Our prediction for this Championship match:
Fulham and Swansea go head to head at Craven Cottage on day 10 of the new Championship campaign. The Cottagers are on a quest to return to secure automatic promotion, but their recent displays have been anything but brilliant. Fulham are eager to return to winning ways following a 1-1 draw with Bristol City, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at Swansea City. Ivan Cavaleiro is pushing for a start, while Cairney, Kongolo, Carvalho, and Tete remain on the sidelines with injuries.
The Swans, on the other hand, aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town. Swansea City aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but seeing that Fulham are a real force to be reckoned with at home, the visitors are unlikely to grab something from the match. Russell Martin should have a full squad to choose from.
Highlighted Player (Tom Cairney):
Tom Cairney is a professional footballer who plays for Fulham. His main position is central midfielder, but he plays as an attacking midfielder and a right midfielder as well. The left-footed player was born in Nottingham, England on 20 January, 1991 and he started his youth career at Leeds United.
In 2007 he moved to Hull City and he was named Hull’s Young Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 campaign. After making 70 league appearances for the Tigers he joined Blackburn Rovers on 1 August, 2013 on loan and on 2 January, 2014 he signed a permanent deal with the Riversiders. At the end of the 2014/2015 Championship campaign he joined Fulham.
Tom Cairney’s father is Scottish and, as a result, the Fulham footballer decided to represent Scotland on the international stage. Cairney has 2 caps for Scotland U-21 and he made 6 appearances for Scotland U-21 team. It has to be noted that he suffered a serious injury in August 2012. The injury forced him to be out of contention for over three months.
Highlighted Team (Swansea):
Swansea City AFC is a Welsh football club from Swansea and is currently playing in the English Premier League. The biggest rival Swansea City is Cardiff City which is next to Swansea City the only football club from Wales that played in the PremierLeague.
Swansea City was founded in 1912 under the name ‘Swansea Town’. The first venue where Swansea City played was The Vetch Field. The club grew in members and fans and on 23th of July 2005 Swansea City opened the Liberty Stadium which holds a capacity of 21 000 supporters. The fans of Swansea City prefer to use the non-commercial name: White Rock Stadium.
In the history of Swansea City the club managed to win the Football League One twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. So far the Welsh club didn’t win any prizes in the highest English divisions. Known players that wore the Swansea jersey are Lampard, Toshack, Martinez and Bony.