Swansea City vs Rotherham United; Sky Bet Championship
Swansea City vs Rotherham United. Sky Bet Championship.
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Swansea City 4
- O McBurnie (36th minute, 79th minute)
- B McKay (50th minute)
- G Byers (69th minute)
Rotherham United 3
- M Ihiekwe (10th minute)
- M Crooks (38th minute)
- W Vaulks (83rd minute)
Swansea vs Rotherham preview
Thursday 18 April 2019 17:57, UK
Swansea will be without Bersant Celina for the Good Friday visit of relegation-threatened Rotherham.
Celina had been struggling over the past fortnight since taking a kick on his foot during the 3-1 home win over Middlesbrough on April 6. The Kosovo international will actually miss the Sky Bet Championship game through illness, but centre-back Joe Rodon could make his first start for three months following a broken metatarsal.
Leroy Fer has returned to full training after a hamstring injury which has kept him out since the end of January, but the Dutch midfielder is not ready to be involved just yet.
Rotherham boss Paul Warne does not have any new injury concerns ahead of the trip to south Wales. The only player definitely sidelined for the Millers remains Darren Potter, who is battling to overcome an Achilles problem.
Billy Jones could return to the Millers' starting line-up after missing the last two games with a hamstring complaint. And Matt Crooks is in contention to be promoted to the starting line-up after he came off the bench to grab the equaliser in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Stoke.
Opta stats
Swansea last hosted Rotherham in a match in any competition in August 2014, in the League Cup second round, a 1-0 victory for the Swans.
Rotherham haven't completed a league double over Swansea since the 1974-75 season.
Swansea haven't won six consecutive home league matches since a run of 10 between November 2007 and February 2008 under Roberto Martinez.
Rotherham have won just two of their last 19 league matches on Good Friday (W2 D7 L10), beating AFC Wimbledon in both 2012 and 2013.
Swansea's Matt Grimes has completed more passes than any other Championship player this season (2,429).
Nine of Rotherham's last 12 league goals have been scored via set pieces (four throw-ins, three corners, a free-kick and a penalty).
Prutton's prediction
David Prutton predicts: 2-1 (15/2 with Sky Bet)