Swansea City vs Sunderland Prediction: Both teams ended their losing streak

Swansea City will welcome Sunderland at Swansea.com Stadium in Game Week 15 of the English Championship. Both teams ended their losing streaks in the last game and will be looking to carry forward the confidence. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

While it is accurate to state that Michael Duff may still have some supporters to win over, Swansea City now seem to be heading in the right direction under their former manager from Barnsley. In his first seven league matches, Duff only managed to secure three points. However, in the subsequent seven games, Swansea City have collected 15 points. Even though they experienced consecutive defeats at home against Leicester City and Watford, they bounced back with a 1-0 victory against Blackburn Rovers in their most recent outing. The clean sheet they achieved was equally significant as the result itself, marking only the third time Duff's team has managed to keep their opponents from scoring in the Championship. Their last four away fixtures have resulted in ten points for Swansea City. Playing at home has been a bit more inconsistent, but they have only been unable to score on one occasion, which was against Watford in their most recent home game. Assuming there are no fitness issues, it is likely that Duff will choose the same starting lineup for Swansea as in the Blackburn game. In that game, Charlie Patino, on loan from Arsenal, replaced Jay Fulton and provided the assist for the winning goal. None of Swansea's injured players are expected to return for this match.

Rushworth; Ashby, Darling, Humphreys, Tymon; Grimes, Patino; Cullen, Paterson, Lowe; Yates

On the other hand, Sunderland has had a season filled with extreme outcomes, as they have either won or lost in most matches, with only one draw in their first 14 games. Tony Mowbray is now under pressure after the team suffered from a recent three-game losing streak, with a total of six defeats in 13 matches. This is not the performance that the management of Sunderland had anticipated after the team reached the playoffs in the 2022-23 season. However, they managed to come from behind and secure a 3-1 victory against Norwich City in their last game, placing them in eighth position and just three points away from third place. Despite losing their last two away games, Sunderland still holds the fifth-best away record in the league, highlighting the potential threat they pose to Swansea City in the upcoming match.

 Sunderland is also expected to make few changes after their come-from-behind victory against Norwich. Nazarii Rusyn, Luis Semedo, and Mason Burstow are competing to lead the front line, with Rusyn potentially earning a starting spot based on his previous performance. Alex Pritchard will remain on the bench, unless Mowbray decides to give Jobe Bellingham a rest. 

Patterson; Hume, O'Nien, Ballard, Huggins; Neil, Ekwah, Bellingham; Roberts, Rusyn, Clarke

Both teams have shown inconsistency, making it difficult to predict the outcome of this match. Despite their attacking style, we anticipate a tightly contested game that could end in a draw. Take a double chance on the home side to have better odds of winning. We forsee more than 2. goals in this game.