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Swansea to pick up first league win of the season

Swansea City vs Sheffield United - 14/08/2021

Swansea to pick up first league win of the season
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The English Championship kicked off last weekend. Two teams who enter this weekend’s round of fixtures pointless are Swansea City and Sheffield United who meet at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday night.

Swansea of course suffered defeat in last season’s play-off final, going down 2-0 to Brentford. The Swans lost head coach Steve Cooper in the summer. The Welshman’s replacement is former MK Dons boss Russell Martin.

The new Swans boss kicked his tenure off in South Wales with a 2-1 defeat at Blackburn. However, since the loss, they have recorded a 3-0 win over Reading in the first round of the League Cup.

The opening weekend defeat continued a poor run of form for the Swans from last season, as City have now won just two of their last nine matches in the second tier of the English game.

Their most recent form at the Liberty Stadium has also been unconvincing, as they have won just once in their last six league games on home soil.

Sheffield United’s return to the Championship went badly, as the Blades went down 1-0 at home to Birmingham on the opening weekend.

Like the home side, the team from Yorkshire followed the defeat up with a League Cup win, as they defeated Carlisle 1-0.

The Blades have maintained much of their squad from last season and the appointment of the highly-rated Slavisa Jokanovic looks like a shrewd one. However, they need to get points on the board early doors to avoid an underwhelming campaign.

The Yorkshire outfit could lose their first-choice goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, as Arsenal are reportedly currently negotiating a fee for the 23-year-old. Whether the youngster is in the Blades squad for this clash remains to be seen.

Forebet predicts that Swansea will pick up their league win of the season in a tight, low-scoring encounter.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
423820
1
1 - 0
2.05
16°
3.20
3.20 3.30 2.35 1 1 -1
FT
0 - 0(0 - 0)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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