Swansea City v Coventry City Competition - Sky Bet Championship Venue - Swansea.com Stadium Date - 7 April 2023 Kick off - 3 pm Following their 3-2 victory in the South Wales derby at Cardiff, next up for Russell Martin’s Swansea squad is a home match against Play-Off hopefuls Coventry City. Last Saturday the Swans made yet more history against Cardiff when they secured just the second ever double in the history of the fixture - having achieved the first only last season: so a Double Double for the Swans. Joel Piroe put the Swans ahead inside three minutes before Liam Cullen headed home their second. (Per BBC Wales Today, the scorers were Joel Price and Liam Kallen ) Jaden Philogene pulled one back soon after the Swans had gone 2 up, and Sory Kaba's late header looked to have sealed a draw. However Cardiff-born Cabango swept in right at the end in the 99th minute to leave the Bluebirds deep in relegation trouble. Whilst the Swans were beating Cardiff, Stoke City brought Coventry City's nine-game unbeaten run to a shuddering stop as they crushed the Sky Blues 4-0 to dent Coventry’s hopes of reaching the play-offs. Jacob Brown tapped the ball in at the back post to put Stoke a goal up only six minutes in, before Tyrese Campbell doubled their advantage just before the break. Will Smallbone made it 3-0 midway through the second half, slotting the ball into the bottom corner before Ki-Jana Hoever capped an excellent afternoon for the Potters with a superb solo effort 13 minutes from time. Stoke, now unbeaten in five games, move up a place to 13th, while Coventry fall four points behind the top six. The Swans have played Coventry on 34 previous occasions and its honours even in the overall record, with both teams having won 12 times, and 10 draws. In the corresponding fixture last season, the Swans ran out 3-1 winners: Turning to Saturday, the Swans (and Jack Army) will be on a high after the victory over Cardiff - we must hope that the players have recovered from their celebrations - whilst Coventry will be keen to put their horror show against Stoke behind them. I think that the Swans will run out 2-1 winners - Gyokeres is certain to score for Coventry, assisted by Bidwell.
We're safe now, so they'll prob fek it up ? 3-1 them to remind us how good Martin is ! Only kidding 3-1 us
If we keep the little one touch triangles going and the, it seemed to me, slightly more forward thinking approach to not backpassing as much(!), then we can get a positive outcome from this game. Oh, and we must keep the ball away from our keeper
Thanks Taff. Well who knows what Fisher might do but goalkeeper cockups aside it's a 2-1 win for the Swans
It's been confirmed that Reading have been deducted 6 points The bottom of the table looks like this now.
0.72 – Liam Cullen has got the best goals per 90 minutes ratio for the Swans this season, averaging 0.72 goals per 90 minutes played. 14- The Swans are unbeaten in their last 14 meetings with the Sky Blues, last suffering defeat to them in October 1981.
Swansea City boss Russell Martin has named an unchanged starting line-up and bench for this afternoon’s Good Friday clash with Coventry City. The head coach keeps faith with the 18 that secured a memorable derby-day victory over Cardiff City last weekend. Andy Fisher is in goal, with a back four of Harry Darling, Nathan Wood, Ben Cabango and Ryan Manning ahead of him. Matt Grimes is joined by Olivier Ntcham and Luke Cundle in midfield, with Liam Walsh taking up an advanced role. Joel Piroe and Liam Cullen lead the line for the Swans in the final third. Swansea City: Andy Fisher; Harry Darling, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood, Ryan Manning; Luke Cundle, Matt Grimes (captain), Olivier Ntcham; Liam Walsh; Joel Piroe, Liam Cullen. Substitutes: Andreas Søndergaard, Jay Fulton, Joe Allen, Jamie Paterson, Morgan Whittaker, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ollie Cooper. Coventry City: Ben Wilson, Callum Doyle, Kyle McFadzean (captain), Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Jamie Allen, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Ben Sheaf, Luke McNally, Viktor Gyokeres, Josh Eccles, Gustavo Hamer. Substitutes: Simon Moore, Jonathan Panzo, Tyler Walker, Fankaty Dabo, Matty Godden, Jake Bidwell, Ryan Howley
We are playing some good football in fairness, though Fisher is wearing the same colours as Coventry, hope it doesn't confuse him!....
