Our prediction for this Championship match:
Swansea
Match Time & Date:
05/08/2023
16:00
Prediction: 2-1
Birmingham City
Swansea City play host to Birmingham City at their Swansea.com Stadium in the opening match of their Championship campaign. The Swans produced a splendid display in a 4-0 crushing of Reading and, as a result, the odds for home win have been dropping. New signing Jerry Yates is expected to make a significant impact on the team, while Republic of Ireland Michael Obafemi could be sorely missed after joining Burnley in the summer transfer window.
The Blues, on the other hand, head into the season opener following a 3-2 loss to Peterborough and given George Friend, Jobe Bellingham, Maxime Colin, and Tahith Chong departures, we predict that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from Saturday’s encounter. In their last meeting in the Championship Birmingham recorded a thrilling 4-3 win over Swansea, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (John Ruddy):
John Ruddy is a goalkeeper who was born in St Ives, England on 24 October, 1986. He played for a number of English clubs in the past and he started his senior career at Cambridge United. After making 39 appearances for Cambridge, he signed a deal with Everton for a fee of £250,000.
However, he failed to establish himself as the team’s first-choice shoot-stopper and as a result, he spent a bit part of his career on loan at Walsall, Rushden and Diamonds, Chester City, Stockport County, Wrexham, Bristol City, Crewe Alexandra and Motherwell. In 2010 he made a right decision when he signed for Norwich city for an undisclosed fee as he was immediately given the number 1 shirt. Two years later he received his first England call-up as Roy Hodgson decided to bring him to Euro 2012 finals.
However, Ruddy was forced to withdraw from the squad through injury. John Ruddy is married to Laura and his nickname is “The Iceman”. He was named Norwich City Players’ Player of the Year for the 2011/2012 season.
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.
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