Swansea vs. Brentford – Prediction (22.10.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Swansea City have won their last five league matches against Brentford, a run stretching back to March 2006. Swansea have lost just three of their last 35 home league games played on Tuesday (W17 D15 L3), winning their last two, including a 3-0 win over Brentford.

Swansea City’s dire run in all games continues (W1, D3, L3) after drawing away at rock-bottom Barnsley last time out. That result means Swansea have now failed to win each of the last three games in which they have scored first (D2, L1), with their only victory across their previous seven fixtures initially coming from a losing position. Though he is without a goal in three games, four of Swansea top scorer Borja Bastón’s last five league goals were scored in Wales. Just one third of Swansea’s home league games produced a goalless first half (1.0 first-half goals per match average), and the lion’s share of the total goals scored here this Championship campaign have arrived after half-time (64.71% of total – 1.83 second-half goals per match average).

Swansea have won the last seven competitive H2Hs, scoring at least twice each time. Each of Brentford’s last four games have featured over 10.5 total corners. Six of Swansea’s last seven H2H victories came at both HT/FT (W/W).

Visiting coach Thomas Frank has lost all three of his prior H2Hs with Swansea, conceding at least three goals in each. Notably, none of those games were level at the break and the first half alone produced 2.33 average goals per match (HT: W1, L2). Brentford’s Ollie Watkins is the league’s joint-top scorer with eight goals (66.67% of team total) – he featured with a hat-trick in their last away victory. However, if this season is anything to go by, then it may not be Brentford who are scoring before half-time – the visitors have netted just one first-half goal away from home this season whilst conceding one in half of those games. As such, 60% of the total goals scored in Brentford’s away league games have arrived after the break.

Match Info and Live Scores.

Pre-match League Table.