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Vital Statistics | Oxford United and Watford
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Vital Statistics | Oxford United and Watford

Following Swansea City’s wins against Oxford United and Watford, we take a closer look at some stats from those wins and the season so far.

1 – Swansea’s impressive pressing work is underlined by Luke Williams’ side allowing the fewest opposition passes per defensive action in the Championship. They are the only team with fewer than eight assists, averaging 7.42.

1 – The Swans also have the highest average defensive line height (54.6m) in the Championship.

2 – Swansea City have had the second highest xG figure in the league in their last four games. Only Coventry can beat the Swans’ figure of 1.63 goals per game.

3 – Swansea are third in the Championship for crosses into the opposition box, averaging just over 10 per game.

3 – Swansea also have the third highest xG from set pieces in their last nine league games.

3 – Ronald now has three assists for the season, having set up a goal in each of his last two games, the best tally among the Swans.

5 – The clean sheet against Watford was Swansea’s fifth of the season. They have conceded just nine goals in 14 games, a record only surpassed by West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United and Burnley.

6 – Lawrence Vigouroux is sixth in the Championship when it comes to the highest percentage of crosses cleared by a goalkeeper, with the Chile international making a number of impressive aerial assertions under pressure against Oxford and Watford.