Swansea City and Rotherham United meet at Liberty Stadium, in a match for the 43rd round of the Championship. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 03-11-2018, Rotherham United won home (2-1). In this match the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results obtained at home and as a visitor.
Swansea City:
The home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 56 points won, after 16 wins, 8 draws and 17 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Stoke City, by (3-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Queens Park Rangers, by (4-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 28 conceded; against 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 32 goals scored and 20 suffered. In the last 10 home league matches Swansea City has a record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 23 points out of 30 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 41 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 17 times and only managed 4 comebacks.
The Swansea arrives at this game with a heavy defeat, by 4-0, in the displacement to the land of the QPR, placing a final point to the three successive triumphs in this competition. It is important to underline that the locals have won the last five games played at home. On this day, against Rotherham, coach Graham Potter must keep the team in 4-2-3-1, to control the maintenance of ball possession and organized attacks: Oliver McBurnie is one of the main game organizers. In addition, the player mentioned above is the best marker of this formation, with 17 goals scored. Olsson, Mulder and Leroy Fer continue from outside the game due to injury.
Rotherham United:
The away team is currently in the 22 th position of the league, with 40 points won, after 8 wins, 16 draws and 18 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Aston Villa, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Stoke City, by (2-2). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 1 win, 7 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 32 conceded; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 28 suffered. For the league, Rotherham United won 7 points out of 30 possible points, after 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (8 out of 21 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 42 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 23 times and only managed 1 comeback. In the last 21 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 7 of their 16 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).
The Rotherham comes to this match with a draw, 2-2, on the grounds of Stoke, thus adding the second continuous match without beating in this competition: Smith and Crooks marked the blows of the team. In this game away from home coach Paul Warne must align his team in the same tactical system of the last game, that is, in 4-3-3, being Michael Smith the most advanced man of the visitors. Semi Ajayi is the great highlight of Rotherham, with 7 goals scored. For this game the coach can count on all his players.
PREDICTION: Swansea to win @ 1,63
