Preview & Prediction: Swansea City AFC vs Queens Park Rangers FC

This match between Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers promises to be an intriguing battle, with both sides showcasing different trends. Swansea City, with their recent form, have struggled to clinch victories, picking up just 5 points in their last 5 fixtures. However, they have demonstrated a consistent ability to find the net, scoring in each of their last 4 home games and averaging 1.6 goals in their last 5. There’s potential for goals at the Swansea.com Stadium, as Swansea’s previous games have often witnessed two or more goals, although their defensive frailties could once again be exposed.

Queens Park Rangers on the other hand, are on a remarkable unbeaten run, coming into this game with solid momentum, after being undefeated in their last 7 matches. The Hoops have been efficient defensively, keeping clean sheets in 3 of their last 5 encounters. Away from home, they remain resilient and are currently enjoying a 3-game unbeaten streak. With QPR averaging 2.2 points per game over their last 5 matches, they clearly enter this fixture with better form compared to Swansea.

Considering Swansea’s attack prowess at home and QPR’s structured defense alongside their decent away performance, this game could potentially end in a high-scoring affair. Both teams are likely to score with their ability to find the net evident in recent matches. While the Swansea City fans are hopeful of capitalizing on their home advantage, QPR’s unwavering momentum and defensive solidity can’t be underestimated. The odds marginally favor Swansea, yet with both teams evenly matched in their historical head-to-heads, a result could skew either way, possibly ending in a goal-laden draw.

Insights

• Swansea City has been inconsistent, picking up only 5 points over their last 5 games.
• Swansea’s matches often see both teams scoring, with BTTS occurring in the last 5 games.
• Swansea has scored in each of their last 7 games, suggesting they are likely to score in this match.
• Swansea City’s home form is poor, scoring 1.3 points per game at home.
• QPR have been in impressive form, collecting 11 points from their last 5 games.
• QPR has been solid defensively, keeping 3 clean sheets in their last 5 games.
• QPR is unbeaten in their last 7 matches, showcasing strong momentum.
• Queens Park Rangers are performing averagely away with 1.1 points per game.
• Historical encounters between the teams have been balanced with equal wins and draws.
• The last 4 matches of QPR have exceeded 2 goals, indicating potential for goals.
• The teams have an average goal rate of 2.2 goals per match in their head-to-head history.
• Swansea has been unable to score in 36% of their games, indicating potential vulnerability upfront.
• Despite Swansea’s lackluster form, odds favor them at home with a higher chance of victory (1.95 odds).
• QPR has a strong record on the road recently, unbeaten in their last 3 away games.

Match Forecast

• Swansea City’s strong wing play could exploit QPR’s weakness against attacks down the wings.
• QPR’s strong aerial duels could pose a challenge for Swansea in set-piece situations.
• Swansea might struggle defensively against QPR’s through ball attacks due to their weakness in this area.
• QPR may find opportunities for long shots as Swansea is weak at stopping opponents from creating chances.
• Swansea’s strength in defending set pieces may counter QPR’s strength in attacking set pieces.
• QPR’s tendency to create chances and take shots could capitalize on Swansea’s vulnerability to individual errors.
• Swansea’s possession football may challenge QPR’s weakness in keeping possession.
• QPR could capitalize on Swansea’s inability to protect the lead if they fall behind.
• Swansea’s offside trap may disrupt QPR’s long ball strategy if executed well.
• The game could see contrasting styles with Swansea focusing on width and QPR attacking through the right.

Match Facts

• The most frequent scoreline in clashes between Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers has been 1-1, occurring in 5 matches.
• In the last 12 home matches for Swansea City against Queens Park Rangers, Swansea has secured 5 wins, 4 matches ended in draws, and Queens Park Rangers won 3 times, with a goal difference of 13-5 favoring Swansea.
• Over their last 26 encounters, Swansea City has won 8 times, drawn 9 games, while Queens Park Rangers have triumphed 9 times, leading in goal difference slightly at 30-28.
• Last season, Swansea City lost 0-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers and drew 1-1 in the away fixture.
• Swansea City nets 33% of their goals within the first 15 minutes of play, the highest percentage in the league.
• Swansea City’s goal-scoring is lowest between the 16th and 30th minutes, contributing 4% of their goals, the lowest in the league.
• Queens Park Rangers score 26% of their goals between the 61st and 75th minutes.
• Queens Park Rangers are on an unbeaten streak in their last 7 matches.
• Swansea City failed to score in 2 of their 10 home games in the Championship this season.
• Queens Park Rangers have not scored in 5 of their 10 Championship away matches this season.
• Swansea City currently holds a home record of 3-4-3 this season.
• Queens Park Rangers’ away record this season stands at 2-5-3.
• Liam Cullen is the leading goal scorer for Swansea City with 6 goals, while Michael Frey has netted 3 times for Queens Park Rangers.
• A year ago, Swansea City was 18th in the table with 25 points; they are now in 12th place with 27 points.
• Queens Park Rangers were 22nd with 20 points a year ago and are now 14th with 25 points.
• Swansea City has allowed a goal in each of their last 8 games.
• Swansea City has managed to score at least once in 7 successive matches.
• Swansea City wins the first half in 36% of their matches, while Queens Park Rangers manage this in 21% of theirs.
• The last encounter’s winner was Queens Park Rangers, who edged out with a 1-goal margin.
• Swansea City wins 71% of matches when leading 1-0 at home, whereas Queens Park Rangers win 87% when leading 0-1 away.
• Swansea struggles to win when trailing 0-1 at home, having a 0% success rate, whereas Queens Park Rangers manage a win 10% of the time when away and down 1-0.
• Queens Park Rangers outperforms Swansea City in the Championship.
• In the last 5 matches, Queens Park Rangers’ performance eclipses Swansea City’s.
• In their last 5 encounters, Queens Park Rangers have lost only 1 match against Swansea City.
• Across their past 5 meetings, Swansea City has secured 1 win, Queens Park Rangers 2, with 2 matches ending in a draw.
• Queens Park Rangers have only lost 1 of the last 5 Championship clashes with Swansea City.
• Swansea City has managed only 1 victory in their last 5 Championship matches against Queens Park Rangers.
• Swansea City scores an average of 0.6 goals against Queens Park Rangers, while Queens Park Rangers averages 0.8 goals against Swansea City.
• The average number of goals per match between Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers is 1.4.
• During their meetings, the average number of goals scored in the first half is 0.6.
• Both Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers did not win their last Championship match.
• Swansea City averages 1.25 goals when playing at home, whereas Queens Park Rangers average 0.83 goals when playing away.