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Friday 22nd December

Championship Table

On Friday 22nd December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	22	18	1	3	44	16	28	55	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Ipswich Town	22	16	4	2	47	28	19	52	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
3	Leeds United	22	12	6	4	37	22	15	42	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4	Southampton	22	12	6	4	37	29	8	42	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	6	6	34	22	12	36	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
6	Hull City	23	10	6	7	36	30	6	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
7	Sunderland	22	10	3	9	32	24	8	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
8	Bristol City	23	9	5	9	26	26	0	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
9	Preston North End	23	9	5	9	29	40	-11	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
10	Watford	22	8	7	7	35	27	8	31	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
11	Norwich City	22	9	4	9	39	39	0	31	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
12	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	1	11	34	38	-4	31	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
13	Cardiff City	22	9	3	10	28	27	1	30	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14	Middlesbrough	22	9	3	10	34	34	0	30	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
15	Swansea City	23	7	7	9	32	32	0	28	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
16	Coventry City	22	6	9	7	28	25	3	27	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
17	Plymouth Argyle	22	7	5	10	34	35	-1	26	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
18	Birmingham City	22	7	5	10	26	32	-6	26	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
19	Stoke City	22	6	5	11	21	30	-9	23	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
20	Millwall	22	5	7	10	24	31	-7	22	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
21	Huddersfield Town	22	4	10	8	21	36	-15	22	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
22	Queens Park Rangers	22	5	5	12	20	32	-12	20	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	4	14	16	35	-19	16	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
24	Rotherham United	22	2	7	13	20	44	-24	13	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 22nd December 2023 at 21:45

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Swansea City

Manager: Alan Sheehan

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 22,
C. Rushworth
Number 14,
J. Tymon , substituted for N. Wood-Gordon at 82 minutes
Number 33,
B. Humphreys
Number 5,
B. Cabango , Yellow Card at 38 minutes
Number 6,
H. Darling , substituted for J. Yates at 69 minutes
Number 8,
M. Grimes , Captain, Yellow Card at 30 minutes
Number 4,
J. Fulton
Number 12,
J. Paterson , Yellow Card at 42 minutes
Number 28,
L. Walsh , substituted for Y. Bolasie at 69 minutes
Number 2,
J. Key , substituted for K. Naughton at 82 minutes
Number 10,
J. Lowe , Yellow Card at 32 minutes, substituted for L. Cullen at 88 minutes

away team, Preston North End

Manager: Ryan Lowe

Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1

Number 21,
D. Cornell
Number 16,
A. Hughes
Number 6,
L. Lindsay
Number 14,
J. Storey
Number 11,
R. Brady , substituted for L. Millar at 46 minutes
Number 18,
R. Ledson
Number 13,
A. McCann , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 5
Number 44,
B. Potts
Number 8,
A. Browne , Captain, substituted for B. Woodburn at 94 minutes
Number 25,
D. Holmes , Yellow Card at 74 minutes, substituted for M. Frøkjær-Jensen at 77 minutes
Number 9,
C. Evans , substituted for M. Osmajić at 77 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Swansea City

Number 7,
J. Allen
Number 17,
Y. Bolasie
Number 31,
O. Cooper
Number 20,
L. Cullen
Number 1,
A. Fisher
Number 26,
K. Naughton
Number 18,
C. Patino
Number 23,
N. Wood-Gordon
Number 9,
J. Yates

away team, Preston North End

Number 33,
K. Best
Number 10,
M. Frøkjær-Jensen
Number 7,
W. Keane
Number 23,
L. Millar
Number 28,
M. Osmajić
Number 26,
J. Whatmough
Number 4,
B. Whiteman
Number 20,
B. Woodburn , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 9
Number 1,
F. Woodman

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Match Facts

Swansea have lost four of their last six league games against Preston (W2), losing 2-1 earlier this season at Deepdale.
Preston North End are looking for their first league double over Swansea City since the 1933-34 campaign.
Swansea City are winless in their last six home league games (D3 L3), their worst run at Liberty Stadium since going seven without a win between April and August 2022.
Preston’s 5-1 defeat to Sunderland was the eighth time this year they have conceded four or more goals in a league game. It’s the most times they’ve done so in a calendar year since 1985 (also eight times), never doing so nine times in a single year in their history.
Preston’s Will Keane has scored in each of his last two league appearances – he hasn’t scored in three in a row since doing so in December 2021/January 2022 for Wigan Athletic in League One.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 9
Match ends, Swansea City 2, Preston North End 1.
Bookingat 90 minutes plus 9
Ben Woodburn (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 9
Second Half ends, Swansea City 2, Preston North End 1.
Postat 90 minutes plus 9
Offside, Swansea City. Jerry Yates is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes plus 8
Offside, Preston North End. Brad Potts is caught offside.
Goal!at 90 minutes plus 5
Goal! Swansea City 2, Preston North End 1. Jamie Paterson (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Cullen.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Jay Fulton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).
Substitutionat 90 minutes plus 4
Substitution, Preston North End. Ben Woodburn replaces Alan Browne.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Attempt missed. Matt Grimes (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Foul by Liam Cullen (Swansea City).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Offside, Preston North End. Liam Lindsay is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes
Foul by Bashir Humphreys (Swansea City).
Postat 90 minutes
Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt missed. Ali McCann (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alan Browne.
Substitutionat 88 minutes
Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Cullen replaces Jamal Lowe.
Postat 87 minutes
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Postat 86 minutes
Delay in match because of an injury Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
Substitutionat 82 minutes
Substitution, Swansea City. Kyle Naughton replaces Joshua Key.