Swansea City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: overcomes 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Obafemi
SWANSEA. Swansea City tops Blackburn Rovers 1-0 after M. Obafemi scored just 1 goal (16').
SWANSEA. Swansea City overcomes Blackburn Rovers 1-0 after M. Obafemi scored just 1 goal (16′).
Swansea City remained in 10 people after R. Manning received a double yellow card in the 54′. Anyway, Swansea City still found a way to win this contest competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Swansea.com Stadium stadium in Swansea on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In the presence of 16,933 spectators. The referee was Tim Robinson who was helped by Andrew Fox and Nigel Lugg. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.73 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 84%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Swansea City was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Blackburn Rovers that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Blackburn Rovers was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Swansea City found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Swansea City shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers shot 17 times, 3 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (O. Ntcham, R. Manning and C. Christie). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (J. Rothwell and J. Buckley).
R. Manning (Swansea City) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (54′).
After playing this match, Swansea City will have 32 points like Hull City to move down in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers will stay with 53 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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16'16'
M. Obafemi
J. Paterson
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24'24'
J. Rothwell
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33'33'
J. Buckley
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37'37'
O. Ntcham
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38'38'
R. Manning
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54'54'
R. Manning
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55'55'
R. Bennett
O. Ntcham
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58'58'
K. Smith
O. Ntcham
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60'60'
R. Khadra
D. Zeefuik
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60'60'
B. Brereton
R. Hedges
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68'68'
J. Rankin-Costello
R. Nyambe
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72'72'
J. Latibeaudiere
J. Piroe
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90'90'
C. Christie
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Swansea City will play away with Stoke City on the 8th of February with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of Stoke City (3 draws).
Blackburn Rovers will host Nottingham Forest on the 9th of February with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).
Swansea City: Formation and Lineups
Swansea City started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Russell Martin chose to play with the following team: Andrew Fisher , Ben Cabango , Flynn Downes , Ryan Manning , Matt Grimes , Cyrus Christie , Olivier Ntcham , Jamie Paterson , Hannes Wolf , Michael Obafemi and Joël Piroe .
Substitutes
Swansea City made 3 changes: O. Ntcham for R. Bennett (55′), O. Ntcham for K. Smith (58′) and J. Piroe for J. Latibeaudiere (72′).
Top player: Michael Obafemi
The player who no doubt impressed Swansea City the most was Michael Obafemi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes.
Blackburn Rovers: Formation and Lineups
Blackburn Rovers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Tony Mowbray played with: Thomas Kaminski , Darragh Lenihan , Jan Paul van Hecke , Scott Wharton , Ryan Nyambe , Lewis Travis , Joe Rothwell , Deyovaisio Zeefuik , Ryan Giles , Ryan Hedges and John Buckley .
Substitutes
Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: D. Zeefuik for R. Khadra (60′), R. Hedges for B. Brereton (60′) and R. Nyambe for J. Rankin-Costello (68′).
Top player: Lewis Travis
The player who no doubt impressed Blackburn Rovers the most was Lewis Travis.
His rating is with 38 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
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