On Monday Jan 2nd, Swansea City plays host to Burnley in a Championship match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Swansea City sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Reading. Andy Carroll struck first for Reading in the 27th minute, then Thomas Ince added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Mamadou Ndiaye. Swansea City is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Burnley, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Birmingham City. Anass Zaroury scored the first goal for Burnley in the 1st minute, then Connor Roberts added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Josh Brownhill At the end of 90 a dissapointed Birmingham City couldn’t manage to score, and Burnley took the shutout win. Burnley looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
Burnley and Swansea City last played eachother at the Turf Moor on Saturday Oct 15th. Burnley won by a score of 4 to 0. Vitinho scored the first goal for Burnley in the 15th minute, then Jay Rodriguez added another in the 29th minute In the end, Swansea City couldn’t muster any offence and Burnley ran away with the shutout win.
Burnley is fortunate enough to have Manuel Benson in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Swansea City’s most prolific scorer has been Liam Cullen. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.