Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 18 Apr 2026

Swansea City 1–2 Southampton

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Mar 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.2 – 1.1
Actual xG
1.0 – 1.0
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot saw it as open: Swansea City 40%, the draw 28%, Southampton 32%.

Southampton won a close one on the chances: 1.0 xG to 1.0.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Shea Charles, 68.6 in 45′.

Well above their usual level: Shea Charles +25.2, Melker Widell +8.0.

Well below it: Ross Stewart −15.0, Ben Cabango −12.8, Josh Tymon −10.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Swansea City

11 Apr 2026W 1–0at Leicester City Championship
6 Apr 2026D 2–2v Middlesbrough Championship
3 Apr 2026D 3–3at Sheffield United Championship
21 Mar 2026L 0–3v Coventry City Championship
13 Mar 2026L 0–2at Wrexham Championship

Southampton

14 Apr 2026W 3–0v Blackburn Rovers Championship
11 Apr 2026W 2–1v Derby County Championship
7 Apr 2026W 5–1at Wrexham Championship
21 Mar 2026W 2–0v Oxford United Championship
18 Mar 2026W 1–0v Norwich City Championship

Head to head

18 Oct 2025Southampton 0–0 Swansea City Championship

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper9000–45.1−3.4
Joel Ward Defender3000–43.1–
Marko Stamenić Midfielder73100.5742.7+2.9
Žan Vipotnik Forward6801–41.9−2.1
Melker Widell Midfielder60000.1440.0+8.0
Samuel Parker Defender6000–37.9–
Liam Cullen Forward60000.0336.5−7.5
Gustavo Nunes Forward30000.1231.2–
Malick Yalcouyé Midfielder3000–31.0–
Gonçalo Franco Midfielder90000.1029.9−3.4
Cameron Burgess Defender9000–29.6−9.3
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder90000.0729.0−6.6
Jay Fulton Midfielder1700–27.5–
Ben Cabango Defender9000–26.9−12.8
Josh Tymon Defender9000–22.6−10.3
Adam Idah Forward2200–20.0–

Southampton

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Cameron Archer Forward10100.07100.0–
Jack Stephens Defender100–100.0–
Shea Charles Midfielder45100.3568.6+25.2
Daniel Peretz Goalkeeper9000–49.3−5.5
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Defender9000–48.6+4.2
Caspar Jander Midfielder90010.0441.0+2.8
Nathan Wood Defender90000.0540.4−5.0
Flynn Downes Midfielder4500–40.3−1.6
Kuryu Matsuki Midfielder89000.1340.0+3.5
James Bree Defender88000.1336.3+1.5
Cyle Larin Forward2200–35.7–
Ryan Manning Midfielder9000–34.5−7.6
Finn Azaz Midfielder90000.1231.2−5.7
Ross Stewart Forward68000.1029.8−15.0
Leo Scienza Midfielder89010.0226.5−8.9
Samuel Edozie Midfielder100–12.7–