English League Championship

Swansea City vs Preston North End, 2018-19 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Swansea City
  • 32': Jay Fulton
FT
1 - 0
Preston North End

    About

    Swansea City are hosting Preston North End at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 2': Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
    • 2': Jay Fulton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Ben Pearson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Jay Fulton (Swansea City).
    • 6': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
    • 6': Joe Rodon (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Tom Clarke (Preston North End).
    • 6': Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Joel Asoro (Swansea City).
    • 10': Penalty Swansea City. Barrie McKay draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 10': Penalty conceded by Alan Browne (Preston North End) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 11': Penalty saved! Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 11': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Barrie McKay (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Carroll.
    • 19': Delay in match Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea City) because of an injury.
    • 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 23': Substitution, Swansea City. Erwin Mulder replaces Kristoffer Nordfeldt because of an injury.
    • 24': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
    • 24': Joe Rodon (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
    • 26': Mike van der Hoorn (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Martin Olsson.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Josh Harrop (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Darnell Fisher with a cross.
    • 31': Barrie McKay (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 31': Foul by Darnell Fisher (Preston North End).
    • 32': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 32': Goal! Swansea City 1, Preston North End 0. Jay Fulton (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Joel Asoro with a cross.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Barrie McKay.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Joel Asoro (Swansea City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Barrie McKay.
    • 35': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrew Hughes with a cross.
    • 45': Delay in match Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City) because of an injury.
    • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+2': Bersant Celina (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Martin Olsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 45'+4': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City).
    • 45'+5': Offside, Swansea City. Martin Olsson tries a through ball, but Barrie McKay is caught offside.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Swansea City 1, Preston North End 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Swansea City 1, Preston North End 0.
    • 47': Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Connor Roberts (Swansea City).
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Alan Browne (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Robinson.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 51': Hand ball by Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End).
    • 54': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Joe Rodon.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Browne.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Josh Harrop (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Browne.
    • 56': Substitution, Swansea City. Matt Grimes replaces Joel Asoro.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Josh Harrop (Preston North End) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Harrop.
    • 61': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Mike van der Hoorn.
    • 62': Substitution, Preston North End. Graham Burke replaces Josh Harrop.
    • 63': Ben Davies (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Foul by Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City).
    • 64': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
    • 64': Mike van der Hoorn (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Bersant Celina (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oliver McBurnie.
    • 66': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
    • 67': Attempt saved. Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Robinson with a through ball.
    • 67': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Erwin Mulder.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Jay Fulton (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Bersant Celina (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Carroll.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 72': Substitution, Preston North End. Brandon Barker replaces Tom Barkhuizen.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Graham Burke (Preston North End) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darnell Fisher.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Darnell Fisher with a cross.
    • 75': Substitution, Swansea City. Leroy Fer replaces Barrie McKay.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bersant Celina.
    • 80': Substitution, Preston North End. Paul Gallagher replaces Lukas Nmecha.
    • 83': Connor Roberts (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
    • 83': Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
    • 83': Leroy Fer (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Connor Roberts (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Brandon Barker (Preston North End).
    • 86': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Martin Olsson (Swansea City).
    • 86': Bersant Celina (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Tom Clarke (Preston North End).
    • 90': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Connor Roberts.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Preston North End 0.
    • 90'+4': Match ends, Swansea City 1, Preston North End 0.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    5 Corner Kicks 4
    6 Saves 5
    58 Possession 42
    12 SHOTS 10
    5 ON GOAL 7
    0.4 On Target % 0.7
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    437 Accurate Passes 293
    523 Passes 390
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    7 Accurate Crosses 1
    31 Crosses 9
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    63 Long Balls 55
    32 Accurate Long Balls 20
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    10 Effective Tackles 15
    16 Tackles 21
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    23 Interceptions 17
    16 Effective Clearances 29
    16 Clearances 29

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
    Location: Swansea, Wales
    Attendance: 19,352

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Charlton Athletic 3 +3 9
    2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 +5 7
    3 Swansea City 3 +4 7
    4 Queens Park Rangers 3 +3 7
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SWA Swansea City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Kristoffer Nordfeldt (GK)
    22 Joe Rodon
    5 Mike van der Hoorn
    3 Martin Olsson
    23 Connor Roberts
    10 Bersant Celina
    14 Thomas Carroll
    27 Jay Fulton
    9 Oliver McBurnie
    19 Barrie McKay
    16 Joel Asoro
    Swansea City Substitutes:
    Jefferson Montero, Leroy Fer, Erwin Mulder, Kyle Naughton, Yan Dhanda, Matt Grimes, Nathan Dyer.

    PNE Preston North End (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Declan Rudd (GK)
    6 Ben Davies
    5 Tom Clarke
    4 Ben Pearson
    16 Andrew Hughes
    2 Darnell Fisher Yellow Card
    10 Josh Harrop
    8 Alan Browne
    7 Callum Robinson
    29 Tom Barkhuizen
    45 Lukas Nmecha
    Preston North End Substitutes:
    Louis Moult, Chris Maxwell, Graham Burke, Brandon Barker, Paul Huntington, Paul Gallagher, Ryan Ledson.

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