SSN BET - Match of the Day: Championship. Leeds United - Swansea City.
Hello! The 6th round of the Championship started yesterday, and a pair of leaders have already been determined for this round in the second strongest English division. And in the 6th round, they will play among themselves, I will analyze this match today.
Leeds United
So, after a failure in the final part of last season, Leeds seems to be making another attempt this season to break into the Premier League. Leeds retained almost all of its leading players and in the week broke up with the English League Cup in order to focus on the main goal. Among the club’s losses, one can single out Kemar Roofe, who went to Anderlecht, but in his place was leased from the Arsenal Edward Nketia, who had already distinguished himself by his effective actions in cup matches. How are things going with the “peacocks” in the Championship? Marcelo Bielsa's team took a confident start in the league without losing a single match so far. In the first round, Bristol City was confidently beaten with a score of 1-3. Then Leeds missed a victory in a match with Nottingham Forest, the match ended with the score 1-1. Then Leeds scored three victories in a row, it is noteworthy that the team did not miss a single goal. Wigan was defeated with a score of 0-2, who still can’t build the game, then a pretty strong Brentford was beaten with a score of 1-0. Well, in the last round, Stoke City was defeated in the away match with a score of 0-3. The Potters are by far one of the outsiders of the league with huge defense problems. It is noteworthy that in almost all matches the leaders of the attack - Pablo Hernandez and Patrick Bamford, who we will probably see in action and in today's match, differed in productive actions.
Swansea City
“Swans” were far from a perfect game last season, but even then they managed to strong matches. The Graham Potter team had a lot of weak spots in the defense, but sometimes this was offset by excellent attacking potential. However, this season Swansea was not without losses - Oliver McBurnie, the best scorer of the team last season (22 goals last season) moved to Sheffield United, the team also parted with one of the best assistants of the league, Daniel James (7 assists), who transferred to Manchester United. Also at the end of the season, Graham Potter left the team, who went to save Brighton, and he was replaced by Steve Cooper as head coach. However, all this did not prevent Swansea from making an excellent start in the league. Like Leeds, Swansea lost two points in the previous five matches, scoring four victories along the way, plus two more wins in the League Cup. To this track record, you can add six victories in pre-season friendly matches, with the last of them defeating a member of the Champions League - Atalanta with a score of 2-1. And we get a win-win series of 13 matches in the new season. The loss of the key striker has not yet affected the game of the club, Swansea scores a lot, Swansea retained his fighting spirit last season (in the new season there was already a strong-willed victory over Preston with a score of 3-2). Gonzalez Borja, who returned from a lease in Alaves, perfectly replaced McBurnie, the Spaniard has five goals scored in five matches and today we will also see him in action.
What do we have in the end. Leeds spent three home games in the new season (2 in the league and one in the cup), and in all these matches the “peacocks” did not look like real masters of the field. Nottingham scored points on Elland Road. Also, despite the advantage in the game, Brentford was hardly beaten, the only goal in that match was scored by the rookie Nketia only in the 81st minute of the match. In a cup match of the week, Leeds was opposed by Stoke City, the hosts played the reserve squad and lost after the first half 0-2, the “peacocks” were saved in the middle of the second half, but they still lost to the “potters” by penalty. As for Swansea, the “Swans” had two away matches, in one of which they almost lost to Derby County (the Derby player did not realize a penalty in the first half), in the second match he was confidently beaten by the QPR with a score of 1-3.
I believe that in this match it is entirely possible to count on the Swansea goal and i bet individual total Swansea more than 1 in 2.26. Also might also consider Both Team Score for 1.7.
Good Luck!