SWANSEA. Swansea City beat Sunderland to win 2-1. It was Swansea City to strike first with a goal of O. Cooper at the 13′. Then H. Darling scored again for Swansea City in the 45′ minute. Eventually, J. Clarke reduced the distance for Sunderland (51′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

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 Gavin Ward who had the assistance of Andrew Dallison and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Oliver Yates. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 58.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Swansea City

2 - 1

Sunderland

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 10 Total 10
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 8
  • 3 Shots blocked 7
  • 86 Attack 104
  • 41 Dangerous attack 71
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 4
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 13
  • 2 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Swansea City was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sunderland that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sunderland was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Swansea City was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Swansea City shot 10 times, 6 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sunderland shot 11 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Swansea City received 2 yellow cards (J. Fulton and J. Latibeaudiere). Regarding the opposition, Sunderland received 5 yellow cards (D. Neil, C. Evans, E. Embleton, L. Gooch and J. Clarke).

Match Timeline

Oliver Cooper(goal)M. Grimes
13'
16'
Dan Neil- Yellow
23'
C. Evans- Yellow
Harry Darling(goal)N. Wood
45'
51'
Jack Clarke (goal)
Jay Fulton- Yellow
54'
54'
Elliot Embleton- Yellow
59'
59'
64'
77'
77'
78'
Abdoullah Ba- sub ->D. Neil
78'
Jay Matete- sub ->E. Embleton
87'
90'
90'
90'
Jack Clarke - Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Burnley
101
46
Sheffield United
91
46
Luton Town
80
46
Middlesbrough
75
46
Coventry City
70
46
Sunderland
69
46
Blackburn Rovers
69
46
Millwall
68
46
West Bromwich Albion
66
46
Swansea City
66
46
Watford
63
46
Preston North End
63
46
Norwich City
62
46
Bristol City
59
46
Hull City
58
46
Stoke City
53
46
Birmingham City
53
46
Huddersfield Town
53
46
Rotherham United
50
46
Queens Park Rangers
50
46
Cardiff City
49
46
Reading
44
46
Blackpool
44
46
Wigan Athletic
39
46

After playing this match, Swansea City will have 21 points like Blackburn Rovers to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Sunderland will stay with 17 points like Watford and Millwall to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

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

Sunderland will play away agasint Huddersfield Town on the 2nd of November with a 0-0 head to head record.

Swansea City – Formation

Swansea City
G
Steven Benda 13.Germany
6.6
D
Ben Cabango 5.Wales
7.1
D
Harry Darling 6.England
8.1
45'
D
N. Wood-Gordon 23.England
6.7
77'
M
Ryan Manning 3.Republic of Ireland
6.8
M
Joel Latibeaudiere 22.Jamaica
6.2
90'
M
Jay Fulton 4.Scotland
7.4
54'
M
Matt Grimes 8.England
7.1
F
Luke Cundle 18.England
59'
F
Oliver Cooper 31.Wales
59' 13'
F
Joël Piroe 17.Netherlands
6.1
87'
Substitutes
G
Andy Fisher 1.England
D
Kyle Naughton 26.England
D
F. Stevens 24.Wales
D
Matthew Sorinola 29.England
6.2
77'
M
O. Ntcham 10.France
6.9
59'
F
A. Oko-Flex 21.England
6.4
87'
F
Michael Obafemi 9.Republic of Ireland
6.1
59'

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 (6.6), Nathan Wood-Gordon (6.7), Harry Darling (8.1), Ben Cabango (7.1), Joel Latibeaudiere (6.2), Matt Grimes (7.1), Jay Fulton (7.4), Ryan Manning (6.8), Luke Cundle, Oliver Cooper and Joël Piroe (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Andrew Fisher, Kyle Naughton, Finley Stevens, Olivier Ntcham (6.9), Matthew Sorinola (6.2), Armstrong Oko-Flex (6.4) and Michael Obafemi (6.1).

Substitutions

Swansea City made 4 changes: L. Cundle for M. Obafemi (59′), O. Cooper for O. Ntcham (59′), N. Wood for M. Sorinola (77′) and J. Piroe for A. Okoflex (87′).

Best player: Harry Darling​

The most impressive player for Swansea City was Harry Darling.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 47 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Sunderland – Formation

Sunderland
G
Anthony Patterson 1.England
7.1
D
D. Batth 6.England
6.8
D
A. Alese 42.England
6.8
D
Luke O'Nien 13.England
6.9
D
Lynden Gooch 11.United States
6.8
90'
M
C. Evans 4.Northern Ireland
23'
M
P. Roberts 10.England
6.5
64'
M
Dan Neil 24.England
6.8
78' 16'
M
Jack Clarke 20.England
90' 51'
F
Alex Pritchard 21.England
77'
F
Elliot Embleton 8.England
78' 54'
Substitutes
G
Alex Bass 12.England
D
Dennis Cirkin 3.England
D
Bailey Wright 26.Australia
M
Abdoullah Ba 17.France
78'
M
Jay Matete 27.England
78'
F
Jewison Bennette 19.Costa Rica
64'
F
Amad Diallo 16.Ivory Coast
77'

Sunderland started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Tony Mowbray played with: Anthony Patterson (7.1), Lynden Gooch (6.8), Luke O’Nien (6.9), Danny Batth (6.8), Ajibola-Joshua Alese (6.8), Patrick Roberts (6.5), Daniel Neil (6.8), Corry Evans, Jack Clarke, Elliot Embleton and Alex Pritchard.

These were the players on the bench: Dennis Cirkin, Jewison Bennette, Bailey Wright, Amad Diallo, Abdoullah Ba, Jay Matete and Alex Bass.

Substitutions

Sunderland made 4 changes: P. Roberts for J. Bennette (64′), A. Pritchard for A. Diallo (77′), D. Neil for A. Ba (78′) and E. Embleton for J. Matete (78′).

Best player: Anthony Patterson​

The most impressive player for Sunderland was the goalkeeper: Anthony Patterson. His rating is 7.10. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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