Match Report
48 points for Swansea City U21 (4th), 50 for AFC Bournemouth U21 (3rd): a 2-point gap. On recent form Swansea City U21 sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Swansea City U21 were scoring 2.46 and conceding 1.79, AFC Bournemouth U21 2.39 and 1.68, against a competition average of 1.94 goals per team per game.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Swansea City U21 1, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth U21 3, at 5 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 100% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 80%.
Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000. Swansea City U21 led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 4-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Swansea City U21: Morgan Bates (2'), Josh Pescatore (32'), Thomas Woodward (60'), Josh Pescatore (82') · AFC Bournemouth U21: Michael Dacosta Gonzalez (33'), Ade Solanke (86')
Key stats
Possession: Swansea City U21 43% · AFC Bournemouth U21 57% · Total shots: 10-11 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 0-1