Swansea vs West Ham prediction

So far in the Championship, Swansea have won eight, drawn two and lost three of 13, with 20 goals scored and 13 conceded, good for 2nd place and 26 points.

Over the last six matches it has been four wins, one draw and one defeat, averaging 1.5 goals for and 1.0 against. Last time out they beat Millwall 1-0 away; before that came a 2-1 win at home to Norwich and a 2-1 win away at Lincoln.

Swansea are unbeaten in four. They have scored in each of their last five. Two clean sheets in that spell. At home they've won two of three recently (5 scored, 2 conceded). C. Burgess (achilles tendon injury), F. Lissah (yellow cards) and J. Key (muscle injury), plus one other, are all unavailable.

West Ham have won six, drawn four and lost three of their 13 Championship games so far, scoring 33 and letting in 18. That has them 8th on 22 points.

Their last six in all competitions read three wins, two draws and one defeat, at 3.3 goals scored and 1.3 conceded per game. Last time out they beat Lincoln 6-0 away; before that came a 1-1 draw at home to Queens Park Rangers and a 2-2 draw away at Millwall.

West Ham are unbeaten in three. They have scored in each of their last six. Two clean sheets in that spell. On the road they've won two of three recently (11 scored, 4 conceded). K. Lamadrid (injury) misses out.

There isn't much between Swansea's home form and West Ham's away form. Four points separate the two sides in the table. West Ham also have the better goal difference over recent weeks.

We make West Ham favourites at 49%, with Swansea on 26% and the draw at 25%. They're favoured rather than expected to stroll it.

On goals, it expects around 2.9 in the game: 1.1 for Swansea and 1.8 for West Ham. Over 2.5 goals is 56% and both teams scoring 57%. When they last met, on 3 Mar 2018, Swansea won 4-1.