Match Report


Swansea CitySwansea City     Derby CountyDerby County
Matthew ReesMatthew Rees Ralf Haag Ralf Haag
Eddie LumsdonE. Lumsdon65
G
1
G
50Steve GalliS. Galli
Brendan MidgleyB. Midgley61
D
2
D
68Robert CroftR. Croft
Dale BarrettD. Barrett63
D
3
D
65Andy CutlerA. Cutler
Mike HackworthM. Hackworth63
D
4
D
63Eduardo PardoE. Pardo
Henry ThomsonH. Thomson60
D
5
D
62Frank JobsonF. Jobson
Fredrik McManamanF. McManaman62
M
6
M
62Arek PolA. Pol
Morgan TedescoM. Tedesco65
M
7
M
52Billy ColeB. Cole
Andy SimonsenA. Simonsen62
M
8
M
54Marcus BenjaminM. Benjamin
Andy JamesA. James56
A
9
A
61Ferdinand MaoulidaF. Maoulida
Augusto AmorosA. Amoros54
A
10
A
68Dean DavisD. Davis
Hannes MaierH. Maier61
A
11
A
63J-David MüllerJ. Müller

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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Liberty Stadium where Swansea City play host to Derby County. A crowd of 17,861 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Swansea City and Derby County are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.


0.00
Derby County kick off!
4.16
Morgan Tedesco knocks the ball to his team mate, Augusto Amoros. Augusto Amoros deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hannes Maier but the linesman indicates offside!
12.53
Brendan Midgley clumsily knocks into Dean Davis. Brendan Midgley is given a warning by the referee! Dean Davis hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
18.07
Dale Barrett kicks a strong pass forward to Fredrik McManaman. Fredrik McManaman knocks the ball forward to Andy James. Andy James knocks in a cross ball towards Hannes Maier. Hannes Maier heads the ball goalwards. Steve Galli easily smothers it.
22.53
Dale Barrett deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Fredrik McManaman. Fredrik McManaman makes a simple pass to Andy James. Andy James deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hannes Maier. Hannes Maier cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's there!! Steve Galli has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
32.41
Marcus Benjamin slams into Fredrik McManaman with his studs up. The referee motions to Marcus Benjamin to come over. It's a red card!! Fredrik McManaman stretches but gets up unharmed.
44.09
Mike Hackworth knocks the ball to his team mate, Andy Simonsen. Andy Simonsen chips the ball to his team mate, Andy James. Andy James knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!


45.00
Swansea City kick off the second half!
51.59
Billy Cole makes a probing pass to Dean Davis. Dean Davis plays a perfect one-two with Ferdinand Maoulida and rushes in on goal... Dean Davis rockets a shot on goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
55.43
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
63.09
Andy Simonsen brings the ball forward. Andy Simonsen plays a perfect one-two with Andy James and rushes in on goal... Andy Simonsen cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Andy Simonsen scores for Swansea City!!
87.37
Andy Simonsen makes a simple pass to Hannes Maier. Hannes Maier plays a perfect one-two with Andy James and rushes in on goal... Hannes Maier takes a shot at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!


The man of the match was awarded to Hannes Maier of Swansea City
Match Statistics
 

Swansea City

Derby County
Goals
3
1
Shots on Target
4
1
Shots off Target
0
0
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1

Possession
55.4%
44.6%
Play Area
18.5%
52.3%
29.2%

Scorers
Hannes Maier 23, 87
Andy Simonsen 63
Dean Davis 52