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Swansea City

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Swansea City will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 3-1 EFL Cup triumph against Gillingham.

In that game, Swansea City managed 78% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Swansea City, the scorers were Ronald (24'), Liam Cullen (70') and Azeem Abdulai (96'). Gillingham had 4 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Oliver Hawkins (87') was the scorer for Gillingham.

Their latest results reveal that quality has been evident in the Swansea City defence. Swansea City have been stingy, seeing the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous 6 matches standing at 4.

Preston North End

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Preston North End will go into this match following on from a 2-0 EFL Cup win over Sunderland in their last fixture.

In that match, Preston North End managed 46% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Preston North End, the goals were scored by Ryan Ledson (37') and Mads Frøkjær-Jensen (70'). At the other end, Sunderland had 12 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Preston North End have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 13 goals overall. Defensively, Preston North End have seen their frailties exposed. That sort of trend might not follow through here, though.

Analysis of their past results shows that Preston North End:

• have not won against Swansea City when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 28/08/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Swansea City winning 3 of those games, Preston North End 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined total of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 from The Swans and 9 for The Lilywhites. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Championship match day 23 on 22/12/2023 when it finished Swansea City 2-1 Preston North End.

That day, Swansea City managed 62% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jamie Paterson (60', 95').

For their opponents, Preston North End got 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Liam Millar (67') scored.

The match was refereed by Bobby Madley.

ℹ️ Team News: Swansea City

Andy Fisher (unknown injury), Sam Parker (Hamstring injury), Joe Allen (Toe injury) and Josh Ginnelly (Achilles tendon rupture) are not available for Swansea City boss Luke Williams.

It looks as if The Swans could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon, Matt Grimes, Jay Fulton, Ji-sung Eom, Gonçalo Franco, Ronald and Liam Cullen.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

Owing to an otherwise full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness problem for the Preston North End boss to be concerned about. Finlay Cross-Adair (traffic accident) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that The Lilywhites seem likely to utilise a 3-4-1-2 lineup, settling for Freddie Woodman, Andrew Hughes, Liam Lindsay, Jordan Storey, Brad Potts, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Robert Brady, M. Frøkjær-Jensen, Will Keane and Emil Riis Jakobsen.

⚡ Prediction

We’re envisaging that Preston North End will have to play well to find the net against this Swansea City outfit who we think will get the vital goal that wins it.

That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 1-0 advantage for Swansea City at the end of this game.

Let’s see.

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Victor Martins, 13:04 17/08/2024