Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Tottenham v Swansea - Statistical Match Preview

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Opta Stats


  • Spurs have won all three Barclays Premier League home games against Swansea, keeping a clean sheet in the last two.
  • Swansea have lost their last six against Tottenham in the PL and are winless in seven (D1 L6).
  • Harry Kane has scored 12 goals in his last 11 Premier League appearances.
  • No team has won more Premier League games from losing positions than Tottenham this season (5) in 2014-15.
  • No team has lost more top flight games from winning positions than Swansea City (4) this season.
  • Spurs have conceded the most penalties in the Premier League this season (7).
  • 40 points after 27 games equates to Swansea’s best ever return in a Premier League season.
  • Swansea City have failed to score a first half goal in their last five Premier League matches on the road.
  • The Swans have scored exactly one goal in seven of their last eight away from home.
  • Seven of Swansea’s last eight Premier League goals have arrived in the second half.





  • Swansea have scored just 31 goals in 27 league games so far this season - ten less than Tottenham Hotspur.
  • Spurs have, however, conceded two more goals than the Swans (36 as opposed to 34).
  • Rule out Wilfried Bony and Swansea's next four top scorers (Ki 5, Sigurdsson 4, Routledge & Dyer 3) have only managed one goal more than 14 league goals plundered by Harry Kane.
  • Gylfi Sigurdsson (8) has three more assists than any Tottenham player has managed.
  • Jefferson Montero (2.8) attempts more dribbles per game than any Spurs player. Lamela (2) comes closest.
  • Sigurdsson just edges Eriksen when it comes to key passes per game - 2.5 to the Dane's 2.4.