Swansea City AFC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

Swansea City AFC

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Sat 6 Aug 2022 · 14:00 UTC Swansea.com Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Jay Fulton 20' Y

Joel Piroe 31' Y

Y 35' Sam Gallagher

Michael Obafemi 86' Y

Overview

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Swansea City AFC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Swansea.com Stadium.

Swansea City AFC 8 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Swansea City AFC 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-08-06 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2022-02-05 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2021-08-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC 2021-03-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC 2020-10-31 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Swansea City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Aug	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–3	L
30 Jul	Rotherham United FC	A	1–1	D
07 May	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–1	L
30 Apr	Nottingham Forest FC	A	1–5	L
26 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	H	3–3	D
23 Apr	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–1	D

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Aug	Swansea City AFC	A	3–0	W
30 Jul	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–0	W
07 May	Birmingham City FC	A	2–1	W
30 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	H	0–3	L
25 Apr	Preston North End FC	A	4–1	W
18 Apr	Stoke City FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Swansea City AFC		Blackburn Rovers FC
#1	Position	#16
17	Points	9
8	Played	8
5 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 3 / 3
13	Scored	12
6	Conceded	12
+7	GD	+0
2.13	PPG	1.13
63%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 1st (17 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/2

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

–/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

Adam Idah	3 G	1 A
Ji-sung Eom	2 G	2 A
Joseph Opoku	2 G

Blackburn Rovers FC

Oladapo Afolayan	3 G	2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen	3 G	1 A
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Swansea City AFC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Blackburn Rovers FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
15' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
20' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jay Fulton.
25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
30' Swansea City AFC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
31' That is a Yellow card for Swansea City AFC. Joel Piroe will be fuming at that decision.
35' That is a Yellow card for Blackburn Rovers FC. Sam Gallagher will be fuming at that decision.
39' Samuel Szmodics adds to his 2 season tally! Blackburn Rovers FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
44' Blackburn Rovers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
49' A quiet spell here at Swansea.com Stadium. Swansea City AFC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
52' Jamie Paterson is replacing Jay Fulton for the Swansea City AFC side.
57' Ben Brereton adds to his 0 season tally! Blackburn Rovers FC lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
58' The Blackburn Rovers FC manager makes a substitution. Samuel Szmodics departs to be replaced by Tayo Edun.
63' Wales international Jack Vale has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
68' It looks surprising Blackburn Rovers FC does not make any changes. Ryan Hedges has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
70' Swansea City AFC make a change. Joel Latibeaudiere trudges off to be replaced by Matthew Sorinola on 70 minutes.
75' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
77' It is a substitution in Swansea City AFC team. Jules Ntcham is replaced by Cameron Congreve on 77 minute.
79' Tyrhys Dolan gets the nod from Blackburn Rovers FC. He replaces Ryan Hedges and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Lewis Travis has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 84 minutes.
86' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Michael Obafemi.
89' A change in the Blackburn Rovers FC ranks — John Buckley exits the field as Tyler Morton enters on 89.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Swansea City AFC Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jay Fulton ↓ Jamie Paterson 52'
8
Matt Grimes
26
Kyle Naughton
23
Nathan Wood-Gordon
1
Andy Fisher
3
Ryan Manning
6
Harry Darling
10
Jules Ntcham ↓ Cameron Congreve 77'
9
Michael Obafemi
17
Joel Piroe
22
Joel Latibeaudiere ↓ Matthew Sorinola 70'

Bench

Coach Russell Martin

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Aynsley Pears
7
Tayo Edun ↑ 58'
23
Bradley Dack
29
Jack Vale ↑ 79'
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↑ 79'
6
Tyler Morton ↑ 89'
33
Ashley Phillips

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Andre Ayew	4
Ben Brereton	3
Jamie Paterson	2
Bradley Dack	2
Samuel Szmodics	2
Liam Cullen	2
Sam Gallagher	2
Michael Obafemi	1

Head to Head

Swansea City AFC Form

2022-08-06 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2022-07-30 Rotherham United FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2022-05-07 Swansea City AFC 0–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2022-04-30 Nottingham Forest FC 5–1 Swansea City AFC L 2022-04-26 Swansea City AFC 3–3 AFC Bournemouth D 2022-04-23 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC D

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2022-08-06 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-07-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2022-05-07 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-04-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–3 AFC Bournemouth L 2022-04-25 Preston North End FC 1–4 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-04-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Stoke City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.38 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.42 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Swansea City AFC or Blackburn Rovers FC 72% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC34% Draw28% Blackburn Rovers FC38%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.8

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw

62%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

66%

Swansea City AFC or Blackburn Rovers FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC26% Draw46% Blackburn Rovers FC28%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

1 – 2

8.1%

0 – 0

2 – 1

7.9%

0 – 1

7.7%

1 – 0

7.5%

0 – 2

2 – 0

5.7%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.