SWANSEA. Swansea City was after all too much to handle for Preston North End with the goal of Matt Grimes (40′ pen), Azeem Abdulai (61′) and Žan Vipotnik (83′). Swansea City took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).
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 Stephen Martin who was helped by Mark Dwyer and Carl Fitch. The 4th official was Tom Reeves. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.56 degrees Celsius or 61.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 12 Total 5
- 6 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 114 Attack 72
- 42 Dangerous attack 29
- 97 Ball safe 83
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Swansea City had a strong ball possession 60% while Preston North End was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Swansea City won the match.
Swansea City shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Preston North End shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Swansea City received 1 yellow card (Azeem Abdulai). Regarding the opposition, Preston North End received 3 yellow cards (Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson and Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Swansea City has 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Preston North End stays with 0 points (23rd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will host Cardiff City on the 25th of August with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Preston North End will host Luton Town on the 24th of August with a 5-5 head to head statistic.
Swansea City – Formation
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: Ji-Sung Eom, Lawrence Vigouroux
, Josh Key , Ben Cabango , Harry Darling , Josh Tymon , Gonçalo Franco , Matt Grimes , Ji-sung Eom , Oliver Cooper , Ronald and Liam Cullen .The home team had on the bench: Jay Fulton
, Kristian Pedersen, Žan Vipotnik , Nathan Tjoe-A-On , Kyle Naughton , Nathan Broome, Daniel Watts, Joshua Thomas and Azeem Abdulai .Substitutions
Swansea City made 5 changes: Ji-sung Eom for Azeem Abdulai (57′), Gonçalo Franco for Jay Fulton (65′), Josh Key for Kyle Naughton (65′), Liam Cullen for Žan Vipotnik (66′) and Josh Tymon for Nathan Tjoe-A-On (88′).
Player of the match: Ronald
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Ronald even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 4 crosses.Preston North End – Formation
Preston North End started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Ryan Lowe played with: Ched Evans, Freddie Woodman
, Brad Potts , Jordan Storey , Liam Lindsay , Andrew Hughes , Stefán Teitur Thórdarson , Ben Whiteman , Ryan Ledson , Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen , Emil Riis and Robbie Brady .These were the players on the bench: Will Keane, Jack Whatmough, David Cornell, Sam Greenwood
, Jeppe Okkels , Duane Holmes , Patrick Bauer, Milutin Osmajic and Kaine Kesler-Hayden.Substitutions
Preston North End made 4 changes: Emil Riis for Milutin Osmajic (64′), Robbie Brady for Sam Greenwood (64′), Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen for Duane Holmes (72′) and Ryan Ledson for Jeppe Okkels (64′).
Player of the match: Emil Riis
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Preston North End was Emil Riis.
His rating is
with 14 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Derby County – Middlesbrough – 1-0
- Portsmouth – Luton Town – 0-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Leeds United – 0-0
- Bristol City – Millwall – 4-3
- Burnley – Cardiff City – 5-0
- Norwich City – Blackburn Rovers – 2-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Hull City – 1-1
- Sheffield United – Queens Park Rangers – 2-2
- Swansea City – Preston North End – 3-0
- Watford – Stoke City – 3-0