West Brom vs Swansea

12 August 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Samuel Barrott

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Semi Ajayi 18’
Carl Rushworth 50’ (og)
John Swift 64’ (pen)

Harry Darling 75’
Nathan Wood 80’

Match summary

West Brom saw off Swansea 3-2. West Brom led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Semi Ajayi put West Brom ahead in the 18th minute. In the second half, Rushworth's own goal made it 2-0 with a header in the 50th minute, John Swift made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 64th minute, Harry Darling pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 75th minute, and Nathan Wood made it 3-2 with a header in the 80th minute.

Swansea can feel hard done by, creating 2.43 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to West Brom's 1.89 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

3 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.89 xG 2.43

1.10 Non-penalty xG 2.43

Key events

West Brom Swansea

Kick-off

Semi Ajayi

1-0

18’

Half-time1-0

Carl Rushworth
Own goal

2-0

50’

John Swift
Penalty

3-0

64’

75’

Harry Darling

3-1

80’

Nathan Wood

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

West Brom

Alex Palmer
Darnell Furlong
Nathaniel Chalobah

Swansea

Harry Darling
Ben Cabango
Nathan Wood
Oliver Cooper

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

West Brom 1.89 xGSwansea 2.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Swansea attacking West Brom attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Alex Palmer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Semi Ajayi	90′	1	–	2	0.50	–	–	–
Cédric Kipré	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Erik Pieters Taken off	82′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Darnell Furlong	90′	–	–	2	0.26	–	–
Jayson Molumby	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Okay Yokuşlu Taken off	68′	–	–	2	0.14	–	–	–
Conor Townsend	90′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Jed Wallace Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Phillips Taken off	69′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Swift Taken off	78′	1	–	1	0.79	–	–	–
Nathaniel Chalobah Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Mowatt Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jeremy Sarmiento Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Maja Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle Bartley Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Carl Rushworth	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Darling	90′	1	–	3	0.25	–	–
Ben Cabango	90′	–	–	2	0.29	–	–
Nathan Wood	90′	1	–	2	0.88	–	–
Harrison Ashby Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jay Fulton	90′	–	–	2	0.18	–	–	–
Matt Grimes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Cooper Taken off	61′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–
Josh Key	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joël Piroe	90′	–	–	2	0.50	–	–	–
Jerry Yates Taken off	89′	–	–	1	0.27	–	–	–
Charlie Patiño Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Cullen Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Ginnelly Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 46% Avg odds 2.07

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.49

Swansea win 27% Avg odds 3.52

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

West Brom L L W L L

Swansea W W D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Swansea 3-2 West Brom, 08 May 23 Next meeting: Swansea 1-0 West Brom, 01 Jan 24 All West Brom vs Swansea meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.