Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Swansea City 3–1 Crawley Town

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.6 – 1.5
Actual xG
2.2 – 1.1
Goals
3 – 1

Footybot made Swansea City favourites at 40%.

Swansea City won and made the better chances: 2.2 xG to 1.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ethan Galbraith, 63.2 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Swansea City

9 Aug 2025L 0–1at Middlesbrough Championship

Crawley Town

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Bobby Wales Forward26110.3777.5–
Ethan Galbraith Midfielder90100.1063.2–
Gonçalo Franco Midfielder1100–55.6–
Andrew Fisher Goalkeeper9000–45.3–
Kaelan Casey Defender78000.2044.6–
Josh Tymon Defender9001–42.4–
Samuel Parker Defender90000.0240.9–
Ronald Midfielder74100.4239.4–
Žan Vipotnik Forward6400–37.0–
Zeidane Inoussa Forward64000.3234.4–
Oliver Cooper Midfielder90000.2033.8–
Melker Widell Midfielder79000.0530.9–
Cameron Burgess Defender9000–26.7–
Cameron Congreve Midfielder16000.1125.8–
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder26000.4123.5–

Crawley Town

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Fate Kotey Midfielder1000–53.0–
Kabongo Tshimanga Forward90100.7551.5–
Charlie Barker Defender9000–47.5–
Ade Adeyemo Midfielder9000–45.2–
Harvey Davies Goalkeeper9000–44.3–
Joy Mukena Defender87000.1241.0–
Jay Williams Midfielder7200–35.5–
Jack Roles Midfielder61000.1734.5–
Antony Papadopoulos Midfielder1800–30.6–
Louie Watson Midfielder2800–28.8–
Gavan Holohan Midfielder22000.030.0–