Phil Sumbler
It was one of the most one sided South Wales derby matches in history as a dominant Swansea side brushed aside their cousins from the East without really getting past second gear at any stage during the game.
From the moment that Callum Robertson showed all the idiocy of some of his counterparts before him and earned a red card in the 7th minute the game was over as a contest with the question being how many would the Swans score rather than which side would win.
It was a point perfectly illustrated by the fact that the Cardiff keeper spent most parts of the ninety trying to waste time telling you that Mark Hudson had told him to do so in the hope that Cardiff may snatch one of the most undeserved equalisers in Champaionship history.
The game itself saw the Swans secure a 2-0 win but it was a statisticians dream with the home side having 83% possession, more than 650 completed passes and more than four times the attempt on goals.
In contrast Cardiff City managed to complete the grand sum of 83 passes from their 145 attempted in a game where they never looked like they were going to end the Swans domination in the fixture.
To put the stats into context by the domination of the match, Swansea captain Matt Grimes completed more than 120 passes on his own almost half as many again on top of what Cardiff managed as a team.
Grimes’ domination of the game was highlighted by a perfect slide rule pass that set away Michael Obafemi for the Swans second goal of the afternoon and it was the summing up of an afternoon where there was only ever one team in the game.
Swansea’s dominant display saw them move up to 4th place in the league, just three points off the lead whilst Cardiff remain looking nervously over their shoulders after a third successive defeat saw them slide closer to the drop zone.
