Vital Statistics | West Bromwich Albion
Swansea City made it back-to-back wins in the Championship thanks to a stirring late fightback against West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.
Here, we look at some of the key facts and figures from the game.
2 – A Swansea keeper made a penalty save in an away win for the second time this season, with Andy Fisher having done so against Blackpool prior to Steven Benda’s stop at West Brom.
2 – Ryan Manning made the most key passes of any Swansea player with two, only West Brom’s Grady Diangana (three) managed more on the day.
3 – The Swans have now won three of their last four games, and taken 10 points from a possible 15.
4 – Olivier Ntcham’s goal and assist off the bench mean he has four goal involvements so far this season, a tally only matched by Joel Piroe (four).
4 – Including his penalty save, Benda made four stops in total at The Hawthorns.
8 – Eight of the players who featured for the Swans on Saturday were aged 23 and under, while Benda turned 24 on the day of the game.
12 – No player made more clearances than Ben Cabango’s tally of 12, while the centre-half was successful in all of the five tackles he made.
12 – No Swansea player made more defensive pressures than Matty Sorinola’s tally of 12. Captain Matt Grimes (11) and Ollie Cooper (10) were also in double figures.
14 – Michael Obafemi’s late winner was his 14th goal since joining Swansea City.
24.6 – The average age of Swansea’s starting line-up was 24.6 years, making the XI selected by Russell Martin the youngest in any of the weekend’s Championship fixtures.