Swansea vs Sheffield Utd — Championship: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 24′Sheffield Utd, yellow card:Simulation
- Half-time
- 59′Swansea, yellow card:Foul
- 61′Swansea, substitution:off
- 61′Swansea, substitution:off
- 65′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 67′Swansea, substitution:off
- 67′Swansea, substitution:off
- 72′Sheffield Utd, yellow card:Foul
- 78′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 81′Swansea, substitution:off
- 90′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 90′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 90+5′Swansea, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time
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Swansea and Sheffield Utd play out goalless stalemate
Swansea and Sheffield Utd shared a goalless draw in this Championship round two fixture at Swansea.com Stadium, leaving both sides without a breakthrough after 90 minutes. Neither team found the net across the contest, and the scoreline remained level at half-time and full-time alike, with no goals, cards decisive enough to change the shape of the game, or major flashpoints recorded.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Swansea dominated territorially, holding 67 percent of possession, yet they managed only four shots and failed to register a single effort on target. Sheffield Utd, more direct in their approach with seven attempts and one on target, also carried the greater threat by expected goals, with 0.61 against Swansea's 0.33, reflecting a match short on clear-cut chances despite the home side's control of the ball.
The result left Swansea eighth in the table on four points from two games, while Sheffield Utd sit 16th with two points from the same number of matches. Tom Nield took charge of a game shaped more by patient build-up than incision, with one yellow card, shown to a Sheffield Utd player, the only disciplinary note across the ninety minutes.
Stephen Welsh and Benjamin Cabango both earned ratings of 7.0 for Swansea, anchoring the home side's defence as they kept Sheffield Utd off the scoresheet despite conceding the higher expected goals tally on the day.
Swansea's 67 percent share of possession stood in contrast to their inability to convert that control into a single shot on target.
Swansea and Sheffield Utd drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
Swansea met Sheffield Utd in the Championship (Regular Season - 2). Kick-off was Saturday, 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC at Swansea.com Stadium. Referee: Tom Nield.
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Starting line-ups
Swansea (4-2-3-1)
- 22 Lawrence Vigouroux
- 14 Josh Tymon
- 23 Stephen Welsh
- 5 Ben Cabango (c)
- 26 Filip Lissah
- 4 Jay Fulton
- 6 Marko Stamenić
- 49 Moussa Yeo
- 8 Elijah Just
- 30 Joseph Opoku
- 33 Adam Idah
Sheffield Utd (3-1-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Swansea 40%, the draw 30%, Sheffield Utd 30%. It finished Swansea 0–0 Sheffield Utd.
Level sides, home ground swings it, even this early in the season — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and Swansea's 40% is home ground and little else. The draw at 30% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Swansea in front?
Home ground, and little else. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1510 to 1534. Sides this close won 43.2% of 15,803 home games (draw 26.7%, visitors 30.1%).
Why only 40%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Swansea's column. Across 10,641 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 24.9% norm). Championship homes won 43.0% of 8,367 games vs 44.9% across all 99,210 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw second, level with the Sheffield Utd win?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,834. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 2.0 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Swansea are missing 2 regular starters — Cameron Burgess, Gonçalo Franco — about 24% of their usual starting-XI weight. Our measured receipt covers one-sided absences only, and the picture here isn't one-sided — both squads are short. Last 6 between them: Swansea 1 win, 1 draw, Sheffield Utd 4 wins. Most recently Sheffield Utd 3–3 Swansea, 5 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 28.1% of 5578 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points.
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About this match
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