Swansea City vs Southampton
EFL Championship
Saturday
20th January 2024
Swansea.com Stadium
The most comprehensive preview, detailed analysis and reliable predictions of the EFL Championship fixture between Swansea City and Southampton.
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Swansea City form analysis
The Swans’ recent form has been inconsistent, with two wins, one draw and two losses from their past five Championship matches. This period started positively on December 23rd with a 2-1 home win over Preston North End thanks to goals from Jayden Paterson. However, a heavy 5-0 away loss to Southampton followed on Boxing Day in a match where Swansea failed to register a shot on target. The Swans showed spirit to fight back from 2-1 down and earn a 2-2 away draw with Coventry on December 30th, led by Luke Walsh and Luke Cullen goals.
Building momentum, Swansea then edged West Brom 1-0 at home on New Year’s Day through a Cullen winner. However, more inconsistency followed in a 2-2 away draw with Birmingham on January 13th, twice taking the lead but allowing Birmingham to equalize late. Based on these up and down results, Swansea has proven capable of competing well with Championship sides but a tendency to concede costly late goals has prevented more positive outcomes. Improving defensive solidity could help drive their promotion push.
Southampton form analysis
Southampton’s recent form in the Championship has been strong, with three wins and two draws from their past five league matches. This run started with a narrow 1-0 away victory at Queens Park Rangers on December 23rd courtesy of a Taylor Harwood-Bellis goal. The Saints followed that up with an emphatic 5-0 home thrashing of Swansea City on Boxing Day, led by goals from Joe Aribo, Samuel Edozie and a Ryan Fraser brace.
A hard fought 2-1 home win against Plymouth came next on December 29th before Southampton were held to a 1-1 away draw by Norwich City on New Year’s Day, needing an Adam Armstrong opener to claim a point. Most recently, Southampton returned to winning ways with an impressive 4-0 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday on January 13th with goals from Che Adams, Armstrong and Fraser. Based on these results against varying opposition, Southampton appears to be finding strong form with numerous scoring threats led by Adams, Armstrong and Fraser. Sustaining this could see Southampton launch a push for automatic promotion.
