Vital Statistics | Swansea City v Cardiff City
Following Swansea City’s latest south Wales derby victory over Cardiff City, we look at some key facts and figures from the weekend.
1 – Swansea City remain the only team to have completed a league double in the 112-year history of the south Wales derby.
4 – No player made more key passes than Jamie Paterson’s tally of four during Saturday’s game.
6 – Matt Grimes made the most combined tackles and interceptions for the hosts, racking up six in total.
7 – Grimes has now captained Swansea City to seven victories in south Wales derbies - a club record - and has a 70 per cent win ratio in the fixture with Saturday his 10th as Swans skipper. To put that into context, Cardiff have won seven league derbies in total since 1990.
9 - Swansea City are unbeaten in nine of the last 11 derbies.
10 – Of the Swansea City players to feature on Saturday, 10 had already played a part in multiple derby wins. Cardiff, meanwhile, had just one player who had been on the pitch in more than one derby win; Aaron Ramsey.
11 – Swansea City have won five of the last six derbies in SA1, with an aggregate score of 11-1.
20 – No player made more defensive pressures than Liam Cullen’s tally of 20.
100 – Luke Williams has a 100 per cent win ratio coaching in south Wales derbies.