Swansea 3–0 Blackburn: Result & Stats

Swansea

FT

3 – 0

HT: 2 – 0

Blackburn

2/22/2025

Championship · Round 34Swansea.com Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 21+ matches

Swansea39%

×Draw27%

Blackburn34%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

SwanseaExpected goals in this matchBlackburn

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.27

1.16

Swansea

1.27

Blackburn

1.16

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 24 home / 21 away

1.18

creates per match

1.09

1.22

allows per match

1.37

creates per match

Swansea

1.18

Blackburn

1.09

allows per match

Swansea

1.22

Blackburn

1.37

+0.03on par

finishing

+0.05on par

finishing

Swansea+0.03on par

Blackburn+0.05on par

Total goals

Under56
Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No51
Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Swansea ↓

Blackburn →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–09%

0–110%

0–26%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–011%

1–113%

1–28%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–18%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

91%9%1.5

70%30%2.5

44%56%3.5

23%77%4.5

10%90%

Double chance

Swansea or draw

66%

Swansea or Blackburn

73%

Draw or Blackburn

61%

Winning margin

Swansea wins by 2+

17%

Blackburn wins by 2+

14%

Team goals

Swansea 1+ goals

72%

Swansea 2+ goals

36%

Swansea 3+ goals

14%

Blackburn 1+ goals

69%

Blackburn 2+ goals

32%

Blackburn 3+ goals

11%

Draw no bet

Swansea (draw refunded)

54%

Blackburn (draw refunded)

46%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

36%

Both score & under 3

13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Swansea at home — creates 1.18, concedes 1.22 · 24 matches

Blackburn away — creates 1.09, concedes 1.37 · 21 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Swansea attack 1.18 + Blackburn defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.27

Blackburn attack 1.09 + Swansea defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.16

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 39%?"

Swansea scores more

39%

level

27%

Blackburn scores more

34%

Swansea at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 39% does not mean "Swansea will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff