Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion Prediction and Betting Tips | January 4th 2025

Swansea City and West Bromwich Albion go head-to-head at the Swansea.com Stadium in round 26 of the EFL Championship on Saturday. Both sides head into the weekend off the back of contrasting New Year’s Day results, with the Baggies claiming a comfortable home victory over Preston North End.

Swansea City were denied a dream start to the new year as they suffered a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of bottom-dwellers Portsmouth on New Year’s Day.

Before that, the Swans were on a run of two back-to-back victories, seeing off Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town to close out 2024.

Swansea City have picked up 33 points from their 25 Championship matches to sit 12th in the league standings, level on points with 11th-placed Norwich City.

Elsewhere, West Bromwich Albion turned in a solid team display in their first outing of the year as they cruised to a 3-1 victory over Preston at the Hawthorns.

The Baggies have picked up nine wins from their 25 league games while losing four and claiming 12 draws to collect 39 points and sit sixth in the table, level on points with seventh-placed Blackburn Rovers.

While West Brom will be looking to continue from where they left off on New Year’s Day, they have failed to win their last five away matches and have managed just one victory from their 10 games on the road since mid-September.

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Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• With 23 wins from the last 52 meetings between the sides, Swansea City boast a superior record in the history of this fixture.
• West Bromwich Albion have picked up 19 wins in that time, while the spoils have been shared on 10 occasions.
• Swansea City are unbeaten in their last four home games against the Baggies, picking up three wins and one draw since a 2-1 loss in November 2018.
• West Brom have failed to taste victory in their last five away matches, losing twice and claiming three draws since November’s 2-1 victory at Hull City.

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Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion Prediction

While Swansea suffered a humbling defeat to start the new year, they will be backing themselves to bounce back on home turf, where they have won their last two matches. However, we predict West Brom will continue from where they left off against Preston and hold out for a share of the spoils.

Prediction: Swansea City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

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Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Draw

Tip 2: Both sides to score - Yes (Both sides have scored in four of Swansea’s last five games)

Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have also been fewer than five bookings in four of the hosts’ last five outings)