City (4 draws).
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
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Swansea City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Luke Williams decided to play with the following team: Carl Rushworth , Josh Key , Ben Cabango , Harry Darling , Josh Tymon , Jay Fulton , Matt Grimes , Ronald , Oliver Cooper , Jamie Paterson and Liam Cullen .
The home team had on the bench: Andy Fisher, Jerry Yates, Jamal Lowe , Charlie Patino, Mykola Kukharevych , Liam Walsh , Bashir Humphreys, A. Govea and Azeem Abdulai.
Substitutions
Swansea City made 3 changes: Ronald for A. Govea (73′), Jay Fulton for Liam Walsh (73′) and Oliver Cooper for Jamal Lowe (65′).
Player of the match: Jamie Paterson
The most impressive player for Swansea City was Jamie Paterson even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 36 passes (75% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 10 crosses.
Rotherham United – Formation
Rotherham United
Rotherham United started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Leam Richardson played with: Viktor Johansson , Sebastian Revan , Hakeem Odoffin , Lee Peltier , Cameron Humphreys , Cohen Bramall , Oliver Rathbone , Andy Rinomhota , Sam Clucas , Cafú and Sam Nombe .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tom Eaves , Charlie Wyke , Shane Ferguson , Dillon Phillips, Arvin Appiah , Femi Seriki and B. Hatton.
Rotherham United could not rely on the presence of Arvin Appiah (injured).
Substitutions
Rotherham United made 4 changes: Lee Peltier for Shane Ferguson (86′), Cafú for Charlie Wyke (86′), Sam Clucas for Arvin Appiah (62′) and Sam Nombe for Tom Eaves (72′).
Player of the match: Viktor Johansson
The player that probably impressed the most for Rotherham United was the goalkeeper: Viktor Johansson. His rating is 8.67. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Sunderland – 0-1
- Swansea City – Rotherham United – 1-0
- Southampton – Watford – 3-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Stoke City – 1-1
- Preston North End – Norwich City – 0-1
- Millwall – Cardiff City – 3-1
- Leeds United – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
- Ipswich Town – Middlesbrough – 1-1
- Hull City – Queens Park Rangers – 3-0
- Bristol City – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
- Birmingham City – Coventry City – 3-0
