Championship

Championship | Gameweek 2

Aug 17, 2024 at 3pm UK

Swansea.com Stadium

Swansea
3 - 0
Preston

Grimes (40' pen.), Abdulai (61'), Vipotnik (83')
Abdulai (59')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Frokjaer-Jensen (34'), Ledson (43'), Whiteman (63')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Swansea City and Preston North End, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Swansea City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Swansea 3-1 Gillingham
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Preston 2-0 Sunderland
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Swansea City win with a probability of 53.86%. A draw had a probability of 25.2% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 20.98%.

The most likely scoreline for a Swansea City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.61%) and 2-1 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.85%), while for a Preston North End win it was 0-1 (7.46%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Swansea City would win this match.

Result
Swansea City	Draw	Preston North End
53.86% ( -0.48)	25.15% ( 0.34)	20.98% ( 0.14)

Both teams to score 46.8% (

-0.76)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.99% (

-1.1)

55.01% (

1.09)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.72% (

-0.91)

76.28% (

0.91)

Swansea City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.58% (

-0.62)

20.42% (

0.62)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.14% (

-1)

52.86% (

0.99)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

58.81% (

-0.48)

41.19% (

0.48)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.27% (

-0.43)

77.73% (

0.43)

Score Analysis

Swansea City 53.86%

Preston North End 20.98%

Draw 25.15%

Swansea City	Draw	Preston North End
1-0 @ 13.36% ( 0.31) 2-0 @ 10.61% ( 0.04) 2-1 @ 9.42% ( -0.09) 3-0 @ 5.62% ( -0.09) 3-1 @ 4.99% ( -0.14) 4-0 @ 2.23% ( -0.08) 3-2 @ 2.21% ( -0.09) 4-1 @ 1.98% ( -0.1) Other @ 3.44% Total : 53.86%	1-1 @ 11.85% ( 0.12) 0-0 @ 8.41% ( 0.35) 2-2 @ 4.18% ( -0.09) Other @ 0.72% Total : 25.15%	0-1 @ 7.46% ( 0.22) 1-2 @ 5.26% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 3.31% ( 0.05) 1-3 @ 1.55% ( -0.02) 2-3 @ 1.23% ( -0.04) 0-3 @ 0.98% ( 0) Other @ 1.2% Total : 20.98%