Match Day Thread Swansea City 2 v 1 Sheffield Wednesday

Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday

Competition - Sky Bet Championship
Date - 15 December 2018
Kick off - 3pm
Venue - The Liberty Stadium

Following their encouraging 3-2 away win against Brentford, next up for Graham Potter’s Swans squad is the visit of Sheffield Wednesday to the Liberty.

Swansea's dominant first-half performance saw them race into a 3-0 lead inside half an hour with goals from Wayne Routledge, Leroy Fer and a Chris Mepham own goal.

Brentford did pull the game back to 3-2 with 20 minutes to play, courtesy of Ollie Watkins and Said Benrahma, but the Bees fell to a fourth defeat in their past five games.

Victory for Swansea lifted them to 12th and their only disappointment in the early stages was the loss of Martin Olsson, who was taken off the field on a stretcher and replaced by Connor Roberts.

Potter would have been relieved to see his side bounce back after three successive defeats, and now have 3 home fixtures in the next 4 games.

Whilst the Swans were beating Brentford, two goals from Lucas Joao saw Sheffield Wednesday fight back from 2-1 down to draw with Rotherham in the South Yorkshire derby at Hillsborough.

The Portugal striker put the Owls ahead just before half-time when he drilled the ball past keeper Marek Rodak.

But straight after the break Michael Smith latched on to Will Vaulks' ball over the top to equalise before Richard Towell fired in from outside the box.

Joao then made it 2-2 as he headed in from substitute Daniel Pudil's cross.

A draw will have done nothing to ease the pressure on Owls boss Jos Luhakay with the Dutchman's side having won only once in nine league outings and fans calling for him to be sacked at full-time. The Owls currently sit in 17th position, 5 places and 5 points below the Swans.

The Swans have played the Owls on 29 occasions, winning just 6 and losing 12, with 11 matches drawn.

The teams last met in an FA Cup replay last season when the Swans ran out 2-0 winners, thanks to goals from Jordan Ayew and Nathan Dyer.

Turning to Saturday, I think that the Swans will build on their win at Griffin Park, and will run out 3-1 victors, piling more pressure on beleaguered Wednesday boss Luhakay.

 

Can see a draw here, possibly 1 - 1.

 

Swans 2 Sheff Wed 1. We're on a roll...…………

 

2-0 Swans!!

 

Can only see a win here....Sheff W are crap.....

 

Wednesday are in a bad way. If we get an early goal this could be a decent win. So 3-1 to the Swans

 

4-0 home win

 

Not sure we have it in us to produce back to back wins so I'm going for 1-1 draw.

 

1-0 Swans

 

Is this a real forecast or simply a theory ?

 

BANG BANG !

 

Wonder what strange team will be out and what odd substitutions will be made?

We are a bit like the French rugby team, great when they turn up and decide to play well. Only we have taken it one step further and usually decide to turn up for one half.

 

One things for certain. Martin Olsson won' be playing - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46457152

That's a huge blow to the Club.

 

Do they have any ex-Swans?

 

Off Topic: Llorente just came on for Spurs at Camp Nou.

 

Where the hell is Bony?

 

Hell of a day. Plenty of mistakes methinks.

 

Tightness in a calf muscle

 

2-1 win today, got Dyer in the team, and Monty on the Bench!..........................