Preview | West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

31st August
First team

Swansea City travel to The Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion looking to extend their unbeaten run to three Championship games.

The Swans have taken four points from their first three league games, while the home side have picked up seven with two wins and a draw.

Recent games between the sides in the west Midlands have been entertaining affairs - with the last two ending with each side claiming a 3-2 victory - which sets up an intriguing clash on Saturday.

 

Team news

Myles Peart-Harris

New loan signing Myles Peart-Harris is in contention to make his debut after arriving from Brentford on Friday.

Aimar Govea, Sam Parker, Josh Ginnelly and Andy Fisher are sidelined for the visitors.

 

Pre-match views

Luke Williams Press Conference

Luke Williams: “We know they are a very good side, and they have a really top manager who is going to be a Premier League manager in the near future.

“It is going to be a really good test for us, but we will not shy away from the challenge and I expect us to make a really good performance away at West Brom.

“As I said in midweek there are certain things I will not accept in a performance, but we should remember that this group has shown it is full of intensity and aggression, and we need that again.”

 

Carlos Corberan: “It’s always positive to achieve the results you want to achieve.

“I have to give a lot of credit to the players because they’ve shown a lot of commitment with the game, they have played with personality, they’ve suffered when we had to suffer but, in the end, they have deserved the results.

"The team had belief and it’s really important to see this mentality in the team."

 

Meet the officials

Anthony Backhouse

Anthony Backhouse is the man in the middle for this afternoon's game.

You can find out more about the Cumbrian official and his team below.

Remember the last time?

Ollie Cooper West Brom away

Swansea City suffered a first defeat of the season as a rousing late fightback came up short against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.

The hosts had led at the break through Semi Ajayi’s close-range effort following a long throw into the Swansea box.

Another long throw led to an own goal from keeper Carl Rushworth as he attempted to keep out Darnell Furlong’s deflected effort, before John Swift netted the Baggies third from the penalty spot.

However, Harry Darling pulled one back for the Swans with a thumping header from a corner with 16 minutes to play, and there were were 10 minutes plus stoppage time to play when Nathan Wood found the net for the first time in a Swansea shirt, but they could not find a leveller.

 

Prime numbers

Liam Cullen West Brom cele

1 - These games often end with a winner, there has been just one draw in the last 10 meetings.

5 - Swansea have won five of the last six games between the sides, scoring 13 goals across those half a dozen fixtures.