Swansea City AFC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

Swansea City AFC

3 – 0

Full Time

Preston North End FC

Sat 17 Aug 2024 · 14:00 UTC Swansea.com Stadium 14,037 HT 45' · FT 45'

Matt Grimes pen 40' 1–0

Azeem Abdulai 61' 2–0

Zan Vipotnik 83' 3–0

Y 34' Mads Frokjaer-Jensen

Y 43' Ryan Ledson

Azeem Abdulai 59' Y

Y 64' Ben Whiteman

Overview

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Swansea City AFC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at Swansea.com Stadium.

Swansea City AFC 8 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Stephen Martin (England)
Assistant 1 Mark Dwyer
Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson

4 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 13.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 2.4 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-08-17 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Preston North End FC 2023-12-22 Swansea City AFC 2–1 Preston North End FC 2023-08-26 Preston North End FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC 2023-04-19 Swansea City AFC 4–2 Preston North End FC 2022-11-01 Preston North End FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC

Recent Form

Swansea City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Aug	Preston North End FC	H	3–0	W
10 Aug	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–1	L
04 May	Millwall FC	H	0–1	L
27 Apr	Norwich City FC	A	2–2	D
20 Apr	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	4–0	W
13 Apr	Rotherham United FC	H	1–0	W

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Aug	Swansea City AFC	A	0–3	L
09 Aug	Sheffield United FC	H	0–2	L
04 May	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–3	L
29 Apr	Leicester City FC	H	0–3	L
20 Apr	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	0–1	L
16 Apr	Southampton FC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Swansea City AFC		Preston North End FC
#1	Position	#23
17	Points	4
8	Played	8
5 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 6
13	Scored	8
6	Conceded	15
+7	GD	-7
2.13	PPG	0.50
63%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 1st (17 pts). Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 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

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ 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

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Swansea City AFC and Preston North End FC has kicked off!
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Preston North End FC have won 417 goals from 382 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' It looks surprising Swansea City AFC does not make any changes. Liam Cullen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' Swansea City AFC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' The travelling Preston North End FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
34' Mads Frokjaer-Jensen was booked on 34.
39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
40' What composure from Matt Grimes! The England international strokes it home. 1-0.
43' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a card on 43.
48' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Stefan Teitur Thordarson made 2 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
53' Ben Whiteman is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Preston North End FC so far.
57' Swansea City AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Azeem Abdulai is hanging Ji-sung Eom on the field on 57 minute.
59' That is a card for Swansea City AFC. Azeem Abdulai will be fuming at that decision.
61' Azeem Abdulai has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 61 minutes.
64' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a card on 64.
64' Milutin Osmajic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Emil Riis Jakobsen at the 64 minute mark.
65' A change in the Swansea City AFC ranks — Goncalo Franco exits the field as Jay Fulton enters on 65.
66' Another substitution for Swansea City AFC to replace Liam Cullen by Zan Vipotnik on 66 minute.
71' Swansea City AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
72' Preston North End FC make a change. Mads Frokjaer-Jensen trudges off to be replaced by Duane Holmes on 72 minutes.
77' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
82' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
83' GOAL! Zan Vipotnik scores on 83. Assisted by Azeem Abdulai
88' Swansea City AFC make a change. Josh Tymon trudges off to be replaced by Nathan Tjoe-A-On on 88 minutes.
3-0 the final result. Preston North End FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Swansea City AFC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

4
Jay Fulton ↑ 65'
26
Kyle Naughton ↑ 65'
3
Kristian Pedersen
21
Nathan Tjoe-A-On ↑ 88'
47
Azeem Abdulai ↑ 57'
29
Nathan Broome
9
Zan Vipotnik ↑ 66'
44
Joshua Thomas
43
Daniel Watts

Coach Luke Williams

Preston North End FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

11
Robbie Brady ↓ Sam Greenwood 66'
6
Liam Lindsay
44
Brad Potts
16
Andrew Hughes
18
Ryan Ledson ↓ Jeppe Okkels 64'
14
Jordan Storey
4
Ben Whiteman
1
Freddie Woodman
9
Emil Riis Jakobsen ↓ Milutin Osmajic 64'
22
Stefan Teitur Thordarson
10
Mads Frokjaer-Jensen ↓ Duane Holmes 72'

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Joel Piroe	3
Matt Grimes	2
Daniel Johnson	2
Jamie Paterson	2
Borja Baston	2
Morgan Gibbs-White	1
Harry Darling	1
Duane Holmes	1

Head to Head

Swansea City AFC Form

2024-08-17 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Preston North End FC W 2024-08-10 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC L 2024-05-04 Swansea City AFC 0–1 Millwall FC L 2024-04-27 Norwich City FC 2–2 Swansea City AFC D 2024-04-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–4 Swansea City AFC W 2024-04-13 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Rotherham United FC W

Preston North End FC Form

2024-08-17 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Preston North End FC L 2024-08-09 Preston North End FC 0–2 Sheffield United FC L 2024-05-04 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–0 Preston North End FC L 2024-04-29 Preston North End FC 0–3 Leicester City FC L 2024-04-20 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2024-04-16 Southampton FC 3–0 Preston North End FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.27 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.54 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Swansea City AFC to win 72% + Under — clean sheet likely 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC72% Draw19% Preston North End FC9%

Actual: Swansea City AFC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes38% 0% No62%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw

90%

Draw or Preston North End FC

28%

Swansea City AFC or Preston North End FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC54% Draw40% Preston North End FC6%

Actual: Swansea City AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

15.3%

1 – 0

13.4%

3 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 1

7.9%

0 – 0

7.6%

4 – 0

6.4%

3 – 1

6.2%

4 – 1

3.6%

5 – 0

0 – 1

2.6%

2 – 2

2.2%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	23%	48%
-1.5	52%	—	48%
-1	52%	23%	24%
-0.5	76%	—	24%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	5%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

59% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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