Match Report
Brentford went into the game 3rd in the table on 87 points; Swansea City sat 4th on 80 — a 7-point gap. Swansea City had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Brentford were scoring 1.72 and conceding 0.91, Swansea City 1.22 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
9 meetings are on record — 3 won by Brentford, 4 by Swansea City, 2 drawn, at 3.22 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford, with room for 12,763 spectators. On the scoreboard, Brentford led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.