Ace Football previews the Championship round 25 match between Swansea and West Bromwich and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Swansea and West Bromwich will be desperate for points this coming Thursday, as both are very eager to escape their current disappointing position. The question is, whether either team has the guts to go all-out pursuing an important win, or a cautious draw is on the cards instead?
Form: Swansea vs West Bromwich
Swansea Form
Swansea have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Wrexham by 2-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-0 against Coventry, before achieving a 0-1 win against Oxford. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Swansea but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six Championship matches. They didn’t draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring nine goals while conceding eight.
West Bromwich Form
In their last three matches, West Bromwich lost against Hull and Bristol City by 1-0 and 1-2, respectively, and beat Queens Park Rangers by 2-1. West Bromwich are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew zero and lost six. They conceded 12 goals while scoring five themselves.
Betting stats for Swansea and West Bromwich
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Swansea and West Bromwich. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Swansea matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Swansea matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Swansea have won the last 3 home matches in a row while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- Swansea have won the last 3 home matches in a row in the Championship while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 6 of the last 7 Swansea home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- West Bromwich have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- West Bromwich have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- West Bromwich have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches and the sum of goals was over 3.5
- West Bromwich have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches in the Championship and the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 3 West Bromwich matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
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Full-time result
Swansea claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing five. West Bromwich won one of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost nine of the games in this run. Swansea have not lost to West Bromwich in 5 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Swansea scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. West Bromwich scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. West Bromwich managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Swansea were first on target in four of their last 10 outings. Swansea have scored in 4 consecutive home meetings with West Bromwich.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Swansea, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. In the last ten games for West Bromwich, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves.
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