Swansea vs Preston 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

51': Ryan Manning

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1 - 0

Introduction

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 Commentary

0': First Half begins.
12': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Substitution, Preston North End. Matthew Olosunde replaces Tom Barkhuizen because of an injury.
45'+1': First Half ends, Swansea City 0, Preston North End 0.
45': Substitution, Swansea City. Hannes Wolf replaces Olivier Ntcham.
51': Goal! Swansea City 1, Preston North End 0. Ryan Manning (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
63': Substitution, Preston North End. Scott Sinclair replaces Joseph Rafferty.
64': Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Swansea City. Kyle Joseph replaces Joël Piroe.
84': Substitution, Preston North End. Ryan Ledson replaces Benjamin Whiteman.
84': Substitution, Swansea City. Jay Fulton replaces Cyrus Christie.
87': Ched Evans (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
87': Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
88': Korey Smith (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Patrick Bauer (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 16,842

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

PNE		SWA
11	Fouls	16
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	3
9	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	1
43.2	Possession	56.8
9	SHOTS	10
1	ON GOAL	4
0.1	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
319	Accurate Passes	478
413	Passes	570
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	1
22	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.1
63	Long Balls	36
37	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	1
7	Effective Tackles	12
17	Tackles	19
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
12	Interceptions	15
10	Effective Clearances	16
10	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

Swansea City (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
18	Ben Hamer (GK)
26	Kyle Naughton
3	Ryan Manning
5	Ben Cabango
8	Matt Grimes
4	Flynn Downes
22	Joel Latibeaudiere
23	Cyrus Christie
17	Joël Piroe
10	Olivier Ntcham
7	Korey Smith

Substitutes:

Andrew Fisher, Jay Fulton, Hannes Wolf, Liam Walsh, Ryan Bennett, Kyle Joseph, Michael Obafemi.

Preston North End (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
12	Daniel Iversen (GK)
5	Patrick Bauer
3	Greg Cunningham
2	Sepp van den Berg
8	Alan Browne
4	Benjamin Whiteman
11	Daniel Johnson
15	Joseph Rafferty
29	Tom Barkhuizen
9	Ched Evans
19	Emil Riis Jakobsen

Substitutes:

Matthew Olosunde, Scott Sinclair, Sean Maguire, Alistair McCann, Liam Lindsay, Connor Ripley, Ryan Ledson.

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