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Swansea City cruise past Blackburn 4-0 as Stewart scores on first start
Sat 15:00 · Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea · Championship
SWANSEA
BLACKBURN
4–0
Stephen Eustaquio 
Joseph Opoku 
Filip Lissah 
Ross Stewart
Match report
Three goals in 25 minutes
Eustaquio opened the scoring in the 11th minute, set up by Opoku’s cross. Opoku added the second in the 32nd, released by Eustaquio’s through ball, and Lissah scored his first senior goal for the club four minutes later from Stephen Welsh’s diagonal pass. Swansea led 3-0 before the half-hour mark had long passed.
Stewart makes it four
Ross Stewart, starting for the first time for the club, scored the fourth in the 59th minute with his weaker left foot after Jisung Eom dummied a ball from Josh Tymon. Tiago Parente made his Swansea debut from the bench and Josh Key returned from a hamstring injury, his first appearance since early September.
Control in the numbers
Swansea had 67 per cent of possession and 20 shots, nine on target and 13 from inside the box. Blackburn managed seven shots and two on target. Opoku was the highest-rated player in the match at 8.79 on the Sportmonks ratings.
A response to QPR
Vitor Matos made three changes from last Saturday’s 5-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers, with Fulton, Eom and Stewart coming in. His pre-match message on the club site was that Swansea wanted to respond positively. The attendance was 16,867.
The match in numbers
How it happened
Stephen Eustaquio
Assist: Joseph Opoku
Moussa Baradji
Joseph Opoku
Filip Lissah
Assist: Stephen WelshRoss Stewart
Assist: Ji-sung Eom
Full match timeline
- 7′Shot Off Target
- 8′Corner
- 10′Shot Off Target
- 11′Shot On Target
- 14′Shot Off Target
- 17′Shot Off Target
- 26′Shot Off Target
- 29′Shot Off Target
- 32′Shot On Target
- 33′Shot On Target
- 36′Shot On Target
- 39′Shot Off Target
- 40′Shot On Target
- 44′Shot On Target
- 47′Shot Off Target
- 47′Shot On Target
- 48′Offside
- 50′Offside
- 50′Offside
- 53′Corner
- 58′Shot On Target
- 59′Shot On Target
- 62′Corner
- 67′Shot Off Target
- 69′Shot Off Target
- 69′Shot Off Target
- 82′Shot Off Target
- 84′Shot Off Target
- 85′Shot Off Target
- 86′Shot Off Target
- 86′Shot Off Target
- 90+1′Shot On Target
- 90+2′Shot On Target
The numbers
More match data (30)
- 5
- 4
- 153
- 44
- 69
- 19
- 91
- 71
- 7
- 2
- 4
- 0
- 3
- 4
- 14
- 6
- 16
- 9
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 24
- 21
- 71
- 58
- 21
- 13
- 3
- 0
- 688
- 344
- 605
- 266
- 1
- 1
- 18
- 7
- 7
- 1
- 16
- 12
- 49
- 42
- 10
- 18
- 7
- 10
- 16
- 6
- 3
- 0
- 70
- 56
- 49
- 24
- 69
- 41
- 14
- 8
Shooting positions
Swansea City
Blackburn Rovers
Match insights
- 1
Swansea City's 4 goals came from 4 different scorers. No player scored twice.
- 2
Swansea City took 13 shots inside the box, more than Blackburn's 7 attempts from every distance combined.
- 3
Swansea City outshot Blackburn 20 to 7.
- 4
Joseph Opoku's 8.8 was the top rating of anyone who played 30 minutes, and led the game for tackles (5).
- 5
Swansea City had 67% of the ball to Blackburn's 33%.
The attacking picture
How the attack changed
Shots
On target
Attacks
Dangerous attacks
Score by period
- Half-time
- 3
- 0
- Full-time
- 4
- 0
- Second half only
- 1
- 0
Match conditions and officials
scattered clouds · 10.8°C · wind 1.34 km/h · humidity 86%
Officials: Gavin Ward, Richard Woodward, Jacob Lehane, Richie Watkins
Line-ups and ratings
Starting shapes
Swansea City
Blackburn Rovers
The benches
Substitutes
Swansea City · 4-2-3-1
Andy Fisher
Josh Key
Jenson Seelt
Elijah Just
Zan Vipotnik
Jeremy Monga
Gonçalo Franco- Tiago Parente
Adam Idah
Blackburn Rovers · 4-2-3-1
Aynsley Pears
Yuri Ribeiro
Augustus Kargbo
Dion De Neve
Hayden Carter
Yuki Ohashi- Gady Beyuku
Jake Garrett- Isaac Dunn
Player ratings
Star man Joseph Opoku
Swansea City
Blackburn Rovers