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Rotherham v Swans

keith margam

Vital Football Legend
Rotherham v Swans Sat 30 Jan 15:00 live on SwansTV
It was a hard fought draw against Brentford on Wednesday night.
No respite though as on Saturday we make the 484 mile round trip to South Yorkshire and the old coal and steel town of Rotherham, seven miles North East of Sheffield. They play at the 12k capacity New York Stadium built in 2011 on the site of an old foundry. The area was named New York after the distinctive fire hydrants manufactured there for New York City, so hence the stadium name.
Our last match there was 2018-2019 season, and a controversial defeat. The Swans were leading by a single goal from McBurnie with 72% possession until the final minutes, but ref Tony Harrington decided to intervene and award Rotherham two very dubious penalties which Ryan Manning converted. Guess who the ref is tomorrow, it’s that man Tony Harrington again!
Rotherham come into this match off the back of a 0-3 away win at Middlesboro last Wed night.
Swans team news, key defender Ryan Bennett should return after being rested for the Brentford match, having recently recovered from a hamstring injury. Kyle Naughton will serve a one match suspension after two yellow cards and a sending off against Brentford.

Form Chart last 6 games:
1 Swans: W2-0, W2-0, D0-0, W2-1, W2-0, D1-1 F9 A2 14pts
6 Rotherham: W2-0, L2-1, L2-1, W1-0, D3-3, W3-0 F11 A7 10pts

Swans last 6 away games: WLWLWW 12pts
Rotherham last 6 home games: WDLWLD 8pts
 
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Rotherham manager Paul Warne:
“Steve Cooper has done really well there. They’ve just signed Conor Hourihane who is a Premier League player, so that is an amazing addition. They have Andrew Ayew and Jamal Lowe up top who are two of the better strikers in this league.
They have a set style and recruit managers and coaches that suit that style, they have a real tradition of playing expansive football and are difficult to play against. He’s (Steve Cooper) a really likeable bloke and I think he’s done really well. I don’t think anyone would have expected them to be in the top two, so for them to be in that position is testament to what they are doing at that club.
We’ve competed really well against good teams at home, we have to be at our best to come away with a good result. That is something we’re going to try and do and something we believe we can do.”
 
Today’s line up:
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Ben Cabango, Ryan Bennett, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Matt Grimes (captain), Conor Hourihane, Jake Bidwell; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew, Jamal Lowe.

Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Ryan Manning, Joel Latibeaudiere, Cameron Evans, Jay Fulton, Dan Williams, Ollie Cooper, Jordon Garrick, Jordan Morris.
 
1-3 73’ Fulton, just on as sub for Dhanda, cross from Bidwell, turned in at the near post.
 
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FT: 1-3
Under a lot of pressure second half, loads of high balls and heading tennis, but another 3 points in the bag and 50 points.
 
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Rotherham 1 - Swans 3
(Ladapo 65’) - (Hourihane 27’, Grimes 38’, Fulton 74’)
Match statistics
Possession: 48% - 52%
Shots: 13 - 7
On target: 2 - 5
Pass accuracy: 61% - 67%
Corners 7 - 7
Fouls 9 - 10
Cards: 1Y - 1Y