Week 17 brings us a match on Oct 23rd, where Swansea City will play host to Cardiff City in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Swansea City is fresh off their 3-2 win against Reading. Yakou Meite scored the first goal for Reading in the 26th minute, then Thomas Ince added another in the 33rd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 75th minute on a goal by Jay Fulton to cap off a wild match. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Swansea City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while cardiff City sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Queens Park Rangers. Lyndon Dykes struck first for Queens Park Rangers in the 19th minute from the penalty spot, then Lyndon Dykes added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Ilias Chair At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cardiff City couldn’t manage to score, and Queens Park Rangers took the shutout win. Cardiff City is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Swansea City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Callum Robinson has been the most prolific scorer on Cardiff City in his last 5 matches with two goals. Swansea City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Olivier Ntcham and Oliver Cooper each having 2 goals in their last 5.