Match Day Thread West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

Competition - Sky Bet Championship
Venue - The Hawthorns
Date - 28 February 2022
Kick off - 8:00pm

Following yet another hugely disappointing capitulation, this time to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, the Swans had been due to face the daunting prospect of a home match against high-flying Bournemouth on Tuesday evening.

However, storm damage at the Swansea.com Stadium caused that match to be postponed.

Next up for Russell Martin’s inconsistent Swansea squad is an away match against stuttering play Off hopefuls West Brom.

Last Saturday, Sheffield United moved into the Championship play-off places with a dominant victory over the Swans at Bramall Lane.

The hosts were relentless in the first half, going ahead when former Swan, Morgan Gibbs-White calmly flicked home after Oliver Norwood's delightful clipped pass in behind.

George Baldock doubled the lead with an excellent arrowed volley off the underside of the bar from 12 yards and Gibbs-White then fed Billy Sharp, who lifted the ball over the sprawling Andy Fisher to put the Blades 3-0 up at the break.

The Swans offered nothing in attack and Sharp turned provider for Sheffield United's fourth, rolling the ball back for Gibbs-White to side-foot into the far corner.

On Tuesday evening, Middlesbrough came from a goal down at half-time to beat West Bromwich Albion and record a seventh straight home win.

Match-winner Marcus Tavernier played a part in all three goals as Chris Wilder's Boro extended the punchless Baggies' run to six games without a win.

After almost eight hours without a goal, Steve Bruce's Albion took the lead on 28 minutes when Andy Carroll made a menace of himself, got to the by-line, his pull-back was half cleared to Jayson Molumby, whose left-footed shot deflected in off Tavernier.

But Boro were level on the hour when Riley McGree cut the Albion defence open with a superb ball, Tavernier pulled back and Paddy McNair arrived right on cue to steer home right-footed for his first goal in three months.

Tavernier then got on the scoresheet himself when Anfernee Dijksteel and Isaiah Jones combined and Jones crossed for the Boro midfielder to meet at the far post - and sentence travel-sick Albion to a sixth straight away defeat.

The Swans have played the Baggies on 46 previous occasions, swimming 19, losing 17 with 10 drawn.

In the corresponding fixture 2 seasons ago, the Swans were thrashed 5-1

The Baggies have yet to win under new boss Steve Bruce - as such, the odds are surely stacked heavily in favour of the Swans ‘giving’ Bruce his first win…..

Hopefully, I’m wrong but I fear that if the Baggies score early, it could be another 5-1 thumping …..

 

Thanks for your positivity Taff....yes Stevie has had a winless start to his new charges and normally that means curtains for us....but we have had a nine day break to recharge the batteries and get fitter....so I think we will sneak a win against the odds....

 

I really hope that you are right - but I honestly think that if they score early doors, then their confidence will soar and our confidence is like our defence ….. fragile

 

We are awesome at ruining other teams bad runs.

 

If it were an Olympic Sport we’d win Gold every time

 

I watched there game the other night against Middlesbrough and they were nothing special, Boro hit them at pace and came out deserving winners.

So should be nothing to worry about BUT we don’t attack at pace, they have Andy Carroll so see nothing more than a drubbing 4-0 loss.

 

So if we had pace we may get have a chance......perhaps RM has had them running....forwards

 

You've all said it already - they end their poor run against us, 3 - 0. We're very accommodating like that.

 

0-0

 

Thanks Taff. I can't see us getting anything out of this one but I do hope for a much improved away performance (couldn't get any worse). So unfortunately it's a 2-1 defeat for me.

 

2-0 them

Meant us , honest

 

He has opted for an attacking team by the looks of it . Perhaps we will score some goals tonight.

 

Carroll has scored 7 goals against us , just saying

 

Nothing much going on...some sloppy play from both in very wet conditions

 

The baggies just attacked down the right and the cross end3d up with a throw for us but Fisher didn’t move off his line..

 

The baggies just hit the post....

 

Playing some decent stuff

 

131 Corner and zero goals. Do we not work at corners in training?

 

Doubt it they are busy getting the possession stats up