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Swansea v Coventry
The resounding defeat at Huddersfield on Saturday was completely unexpected given both teams opposite form, and Steve Cooper will be scratching his head and wondering how this happened.
Lowly Huddersfield hadn’t won since December, high-flying Swans hadn’t lost since December, but the match was won in ten mad minutes at the start of the second half, after the score was 1-1 at the break.
The previously best defence in the league were caught cold and wide open in defence, with the Terriers stunning the Swans by scoring three goals in that period, O’Brien on 48’ and a brace by Duane Holmes on 52’ and 55’ (he had previously scored only one goal all season, against Wycombe last November).
Sub Jordan Morris went off badly injured on 66’, and with all five subs used (two on 46’ and three on 58’) the game was over as a contest. Swansea were now on the retreat with barely any attempt to get back in the game, and just managed to hang on without conceding further.
The question now is whether the players can turn this around, starting on Wednesday against another struggling side Coventry.
We’ve done it once before after our last defeat at Derby and went on an unbeaten run, we must emulate that. The players are good enough but it’s all about having enough character and togetherness as a team to bounce back.
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Here we are then:
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Yan Dhanda, Matt Grimes (captain), Conor Hourihane, Jake Bidwell; Andre Ayew, Jamal Lowe.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Ryan Manning, Jay Fulton, Korey Smith, Morgan Whittaker, Paul Arriola, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ollie Cooper, Kieron Freeman.
Coventry City: Ben Wilson, Leo Ostigard, Kyle McFadzean, Liam Kelly (captain), Maxime Biamou, Callum O'Hare, Dominic Hyam, Tyler Walker, Sam McCallum, Julien Dacosta, Gustavo Hamer.
Substitutes: Marko Marosi, Michael Rose, Jamie Allen, Viktor Gyokeres, Ben Sheaf, Amadou Bakayoko, Fankaty Dabo, Matty James, Jordan Shipley.
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HT 0-0 lethargic Swans
1-0 53’ Cabango header, Hourihane corner
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64’ Gyokeres coming on
Hourihane subbed with Fulton
Dhanda replaced by Korey Smith
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FT 1-0
Made us sweat until the end. Awful first half. We played better after the goal but Coventry came back into it at the end and it was a nervous finish.
Main thing we won and grabbed the three points.
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Not the best of games to watch but the main thing is we got the 3 points.
Here are the highlights -
https://www.swanseacity.com/news/hig...-coventry-city
