Vital Statistics | Swansea City v Cardiff City

19th March
First team
Team huddle before kick off

Following Swansea City’s latest south Wales derby victory over Cardiff City, we look at some key facts and figures from the weekend.

1 – Swansea City remain the only team to have completed a league double in the 112-year history of the south Wales derby.

4 – No player made more key passes than Jamie Paterson’s tally of four during Saturday’s game.

6 – Matt Grimes made the most combined tackles and interceptions for the hosts, racking up six in total.

7 – Grimes has now captained Swansea City to seven victories in south Wales derbies - a club record - and has a 70 per cent win ratio in the fixture with Saturday his 10th as Swans skipper. To put that into context, Cardiff have won seven league derbies in total since 1990.

Matt Grimes derby celebration

9 - Swansea City are unbeaten in nine of the last 11 derbies.

10 – Of the Swansea City players to feature on Saturday, 10 had already played a part in multiple derby wins. Cardiff, meanwhile, had just one player who had been on the pitch in more than one derby win; Aaron Ramsey.

11 – Swansea City have won five of the last six derbies in SA1, with an aggregate score of 11-1.

20 – No player made more defensive pressures than Liam Cullen’s tally of 20.

100 – Luke Williams has a 100 per cent win ratio coaching in south Wales derbies.

Next match:
Monday 1st April // 15:00
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