Swansea City AFC vs Nottingham Forest FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Nottingham Forest FC

Wed 17 Feb 2021 · 19:00 UTC Liberty Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ryan Bennett 35' Y

Overview

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Swansea City AFC vs Nottingham Forest FC — Championship at Liberty Stadium.

Swansea City AFC 10 games · 23 pts (2026/27)
Nottingham Forest FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kevin Johnson
Referee Richard Wild
Referee Geoff Eltringham
Referee Mark Pottage

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Swansea City AFC 9 games · Avg 3.0 goals Nottingham Forest FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-02-17 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC 2021-01-23 Swansea City AFC 5–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2020-11-29 Nottingham Forest FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC 2020-07-15 Nottingham Forest FC 2–2 Swansea City AFC 2019-09-14 Swansea City AFC 0–1 Nottingham Forest FC

Recent Form

Swansea City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Feb	Nottingham Forest FC	H	1–0	W
10 Feb	Manchester City FC	H	1–3	L
05 Feb	Norwich City FC	H	2–0	W
30 Jan	Rotherham United FC	A	3–1	W
27 Jan	Brentford FC	H	1–1	D
23 Jan	Nottingham Forest FC	H	5–1	W

Nottingham Forest FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Feb	Swansea City AFC	A	0–1	L
13 Feb	AFC Bournemouth	H	0–0	D
06 Feb	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	3–0	W
02 Feb	Coventry City FC	A	2–1	W
30 Jan	Barnsley FC	H	0–0	D
23 Jan	Swansea City AFC	A	1–5	L

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

2/2

46-60

5/1

61-75

2/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Liberty Stadium that hosts another battle between Swansea City AFC and Nottingham Forest FC.
5' Cyrus Christie has been relatively quiet despite scoring 11 goals in his last 346 appearances.
10' Swansea City AFC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' Nottingham Forest FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
30' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
35' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ryan Bennett.
40' Swansea City AFC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Nottingham Forest FC backline.
45' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
50' The home supporters are growing impatient. Swansea City AFC must find a spark to ignite this game.
55' Nottingham Forest FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
60' The travelling Nottingham Forest FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
67' A tactical swap from Swansea City AFC — Jordan Morris on, Kyle Naughton off on 67 minutes.
72' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
75' Glenn Murray gets the nod from Nottingham Forest FC. He replaces Lewis Grabban and will look to change the dynamic.
80' Swansea City AFC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Nottingham Forest FC's shape.
83' A tactical swap from Swansea City AFC — Paul Arriola on, Jamal Lowe off on 83 minutes.
87' GOAL! Connor Roberts fires home to make it 1-0!
88' The Swansea City AFC manager makes a substitution. Conor Hourihane departs to be replaced by Korey Smith.
90' A tactical swap from Nottingham Forest FC — Alexander Mighten on, Anthony Knockaert off on 90 minutes.
Full Time. Swansea City AFC beats Nottingham Forest FC

Lineups

Swansea City AFC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steve Cooper

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

Starting XI

28
Anthony Knockaert ↓ Alexander Mighten 90'
7
Lewis Grabban C ↓ Glenn Murray 75'
23
Joe Lolley
3
Tobias Figueiredo
2
Cyrus Christie
30
Brice Samba
18
Cafu
27
Filip Krovinovic ↓ Lyle Taylor 88'
5
Yuri Ribeiro
4
Joe Worrall
37
James Garner

Bench

Coach Chris Hughton

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Connor Roberts	3
Sam Surridge	3
Sammy Ameobi	2
Matt Grimes	2
Liam Cullen	2
Molla Wague	1
Cafu	1
Brennan Johnson	1

Head to Head

Swansea City AFC Form

2021-02-17 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC W 2021-02-10 Swansea City AFC 1–3 Manchester City FC L 2021-02-05 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Norwich City FC W 2021-01-30 Rotherham United FC 1–3 Swansea City AFC W 2021-01-27 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Brentford FC D 2021-01-23 Swansea City AFC 5–1 Nottingham Forest FC W

Nottingham Forest FC Form

2021-02-17 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2021-02-13 Nottingham Forest FC 0–0 AFC Bournemouth D 2021-02-06 Wycombe Wanderers FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC W 2021-02-02 Coventry City FC 1–2 Nottingham Forest FC W 2021-01-30 Nottingham Forest FC 0–0 Barnsley FC D 2021-01-23 Swansea City AFC 5–1 Nottingham Forest FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.51 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Nottingham Forest FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC50% Draw26% Nottingham Forest FC24%

Actual: Swansea City AFC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.58

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw

76%

Draw or Nottingham Forest FC

50%

Swansea City AFC or Nottingham Forest FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC33% Draw48% Nottingham Forest FC19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

9.6%

2 – 1

8.9%

2 – 0

8.4%

0 – 1

7.1%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.5%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

3 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Nottingham Forest FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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