Championship 26/27 · 1 Sep 2026

Swansea City 2–0 Watford

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Swansea City favourites at 51%.

Swansea City won and made the better chances: 2.8 xG to 0.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Federico Ravaglia, 72.6 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Federico Ravaglia +26.8, Adam Idah +14.8, Matthew Pollock +11.8.

Well below it: Stephen Eustaquio −17.5, Amin Nabizada −12.8, Josh Key −11.6.

Each side's last five results before this match.

29 Aug 2026	W 3–0	at Derby County Championship
22 Aug 2026	D 0–0	v Sheffield United Championship
15 Aug 2026	W 2–1	at Stoke City Championship
8 Aug 2026	L 0–1	v Birmingham City EFL Cup
2 May 2026	W 3–1	v Charlton Athletic Championship

29 Aug 2026	D 1–1	v West Ham United Championship
25 Aug 2026	L 1–5	v Peterborough United EFL Cup
22 Aug 2026	D 1–1	at Wrexham Championship
16 Aug 2026	W 2–1	v Southampton Championship
8 Aug 2026	W 1–0	v Crawley Town EFL Cup

31 Jan 2026	Watford 0–2 Swansea City Championship
23 Aug 2025	Swansea City 1–1 Watford Championship

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Jay Fulton Midfielder	22	0	0	–	57.9	–
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	57.4	+5.6
Jenson Seelt Defender	8	0	0	0.02	56.6	–
Adam Idah Forward	67	1	1	0.75	53.9	+14.8
Melker Widell Midfielder	33	0	0	0.04	52.6	–
Marko Stamenić Midfielder	68	0	0	0.17	42.9	+3.9
Elijah Just Midfielder	57	0	0	0.02	41.8	+5.2
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder	90	1	1	0.80	41.3	+4.5
Filip Lissah Defender	90	0	0	–	41.0	+3.9
Stephen Welsh Defender	86	0	0	–	39.3	−3.5
Joseph Opoku Forward	57	0	0	0.90	37.6	−4.3
Josh Tymon Defender	90	0	0	0.01	36.1	+4.3
Stephen Eustaquio Midfielder	90	0	0	–	30.0	−17.5
Moussa Kounfolo Yeo Midfielder	33	0	0	–	29.7	–
Žan Vipotnik Forward	23	0	0	0.03	26.3	–
Josh Key Defender	90	0	0	–	18.6	−11.6

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper	90	–	72.6	+26.8
Rocco Vata Forward	25	0.07	56.7	–
Matthew Pollock Defender	90	0.05	50.9	+11.8
Jordan Zemura Midfielder	90	–	48.5	+5.4
Othmane Maamma Midfielder	65	–	46.3	+10.3
Edoardo Bove Midfielder	45	–	45.4	+9.7
Kévin Keben Biakolo Defender	90	–	45.2	+6.3
Iker Bravo Forward	83	0.10	44.9	−5.0
Hector Kyprianou Midfielder	90	0.46	44.1	+0.3
Branimir Mlačić Defender	59	–	41.7	–
Edo Kayembe Midfielder	90	0.05	40.4	+0.5
Mamadou Doumbia Forward	90	0.10	38.7	−1.7
Amin Nabizada Forward	45	–	35.9	−12.8
Luca Kjerrumgaard Forward	11	–	34.7	–
Omar Haktab Traore Defender	31	–	21.6	–