EFL Championship 2019/20: Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea City – tactical analysis

Sheffield Wednesday hosted Swansea City at Hillsborough in the Championship on Saturday, with both sides hoping to continue their promotion push. The Yorkshiremen had lost only once at home in the league heading into this clash, whilst the team from South Wales were undefeated on the road.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given their respective records the match ended 2-2, although it was not short of drama. Having trailed 0-1, Wednesday clawed themselves back level to grab a 91st-minute second goal. However, deep into stoppage time, Ben Wilmot poked home from a corner to ensure the Swans would not leave empty-handed.

In this tactical analysis, we will analyse the tactics of both teams, and use our analysis to look at the tactics behind the result.

Lineups

Wednesday manager Garry Monk  formerly of Swansea, where he played 226 times and managed 77 games  made four changes from their outing at Blackburn Rovers last time out: Tom Lees replaced the ill Julian Borner to partner Dominic Iorfa at centre half; Barry Bannan coming in for Sam Hutchinson in central midfield to play alongside Kieran Lee; Jacob Murphy taking the place of fellow winger Adam Reach; Atdhe Nuhiu preferred to Joey Pelupessy, as they switched to a 4-4-2 from the 4-1-4-1 used at Ewood Park.

As for the Swans, they kept faith with the same XI that secured a late win away at Wigan Athletic in their last game. George Byers and Matt Grimes were the pair tasked with providing solidity within their 4-2-3-1 formation as the two genuine central midfielders. Wayne Routledge, Bersant Celina and Nathan Dyer were the creative trio behind striker Andre Ayew.

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