Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 6th where Swansea City and Blackburn Rovers will play a match in Swansea in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Swansea City sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Rotherham United. Chiedozie Ogbene struck first for Rotherham United in the 16th minute, then Harry Darling tied it up for Swansea City in the 38th minute on a feed from Matt Grimes earning Swansea City at least a draw. Swansea City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Blackburn Rovers is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Queens Park Rangers. Lewis Travis struck first for Blackburn Rovers in the 34th minute on a feed from Ryan Hedges, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Queens Park Rangers couldn’t muster any offence and Blackburn Rovers ran away with the shutout win. Blackburn Rovers is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Ben Brereton and Sam Gallagher are the top scorers for Blackburn Rovers in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Joel Piroe has been the most prolific scorer on Swansea City in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.