Our prediction for this Championship match:
Swansea
Match Time & Date:
05/04/2021
16:00
Prediction: 2-1
Preston
Swansea City play host to Preston at their Liberty Stadium in what is expected to be a very exciting Championship game. The Swans were impressive in the first half of the season, but they do not seem to be at their sharpest ahead of Monday’s clash. Andre Ayew and Co. are on a three-game losing run, and, no doubt, they will fight tooth and nail against Preston. Keep in mind that all Steven Andreas Benda, Paul Arriola, Jordan Morris, and Liam Cullen are injured for the hosts.
The Lilywhites, on the other hand, collected only one point in total from the previous four league fixtures, meaning that Swansea City will not have a better chance than this to get back on course. Alan Browne is banned for the visitors, while both Patrick Bauer and Declan Rudd are sidelined through injuries.
Highlighted Player (Korey Smith):
After spending his youth career at Norwich City, Korey Smith made his first-team debut for the Canaries in January 2008 in the FA Cup clash against Charlton Athletic. Smith played 67 league games for Norwich City and he scored 4 goals for the club, but in 2013 he signed a two-year deal with Oldham Athletic.
The midfielder who was born on 31 January, 1991, scored one goal in 42 appearances for the club in the 2013/2014 campaign and on 27 June, 2014, he joined Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. It has to be noted that he won Johnstone’s Paint Trophy with the Robins in his first season with the team.
Korey Smith was born in Hatfield, England and he has two younger sisters, Alice and Harriet. Smith is a defensive midfielder, but he is capable of operating as central midfielder and right back as well. The Bristol City footballer also represented the likes of Barnsley and Yeovil Town (on loan) in the past.
Highlighted Team (Preston):
Preston North End or Preston were founded in 1880. The Lilywhites or the Invincibles play their home games at Deepdale, the stadium that was built in 1875 and opened three years later.
In 1889 Preston won their first FA Cup trophy and they did well to beat Huddersfield Town in the final of the 1938 FA Cup final. However, the club’s biggest success came in 1889 and 1890 when they won back-to-back domestic trophies (First Division).
Preston have yet to win the League Cup title, but they were runners-up in 1888, 1922, 1937, 1954, 1964. Preston’s main rivals are Blackpool and the two teams square off against each other in the West Lancashire derby. In their first ever meeting in the West Lancashire derby (1901) Preston recorded a 4-1 win over Blackpool.
Burnley and Blackburn Rovers are considered Preston’s big rivals as well. The colour of Preston’s shirts is white and they wear dark blue shorts.
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