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- 11′Swansea, goal:1–0assist
- 22′Blackburn, yellow card:Foul
- 24′Blackburn, substitution:off
- 32′Swansea, goal:2–0
- 36′Swansea, goal:3–0assist
- Half-time3 – 0
- 46′Blackburn, substitution:off
- 46′Blackburn, substitution:off
- 59′Swansea, goal:4–0assist
- 62′Swansea, substitution:off
- 62′Swansea, substitution:off
- 72′Swansea, substitution:off
- 73′Swansea, substitution:off
- 78′Swansea, substitution:off
- 79′Blackburn, substitution:off
- 79′Blackburn, substitution:off
- Full-time4 – 0
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Swansea rout Blackburn 4-0 after storming first half
Swansea beat Blackburn 4-0 in the Championship at the Swansea.com Stadium on Matchday 13, three of the goals arriving before half-time. The result lifted the hosts from fifth to third in the table and left them 26 points from 13 games, while Blackburn slipped from 11th to 13th on 18.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Stephen Eustáquio opened the scoring in the 11th minute, converting a chance created by Joseph Opoku. Opoku then got on the scoresheet himself in the 32nd minute to make it 2-0, and four minutes later Filip Lissah headed the third, set up by Stephen Welsh. Swansea led 3-0 at the break.
Ross Stewart added the fourth in the 59th minute from an Eom Ji-Sung assist, and the second half was far calmer. Swansea had 68 per cent of the possession and 20 shots to 7, with nine on target to Blackburn's two. The visitors had won their previous game against Wrexham, but never found a way back here.
The win offered some recovery for Swansea after a 5-0 defeat at QPR in their previous match. Both sides play again on Tuesday 3 November in the Championship: Swansea travel to Portsmouth, while Blackburn host Stoke City.
Joseph Opoku scored once and created another, supplying the pass for Eustáquio's opener before adding the second himself. His rating of 9.0 was the highest of any player on the pitch.
Swansea put nine of their 20 shots on target, while Blackburn managed only two from their seven attempts.
Swansea beat Blackburn 4–0 (half-time 3–0).
Swansea met Blackburn in the Championship (Regular Season - 13). Kick-off was Saturday, 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC at Swansea.com Stadium. Referee: Gavin Ward.
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Key moments
- 11' Goal: Stephen Eustáquio (assist: Joseph Opoku) — 1–0
- 32' Goal: Joseph Opoku — 2–0
- 36' Goal: Filip Lissah (assist: Stephen Welsh) — 3–0
- 59' Goal: Ross Stewart (assist: Eom Ji-Sung) — 4–0
Starting line-ups
Swansea (4-2-3-1)
Blackburn (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Swansea 50%, the draw 27%, Blackburn 23%. It finished Swansea 4–0 Blackburn.
Swansea's ball control gives them a slight lean — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, Swansea's usual home advantage and their habit of controlling the ball (59% possession to 51%) put them in front at 50%, helped by Blackburn's recent finishing streak, which tends to cool off. The draw sits at 27%, close to the usual 27.5% rate between sides this level, with Blackburn's streak lowering it and the Championship's high draw rate raising it.
Why Swansea in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1464 to 1425. Sides this close won 46.0% of 14,561 home games (draw 27.5%, visitors 26.6%). Swansea hold 8 more possession points (59 to 51 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 48.3% of 5,609 games, vs 44.0% when styles were level. Blackburn scored +0.45 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.5% of 1,653 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 50%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.4% norm). Championship homes won 42.9% of 8,500 games vs 44.6% across all 108,210 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Blackburn win?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.5%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,357. The cool-off factor takes 2.1 points off the draw. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Swansea sit -0.32 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. Out: Moussa Yeo and Cameron Burgess, important players. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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