Championship

Championship | Gameweek 23

Jan 2, 2021 at 3pm UK

Liberty Stadium

Swansea
2 - 1
Watford

Lowe (43', 67')
Guehi (21'), Bidwell (33'), Grimes (45+1')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Cleverley (20')
Chalobah (42'), Masina (90')

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The Match

Match Report

The Swans move above Brentford into the automatic promotion places.

Preview

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

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 36.32%. A win for Watford had a probability of 33.26% and a draw had a probability of 30.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Swansea City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.16%) and 2-1 (7.11%). The likeliest Watford win was 0-1 (12.84%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.51%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Swansea City would win this match.

Result
Swansea City	Draw	Watford
36.32%	30.42%	33.26%

Both teams to score 40.97%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

33.55%

66.45%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

15.11%

84.89%

Swansea City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.08%

34.92%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.34%

71.66%

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.96%

37.04%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.17%

73.83%

Score Analysis

Swansea City 36.31%

Watford 33.25%

Draw 30.41%

Swansea City	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 13.6% 2-0 @ 7.16% 2-1 @ 7.11% 3-0 @ 2.51% 3-1 @ 2.49% 3-2 @ 1.24% Other @ 2.2% Total : 36.31%	1-1 @ 13.51% 0-0 @ 12.93% 2-2 @ 3.53% Other @ 0.44% Total : 30.41%	0-1 @ 12.84% 1-2 @ 6.71% 0-2 @ 6.38% 1-3 @ 2.22% 0-3 @ 2.11% 2-3 @ 1.17% Other @ 1.82% Total : 33.25%

How you voted: Swansea vs Watford

Swansea City

58.6%

Draw

15.7%

Watford

25.7%