West Bromwich Albion 1 - Swansea City 0

Date:	Saturday 31st August 2024
Competition:	Sky Bet Championship
WBA: 7.2	(4-2-3-1) Palmer 6.9, Furlong 6.8, Ajayi 6.5, Bartley 6.5, Heggem 7.7 (Frabotta, 82 6.1), Molumby 7.2 (Racic, 66 6.3), Mowatt 6.9, Fellows 6.7 (Wallace, 73 6.0), Swift 6.9, Grant 7.2 (Styles, 82 5.6), Maja 7.1 (Dobbin, 73 5.7) Unused subs: Wildsmith, Diakité, McNair, Cole Manager: Carlos Corberán 7.2
Swansea City: 5.6
Scorers:	Molumby (45)
Referee:	Anthony Backhouse 5.1
Attendance:	24,975 Home Fans 7.1 Away Fans 5.7

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aito:

The classic game of two halves! I thought we played very well in the first half. Some great free flowing passing movements up the pitch only to be ended by some poor finishing. We attacked from the whistle, and could have been two up in the first ten minutes! Swansea were there for the taking, seemingly content to defend for 45 minutes, which nearly worked. Just before half time another good attacking move finished by Molumby stroking the ball into the corner of the net. A great time to score and we went in 1-0 up having totally controlled the game.

I'm not sure what happened in the second half but a 1 - 0 lead is always worrying until the second goes in. Last ditch tackles, personal mistakes, more missed opportunities and Swansea had moved up a couple of gears or had we started backing off them!

Overall we deserved the 3 points and I can see us winning away from home as well as at fortress Hawthorns. I was worried sick pre season but I have to say we look really good when we are on point. The squad is strong but we must strive for top two, I've never liked the play offs...