SWANSEA. Swansea City and Birmingham City didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Swansea City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
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 Jeremy Simpson with the help of Graham Kane and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Tom Reeves. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 10 Total 16
- 4 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 12
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 75 Attack 102
- 45 Dangerous attack 47
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 6
Fouls
- 13 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
Swansea City had a superior ball possession 66% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Birmingham City was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Birmingham City to win the match.
Swansea City shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Birmingham City shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Swansea City will have 48 points to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City will have 42 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will play away against Cardiff City on the 2nd of April with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Birmingham City will host West Bromwich Albion on the 3rd of April with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of West Bromwich Albion (4 draws).
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
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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: .
Substitutions
Swansea City made 3 changes: F. Burns for J. Latibeaudiere (46′), K. Smith for N. Ogbeta (63′) and H. Wolf for K. Joseph (80′).
Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City
Birmingham City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Lee Bowyer played with: .
Substitutions
Birmingham City made only 1 change substituting J. Bacuna for T. Richards (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Bristol City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Derby County – Coventry City – 1-1
- Huddersfield Town – AFC Bournemouth – 0-3
- Hull City – Luton Town – 1-3
- Reading – Blackburn Rovers – 1-0
- Sheffield United – Barnsley – 2-0
- Stoke City – Millwall – 2-0
- Swansea City – Birmingham City – 0-0
