West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023

Result

West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

West Bromwich Albion · Swansea City · Championship predictions

West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Swansea City: match report

West Bromwich Albion beat Swansea City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Semi Ajayi opened the scoring in the 18th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Semi Ajayi (18'), an own goal by Carl Rushworth (50') and John Swift (64', penalty). Swansea City scored through Harry Darling (74') and Nathan Wood (80').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards; Swansea City received 4 yellow cards.

West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Swansea City 14th with 57.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 3-4-3 and Swansea City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Darling of Swansea City (8.6), ahead of Conor Townsend (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 2 draws and 5 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Semi AjayiWest Bromwich Albion · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Darnell FurlongWest Bromwich Albion
  • 40'Yellow card · Carlos Corberán ValletWest Bromwich Albion
  • 48'Yellow card · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 50'Own goal · Carl RushworthWest Bromwich Albion · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Oliver CooperSwansea City
  • 62'Yellow card · Harry DarlingSwansea City
  • 64'Penalty goal · John SwiftWest Bromwich Albion · 3-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Nathan WoodSwansea City
  • 74'Goal · Harry DarlingSwansea City · 3-1
  • 80'Goal · Nathan WoodSwansea City · 3-2
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Nathaniel ChalobahWest Bromwich Albion
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Alex PalmerWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 3, draws 2, Swansea City 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Steven BendaSwansea City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Daryl DikeWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
  • Adam ReachWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Thigh Problems)

West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-3)

Alex Palmer, Semi Ajayi, Cédric Kipré, Erik Pieters, Darnell Furlong, Jayson Molumby, Okay Yokuşlu, Conor Townsend, Jed Wallace, Matt Phillips, John Swift

Swansea City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Carl Rushworth, Harry Darling, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood, Harrison Ashby, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Oliver Cooper, Josh Key, Joël Piroe, Jerry Yates