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Championship | Gameweek 37
Mar 7, 2020 at 3pm UK
 
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Preview: Swansea City vs. West Bromwich Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole provides team news, predicted lineups and a full preview of Saturday's Championship fixture between Swansea City and West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion make the trip to the Liberty Stadium to face Swansea City looking to respond to last weekend's surprise defeat to Wigan Athletic.

Meanwhile, the Swans welcome the Championship leaders on Saturday afternoon sitting four points adrift of the playoffs after two matches without a win.


Match preview

West Brom boss Slaven Bilic on February 15, 2020© Reuters

Given the mass changes which were made for Tuesday's FA Cup tie with Newcastle United, it suggested that Slaven Bilic was not too disappointed to miss out on a place in the quarter-finals.

Nevertheless, the manner of the defeat, which saw three goals conceded during a 14-minute period either side of half time, will concern the Croatian ahead of what is now an important trip to South Wales.

Although promotion by any means necessary is the main goal, defeat at the Liberty Stadium would provide Leeds United with the opportunity to move to the top of the table, as well as leave the Baggies with three setbacks on the bounce.

Keeping things in context, West Brom still have 16 points from their last seven outings in the Championship - form which will be more than enough to regain their place back in the Premier League.

Bilic has also witnessed his team score at least two goals in six of those matches, a return which indicates that it will take more than two disappointing results to derail their bid to return to the top flight.

As for Swansea, they welcome the league leaders to their home ground having recorded just one win from their last eight outings in the Championship.

Despite remaining in close proximity to the top six, Steve Cooper's team have struggled for any kind of consistency of late, undermining their strong first half of the season.

In four of their last six matches, Swansea have conceded goals in the closing stages which have lost them points, including three strikes in the 90th minute.

While it is a highly unusual trend, it cannot be deemed a coincidence, and Cooper must find a solution to his team's lack of focus at pivotal moments in matches if they are to avoid dropping into mid-table with little to play for over the coming weeks.

Swansea City Championship form: LDDWLD

West Bromwich Albion Championship form: WWLWWL
West Bromwich Albion form (all competitions): WDWWLL


Team News

Swansea boss Steve Cooper on February 1, 2020© Reuters

Swansea are likely to be without Andre Ayew and Bersant Celina, who are suffering with foot and pelvic injuries respectively.

Nathan Dyer and Yan Dhanda will be hoping to earn a recall to the starting lineup, although the inclusion of Connor Roberts down the right should not be ruled out.

The rest of the team may remain the same, with Watford loanee Ben Wilmot having to make do with a spot among the replacements.

Bilic is again expected to make changes to his Baggies side, bringing back the majority of the players who dropped out for the Newcastle fixture.

Kamil Grosicki and Callum Robinson are both challenging to start after missing that game due to being cup-tied.

With Ahmed Hegazi continuing to be sidelined, Kyle Bartley should partner Semi Ajayi in defence.

Swansea City possible starting lineup:
Woodman; Naughton, Cabango, Rodon, Bidwell; Fulton, Grimes; Garrick, Gallagher, Dhanda; Brewster

West Bromwich Albion possible starting lineup:
Johnstone; O'Shea, Ajayi, Bartley, Townsend; Harper, Livermore, Krovinovic; Pereira, Rosbon-Kanu, Robinson


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We say: Swansea City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Bilic is not used to witnessing his side suffer back-to-back defeats, and we feel that he will get a positive response to the double setback. While Swansea should be competitive throughout the contest, the Baggies could claim all three points in South Wales.



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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 win with a probability of 37.4%. A win for had a probability of 37.1% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a win was 0-1 with a probability of 8.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.34%) and 0-2 (6.06%). The likeliest win was 1-0 (8.72%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.05%).


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