A spirited second half performance at Swansea City looked to have earned a surprised victory for 10-man Birmingham City, but Oliver McBurnie’s strike 15 seconds from the final whistle denied Garry Monk a winning return to the Liberty Stadium in a 3-3 draw. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Smooth Swansea Graham Potter… Read more →
Joe Allen struck against his former club to give underachieving Stoke City a 1-0 win over fast-starters Swansea City. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Stoke City Jack Butland – the goalkeeper has had a mixed start to his Championship season and needs to improve on many things if he is to get into… Read more →
Swansea City and Leeds United continued their unbeaten starts to the Championship campaign with a 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Swansea City Erwin Mulder – with Kristoffer Nordfeldt out injured, Swansea had to lean on the 6’4″ goalkeeper and he has so far proved… Read more →
Swansea City and Leeds United continued their unbeaten starts to the Championship campaign with a 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night. Superbly structured Swansea When Swansea drew 0-0 at Birmingham on Friday night, they were often caught trying to play out from the back. The question here was whether they would stay… Read more →
Despite an impressive performance, Birmingham City were held to a 0-0 draw by Swansea City at St Andrews on Friday night. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Birmingham City Lee Camp – untested in the usual sense, but his distribution was reasonably good; although some of the time he lost possession due to his… Read more →
Despite an impressive performance, Birmingham City were held to a 0-0 draw by Swansea City at St Andrews on Friday night. Here’s six things from the game. Birmingham’s dominance Garry Monk’s side pressed superbly. Omar Bogle harried with the vigour one would expect from a player making his home debut for his boyhood club while… Read more →
Jesse Lingard’s brace saw reigning League Cup winners Manchester United move into the last eight of the competition with a 2-0 win over Swansea. Here’s our player ratings from the match. Swansea City Kristoffer Nordtfeldt – ironically, he looked perhaps more suspect when United didn’t score than when they did. Could not do too much… Read more →
Jesse Lingard’s brace saw reigning League Cup winners Manchester United move into the last eight of the competition with a 2-0 win over Swansea. Here’s five things from the match. A night of discipline We saw a match between two disciplined sides who rarely applied direct pressure on the ball, meaning that possession did not… Read more →
Both teams got their first goals and victories of the season before the international break: Newcastle beat West Ham 3-0 to relieve some pressure while Swansea won 2-0 at Crystal Palace. Head coach Paul Clement will be pleased with the confidence his side showed at Selhurst Park, especially in the final third, Jordan Ayew’s mobility… Read more →
Joe Allen and Wilfried Bony had once been important players at Swansea City and the club had previously targeted a return for both. It was somewhat gut-wrenching therefore, for fans to see the two players combine against them twice for Stoke City in a 3-1 defeat on Halloween. Bony’s Allen-assisted brace sandwiched Wayne Routledge’s swift equalizer and… Read more →