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Swansea City v Brentford - Match Preview

Swansea City v Brentford - Match Preview
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Swansea City slumped to a third defeat on the trot in the Championship on Saturday when they were handed a 2-1 loss away at Nottingham Forest which followed previous  defeats to Norwich City and West Brom, and became their fifth loss in six matches overall in the Championship.

However, Graham Potter’s side return to the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night where they’ll entertain Brentford and the hosts have put together a useful five-match sequence without defeat which includes wins against 3rd placed Sheffield United, along with victories over relegation strugglers, Millwall and Bolton Wanderers.

Swansea City occupy 15th place in the Championship and 8 of their 13 league wins to date have been recorded at Liberty Stadium, but although Brentford occupy 13th place and are nine points adrift of the play-off pack, Swansea will fancy their chances of extending this unbeaten run on home turf.

Midfielder Roberts (4 goals) along with forwards McBurnie (16 goals) and Celina (5 goals) look the most likely to score for The Swans who will be looking to record a third consecutive home win on Tuesday night.

Brentford currently occupy a comfortable mid-table position as they sit in 13th place and still have an outside chance of claiming a top six finish, but The Bees’ success this season has been heavily dependent upon their form at Griffin Park where 11 of their 13 wins this term have been achieved.

Brentford have lost just 5 of their 19 home matches in this campaign, but their form away from home has told a very different story as the visitors have collected just 2 away wins from their 19 trips so far this season.

The Bees head into this encounter at Swansea having gone three league matches without a win as they’ve suffered back-to-back defeats to Sheffield United and West Brom, along with a point in a 0-0 draw away at Wigan Athletic.

With just 2 away wins from their last 21 matches on their travels, Brentford are not renowned for their prowess on their travels and indeed could well come a cropper in Wales on Tuesday night.

It’s true that Brentford possess serious goal threats in the shape of midfielder Canos (6 goals) along with forwards Maupay (20 goals), as well as Watkins and Benrahma (9 goals apiece), but The Bees’ defence have managed just 2 clean sheets from their 19 away matches to date.

We could see some goals here, but Swansea City should edge the points in this one.

Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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