SWANSEA. Swansea City was after all too much to handle for Hull City with the goal of R. Manning (61′), L. Cundle (64′) and J. Piroe (85′). Swansea City was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%) 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 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud with the collaboration of Ian Cooper and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Craig Hicks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.5 degrees Celsius or 61.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swansea City had a strong ball possession 61% while Hull City was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Swansea City had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Swansea City won the match​.

Swansea City shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hull City shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Swansea City received 1 yellow card (N. Wood). Regarding the opposition, Hull City received 2 yellow cards (R. Slater and G. Docherty).

Standings

After playing this contest, Swansea City will have 12 points like Stoke City, Preston North End and Birmingham City to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Hull City will stay with 11 points like Cardiff City and Blackpool to sit in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Swansea City will play away against Preston North End on the 1st of November with a 8-4 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (2 draws).

Hull City will host Middlesbrough on the 1st of November with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of Middlesbrough (4 draws).

Swansea City – Formation

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: Steven-Andreas Benda (7.1), Nathan Wood-Gordon (7.2), Kyle Naughton (7.4), Ben Cabango (7.4), Matthew Sorinola (8.0), Joe Allen (6.6), Matt Grimes (7.1), Ryan Manning (7.8), Jay Fulton (7.1), Oliver Cooper (7.2) and Joël Piroe (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Michael Obafemi (6.3), Finley Stevens, Harry Darling, Armstrong Oko-Flex, Olivier Ntcham, Luke Cundle (8.1) and Andrew Fisher.

Swansea City could not rely on the presence of L. Cundle (injured).

Substitutions

Swansea City made 4 changes: J. Allen for L. Cundle (31′), J. Piroe for M. Obafemi (88′), O. Cooper for A. Okoflex (90′) and M. Sorinola for F. Stevens (90′).

Best player: Luke Cundle​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Luke Cundle.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 29 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 31′.

Hull City – Formation

Hull City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Shota Arveladze played with: Nathan Baxter (6.2), Lewie Coyle (6.6), Tobias Figueiredo (6.1), Jacob Greaves (6.9), Callum Elder (6.4), Jean Michaël Seri (6.8), Regan Slater (6.5), Harvey Vale (6.8), Ozan Tufan (6.1), Dimitrios Pelkas (6.2) and Óscar Estupiñán (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Cyrus Christie (6.2), Greg Docherty (6.2), Sean McLoughlin, Ryan Longman (6.7), Tyler Smith, Ryan Woods (6.2) and Matt Ingram.

Substitutions

Hull City made 4 changes: H. Vale for R. Longman (67′), J. Seri for R. Woods (75′), D. Pelkas for G. Docherty (75′) and O. Estupinan for C. Christie (82′).

Best player: Jacob Greaves​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hull City was Jacob Greaves.

His rating is (6.9) with 65 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

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

• Wigan Athletic – Reading – 0-1
• Watford – Sunderland – 2-2
• Swansea City – Hull City – 3-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Stoke City – 0-0
• Preston North End – Sheffield United – 0-2
• Norwich City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
• Millwall – Blackpool – 2-1
• Middlesbrough – Rotherham United – 0-0
• Luton Town – Blackburn Rovers – 2-0
• Huddersfield Town – Cardiff City – 1-0
• Burnley – Bristol City – 2-1
• Birmingham City – Coventry City – 0-0