After having a player sent off in the 3rd minute of the game, Swansea managed to hold off a 0:0 against Nottingham Forest. Now the Welsh team has a golden opportunity to advance to the final
Swansea
The Welsh team lost the 6th spot last season, in the last round of the Championship to Blackpool. However this year, the team finished 3rd and after a 0:0 in the first match, Swansea await the return game at home. Swansea is the team that achieved the most home victories this season, a record of W15 D5 L3, scoring 41 goals in those game and conceding only 11, the fewest conceded goals at home. The game against Nottingham Forest at home this season, ended 3:2 in favor of Swansea.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest, showed a disappointing performance in the first play off at home. Considering that Swansea were the second worst visitors from all of the top 6 teams in the Championship, and a man short, this should have been a somewhat easy victory. What’s troublesome now is that Nottingham Forest are the worst visitor in top 6, recording W7 D7 L9, this season or a total of 28 points. After getting eliminated by Blackpool last year, Forest seems on their way to be knocked out again, this time by Swansea.
Prediction
The first game, pretty much made it clear what both teams can expect from each other. Forest wasn’t able to take advantage of the fact that Swansea was a man short, missed a great deal of opportunities, and has a reason to be mad at Mike Dean, who didn’t award a clear penalty. Swansea had good opportunities even with 10 players on the field.
My prediction will be a victory for Swansea. Swansea is the best host in top 6 this season, and in the league overall, while Nottingham Forest are the worst visitor in top 6.
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