Swansea City are on a poor run ahead of hosting Ipswich Town at the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday, with just four points collected from their last six games.
The Swans have picked up one win and one draw in their last six Championship games, and face a Blues side whose last six games have brought two wins and three draws.
With 59 goals in 31 games so far this season, Ipswich are the league’s joint-third-highest scorers with 1.9 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 40 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.
Swansea, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.6 goals per game.
Town are fourth in the table after 31 games, of which they have won 18 and drawn nine, earning 63 points.
City are 12 places behind the Blues in 16th, with nine wins and nine draws putting them on 36 points.
In Václav Hladký, the away team can rely on one of the league’s safest pair of hands. He has kept 10 clean sheets in his 31 appearances this season in the Championship.
In the Swans’ net, Carl Rushworth has six clean sheets in 32 games. He has conceded a goal every 59 minutes, 30% more often than the 78 minutes between goals for Hladký.
Swansea’s last match was on Tuesday, a 4-0 loss against Leeds United.
Ipswich beat Millwall 4-0 last time out, on Wednesday, with Ali Al-Hamadi, Kieffer Moore, Nathan Broadhead and Wes Harding (own goal) on the scoresheet.
Saturday’s match will be refereed by John Busby, who has taken charge of 16 Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 73 players. He has awarded four penalties.
The last Swansea game Busby refereed was a 3-0 away win against Millwall on September 30. He is yet to oversee a match featuring Ipswich this season.
Swansea City v Ipswich Town
Championship | Swansea.com Stadium
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm
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