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The Championship meeting at Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday will see home side Swansea City ready themselves for the challenge from opponents Rotherham United.
Our tips, poll and stats for Swansea City v Rotherham United can all be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Swansea City
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Swansea City will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 3-0 Championship success against Stoke City.
In that game, Swansea City had 51% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Swansea City, the goals were scored by Liam Cullen (19'), Matt Grimes (53') and Josh Key (73'). Stoke City had 10 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
Swansea City havenโt made the most of their chances of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 vs opposition teams during their last 6 outings. In those games, Swansea City have also seen the number of goals against them total 6.
Going into this one, Swansea City are unbeaten in the league by Rotherham United in their previous 6 matches.
Rotherham United
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Since being beaten in their last game against West Bromwich Albion in Championship action, Rotherham United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Rotherham United had 32% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, West Bromwich Albion had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Brandon Thomas-Asante (23') and John Swift (45') scored for West Bromwich Albion.
The strike force from Rotherham United have been starved of goals over their last six games, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 2. In those matches, The Millers have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 15. Even so, time will tell if that pattern might be replicated in this match.
Looking at their past form shows that Rotherham United:
- have not beaten Swansea City when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
- havenโt won away from home in the past 34 matches in the league. What a horror away run it has been.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Delving into their past head to head results going back to 19/04/2019 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to Rotherham United. They have not been able to come away with any victories at all while Swansea City have maintained the edge over them, winning in 67% of those matches.
A combined total of 19 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 12 of them for The Swans and 7 created by The Millers. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
The last league fixture between these clubs was Championship match day 20 on 09/12/2023 when the final score was Rotherham United 1-2 Swansea City.
On that occasion, Rotherham United managed 30% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Sam Nombe (64').
On the other side, Swansea City had 19 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Charlie Patino (45') and Jerry Yates (73') scored.
The referee was Joshua Smith.
๐ Team News: Swansea City
Przemyslaw Placheta (Hamstring injury), Kyle Naughton (Hamstring injury), Harrison Ashby (Muscle injury), Joe Allen (Toe injury) and Josh Ginnelly (Achilles tendon rupture) wonโt be available for Swansea City manager Luke Williams.
Itโs our opinion that The Swans will probably use the 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Carl Rushworth, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Ronald, Oliver Cooper, Jamie Paterson and Liam Cullen.
๐ฐ Team News: Rotherham United
Due to a fully healthy group ready to go, the Rotherham United boss Leam Richardson doesnโt have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.
Itโs our belief that The Millers appear most likely to play in a 5-4-1 system, going with Viktor Johansson, Sebastian Revan, Hakeem Odoffin, Lee Peltier, Cameron Humphreys, Cohen Bramall, Femi Seriki, Andy Rinomhota, Sam Clucas, Cafu and Tom Eaves.
๐ญ Prediction
Itโs looking like Rotherham United will need to be at their best to be getting goals against a Swansea City lineup who look set to win well here.
We reckon that it will be a very comprehensive 3-0 winning margin for Swansea City by the conclusion of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 13:01 13/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Swansea City
Formed: 1912
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium (21,088)
Captain: Matt Grimes
Chairman: Andy Coleman
Manager: Luke Williams
Competitions: Championship position 15
๐ Key Player: Liam Cullen
Typically playing in the Striker position, Liam Cullen was born in Tenby, Wales. Having made his senior debut playing for Swansea City in the 2019 - 2020 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed to score 6 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 40 appearances.
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42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 88 | LWWLL |
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42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 88 | WWWLD |
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43 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 87 | DWLDL |
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40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 78 | WDLDW |
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42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 72 | WDDDW |
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42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 68 | WWLWD |
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41 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 63 | WWLWL |
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41 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 63 | WWLDW |
9 |
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42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 62 | DDWWD |
10 |
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41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 62 | DLLWD |
11 |
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42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 59 | LLWLW |
12 |
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42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 57 | LWWDW |
13 |
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42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 53 | DWLDD |
14 |
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42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 52 | WDDDD |
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42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 50 | WDLLW |
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43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 49 | LWDLW |
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43 | 12 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 48 | LLWDW |
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42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 47 | DWWLD |
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42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 47 | LDLLW |
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42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 46 | LWDDL |
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42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | -23 | 43 | DLDWL |
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42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | -31 | 43 | LDLWD |
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42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 42 | LLWLL |
24 |
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42 | 4 | 11 | 27 | -52 | 23 | DLWLL |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 2.8 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Jamal Lowe | 9 |
Jerry Yates | 8 |
Liam Cullen | 7 |
Jamie Paterson | 6 |
Harry Darling | 3 |
Tom Eaves | 4 |
Hakeem Odoffin | 4 |
Jordan Hugill | 3 |
Cafรบ | 2 |
Sam Nombe | 2 |
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