Swans v Brentford

Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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Here is tonight's starting line-up

Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Connor Roberts, Mike van der Hoorn, Joe Rodon, Jake Bidwell; Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes (captain); Andre Ayew, Yan Dhanda, Kristoffer Peterson, Borja Baston.
Subs: Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Kyle Naughton, Ben Wilmot, Wayne Routledge, George Byers, Bersant Celina, Sam Surridge.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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Roden is fit.

Some interesting changes:
  • Dhanda experiment is resumed
  • Petersen gets the start in place of Celina who has dropped to the bench
  • Fulton returns to midfield
  • Roberts returns to RB
  • No Dyer - is he injured
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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West Brom are likely to win at home against Barnsley.

A win at Brentford, currently 13th, would put us 2nd or 3rd depending on Leeds at Preston and keep us in touch with the leaders.

It's going to be our toughest game in recent weeks and we come into it rather flat and disappointing.
 
KVetch

KVetch

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Dhanda has been good at least, I hope Peterson can do something. Probably saving Celina for Sunday. I hope that's the case anyways.
 
CroJack

CroJack

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Here is what InfoGoal analysts say about Swansea v Brentford:

Swansea vs Brentford

Swansea recovered from a dreadful first half performance to grab a point at Barnsley on Saturday, drawing 1-1 at Oakwell, and may have been unfortunate not to snatch a winner according to expected goals (xG: BAR 1.46 - 2.32 SWA).

Steve Cooper's side need to improve defensively, but they have been impressive going forward lately, averaging a huge 2.10 xGF per game in their last four matches.

Brentford pulled off a stunning comeback on Saturday, scoring three times in the final ten minutes to beat Millwall 3-2, which was fully deserved based on chances created (xG: BRE 2.43 - 1.65 MIL).

That win lifted Brentford to to 13th place in the table, but they deserve to be much higher than that according to expected goals, ranking as the fifth best team in the Championship.

Despite their excellent overall underlying numbers, Brentford have blown hot and cold away from home this season, and Swansea should have too much attacking quality for Brentford to handle, with the Infogol model giving the hosts a 40% chance (2.50) of beating Brentford.
 
KVetch

KVetch

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Yankee_Jack said:
You're counting and expecting 11 players to show up on the field and not go hiding. It's most likely a 4-2-2-1 + 1 and Ayew will be wherever he is.
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Maybe I'm too optimistic. I'd like to think Peterson will take full advantage of starting to show he's worthy of a bigger role.
 
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