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

16': Michael Obafemi
53': Ryan Manning

FT
1 - 0

Introduction

Swansea City are hosting Blackburn Rovers at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
16': Goal! Swansea City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Michael Obafemi (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Paterson with a cross.
24': Joe Rothwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33': John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
37': Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Ryan Manning (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
53': Second yellow card to Ryan Manning (Swansea City) for a bad foul.
55': Substitution, Swansea City. Ryan Bennett replaces Michael Obafemi.
58': Substitution, Swansea City. Korey Smith replaces Olivier Ntcham.
60': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Reda Khadra replaces Deyovaisio Zeefuik.
60': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Ben Brereton Díaz replaces Ryan Hedges.
68': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Ryan Nyambe.
72': Substitution, Swansea City. Joel Latibeaudiere replaces Joël Piroe.
90'+2': Cyrus Christie (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 16,933

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+65	Leeds United	46	100	4
+53	Burnley	46	100	2
+27	Sheffield United	46	90	10
+14	Sunderland	46	76	12

Full Table

Statistics

BLK		SWA
13	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	1
1	Offsides	2
13	Corner Kicks	0
1	Saves	4
51.3	Possession	48.7
17	SHOTS	4
4	ON GOAL	2
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
308	Accurate Passes	314
383	Passes	409
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
10	Accurate Crosses	1
49	Crosses	1
0.2	Cross %	1.0
46	Long Balls	56
17	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	1
10	Effective Tackles	10
17	Tackles	20
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	4
5	Effective Clearances	41
5	Clearances	41

Line-Ups

Swansea City (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
33	Andrew Fisher (GK)
4	Flynn Downes
3	Ryan Manning
5	Ben Cabango
8	Matt Grimes
12	Jamie Paterson
10	Olivier Ntcham
13	Hannes Wolf
23	Cyrus Christie
17	Joël Piroe
9	Michael Obafemi

Substitutes:

Joel Latibeaudiere, Finley Burns, Jay Fulton, Ben Hamer, Korey Smith, Kyle Joseph, Ryan Bennett.

Blackburn Rovers (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Kaminski (GK)
25	Jan Paul van Hecke
16	Scott Wharton
26	Darragh Lenihan
8	Joe Rothwell
27	Lewis Travis
42	Deyovaiso Zeefuik
2	Ryan Nyambe
21	John Buckley
19	Ryan Hedges
28	Ryan Giles

Substitutes:

Reda Khadra, Ben Brereton Díaz, Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Bradley Johnson, Daniel Ayala, Jacob Davenport.

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