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 15 games · 26 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Swansea City AFC 17 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
#6	Position	#13
26	Points	21
15	Played	15
8 / 2 / 5	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 6
22	Scored	22
18	Conceded	23
+4	GD	-1
1.73	PPG	1.40
53%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

40% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 6th (26 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 13th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

0-15

4/5

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/5

46-60

6/1

61-75

2/–

76+

3/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

4/5

46-60

7/4

61-75

1/3

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

Adam Idah	4 G	1 A
Joseph Opoku	3 G	2 A
Moussa Kounfolo Yeo	3 G
Ji-sung Eom	2 G	2 A

Blackburn Rovers FC

Andri Gudjohnsen	10 G	1 A
Oladapo Afolayan	5 G	2 A
Todd Cantwell	2 G
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Swansea City AFC gets underway.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Swansea City AFC and Blackburn Rovers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Swansea City AFC in their trying to find a way past Blackburn Rovers FC's compact .
15' Swansea City AFC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Joseph Opoku scoring 1 goals.
20' Jay Fulton catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 20.
25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Swansea City AFC and Blackburn Rovers FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
31' It’s a booking for Swansea City AFC player. Joel Piroe gets a Yellow card.
35' That is a Yellow card for Blackburn Rovers FC. Sam Gallagher will be fuming at that decision.
39' A stunning finish from Samuel Szmodics — that came from absolutely nowhere!
44' Swansea City AFC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
49' Daniel Ayala is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Swansea City AFC so far.
52' The Swansea City AFC bench stirs into life. Jay Fulton is withdrawn and Jamie Paterson gets his opportunity.
57' The deadlock is broken! Ben Brereton gets on the scoresheet on 57 minutes.
58' A change in the Blackburn Rovers FC ranks — Samuel Szmodics exits the field as Tayo Edun enters on 58.
63' Blackburn Rovers FC is showing some good football. However, Blackburn Rovers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
68' It looks surprising Swansea City AFC does not make any changes. Ryan Hedges has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
70' Matthew Sorinola gets the nod from Swansea City AFC. He replaces Joel Latibeaudiere and will look to change the dynamic.
75' Ryan Manning has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 358 appearances.
77' Swansea City AFC ring the changes. Jules Ntcham has done his job and it is now time for Cameron Congreve to step up.
79' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Ryan Hedges is replaced by Tyrhys Dolan.
84' Brilliant from the ! Lewis Travis makes it 0-3 with a superb finish on 84.
86' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Michael Obafemi on 86 minutes.
89' It is a substitution in Blackburn Rovers FC team. John Buckley is replaced by Tyler Morton on 89 minute.
It finishes all square. Swansea City AFC and Blackburn Rovers FC share the spoils 0-3.

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
Benjamin Cabango	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

1.29 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Swansea City AFC or Blackburn Rovers FC 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC30% Draw27% Blackburn Rovers FC43%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw

58%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

70%

Swansea City AFC or Blackburn Rovers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC23% Draw45% Blackburn Rovers FC32%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 2

8.9%

0 – 1

0 – 0

7.3%

2 – 1

7.1%

0 – 2

1 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.7%

1 – 3

4.8%

2 – 0

4.5%

0 – 3

Actual

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	21%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

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