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Swansea City

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Swansea City will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 3-0 Championship success against Preston North End.

In that match, Swansea City had 60% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Swansea City, the goals were scored by Matt Grimes (40'), Azeem Abdulai (61') and Žan Vipotnik (83'). At the other end, Preston North End had 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Luke Williams's Swansea City have netted a sum total of 12 times in their last six outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 5.

Cardiff City

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Burnley in Championship action, Cardiff City and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Cardiff City had 52% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Cardiff City was Ethan Horvath (9' Own goal). At the other end, Burnley got 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Luca Koleosho (31'), Josh Brownhill (51'), Zeki Amdouni (88') and Jóhann Berg Guðmunds­son (92') scored for Burnley.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cardiff City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 17 goals in total. In defence, Cardiff City have some weaknesses to address.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Cardiff City:

• haven't beaten Swansea City when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 17/10/2021 shows that Swansea City have won 5 of these games & Cardiff City 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 14 of them from The Swans and 4 being from The Bluebirds. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Championship match day 38 on 16/03/2024 when it ended Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff City.

On that occasion, Swansea City managed 55% possession and 20 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Liam Cullen (34') and Jamal Lowe (96').

At the other end, Cardiff City got 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by David Webb.

📋 Team News: Swansea City

Sam Parker (Hamstring injury), Joe Allen (Toe injury), Josh Ginnelly (Achilles tendon rupture) and Andy Fisher (Groin surgery) won’t be available for Swansea City manager Luke Williams.

In our view, The Swans may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon, Oliver Cooper, Matt Grimes, Ji-sung Eom, Gonçalo Franco, Ronald and Zan Vipotnik.

🗞️ Team News: Cardiff City

From a largely healthy group of players, there is only a single fitness problem for the Cardiff City manager Erol Bulut to be concerned about. Ryotaro Tsunoda (Partial muscle tear) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that The Bluebirds seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Ethan Horvath, Mahlon Romeo, Jesper Daland, Dimitrios Goutas, Perry Ng, Andy Rinomhota, Manolis Siopis, Yakou Méïté, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock and Wilfried Kanga.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Cardiff City will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Swansea City lineup, although that might not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Swansea City at the end of the match. Let’s just see how this one goes.

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Andre Moura, 13:12 25/08/2024