BURNLEY. Burnley wipes out Swansea City 4-0 with goals of Vitinho (15′), J. Rodriguez (29′), A. Zaroury (45′) and J. Rodriguez (57′).

The match was played at the Turf Moor stadium in Burnley on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Steve Martin with the assistance of Mark Dwyer and Matthew Smith. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.4 degrees Celsius or 50.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Burnley was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Swansea City that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Burnley was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Burnley won the match​.

Burnley shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Swansea City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Burnley received 1 yellow card (J. Brownhill). On the opposite side, Swansea City received 4 yellow cards (M. Sorinola, B. Cabango, J. Fulton and J. Latibeaudiere).

Also, Swansea City didn’t end the match with 11 players after J. Piroe (Swansea City) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (74′).

Standings

After playing this match, Burnley will have 25 points like Sheffield United to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Swansea City will stay with 21 points like Luton Town to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Burnley will host Rotherham United on the 2nd of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Burnley (0 draws).

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

Burnley – Formation

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

The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: Arijanet Murić (6.9), Vitinho (7.7), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (7.5), Jordan Beyer (6.6), Ian Maatsen (7.2), Josh Cullen (6.9), Jack Cork (7.1), Nathan Tella (6.2), Josh Brownhill (8.0), Anass Zaroury (8.4) and Jay Rodriguez (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ashley Barnes (6.5), Jóhann Guðmundsson (6.9), CJ Egan-Riley, Samuel Bastien (6.2), Manuel Benson (6.6), Bailey Peacock-Farrell and Charlie Taylor.

Substitutions

Burnley made 5 changes: N. Tella for J. Gudmundsson (62′), J. Rodriguez for A. Barnes (77′), A. Zaroury for M. Benson (77′), J. Cork for S. Bastien (77′) and I. Maatsen for C. Egan-Riley (85′).

Best player: Anass Zaroury​

The player that probably impressed the most for Burnley was Anass Zaroury.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

Swansea City – Formation

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

Russell Martin played with: Steven-Andreas Benda (6.0), Nathan Wood-Gordon (6.0), Kyle Naughton (5.8), Ben Cabango (5.6), Joel Latibeaudiere (6.1), Jay Fulton (6.4), Matt Grimes (7.1), Matthew Sorinola (6.4), Joël Piroe (6.7), Olivier Ntcham (6.3) and Michael Obafemi (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrew Fisher, Oliver Cooper (6.6), Liam Cullen (6.6), Armstrong Oko-Flex, Harry Darling, Finley Stevens (6.3) and Luke Cundle.

Substitutions

Swansea City made 3 changes: O. Ntcham for O. Cooper (63′), M. Obafemi for L. Cullen (63′) and M. Sorinola for F. Stevens (75′).

Best player: Matt Grimes​

The most impressive player for Swansea City was Matt Grimes.

His rating is (7.1) with 75 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Watford – Norwich City – 2-1
• Sunderland – Wigan Athletic – 2-1
• Sheffield United – Blackpool – 3-3
• Rotherham United – Huddersfield Town – 2-1
• Reading – West Bromwich Albion – 0-2
• Preston North End – Stoke City – 0-2
• Middlesbrough – Blackburn Rovers – 1-2
• Luton Town – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
• Cardiff City – Coventry City – 0-1
• Burnley – Swansea City – 4-0
• Bristol City – Millwall – 1-2