Swansea will control possession all season - Davies
Swansea will control possession all season - Davies
Wed, August 12, 2026 at 5:51 AM UTC
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Brimingham City boss Chris Davies believes no side will have more of the ball than Swansea City at the Swansea.com Stadium this season.
Birmingham claimed a 1-0 win EFL Cup win at Swansea last weekend despite having only 38.3% of possession.
Blues boss Davies, who was assistant boss at Swansea when they were promoted to the Premier League in 2011, reckons that on home turf at least, Vitor Matos' Swans will control the ball throughout 2026-27.
"No team in the Championship is going to come [to Swansea] and have more possession than Swansea this season - I am confident to say that," Davies said.
"Swansea to me look like a typical Swansea City side - 4-3-3, a lot of movement, difficult to contain, they have got some dangerous wingers that look threatening.
"I take a lot from our victory because it's hard [to play against them]. We tried to make it a messy game so they couldn't get into their rhythm.
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"I think Swansea will be a really good team. They will cause a lot of teams problems."
August Priske scored the only goal as Birmingham progressed to the EFL Cup second round in a game where Swansea failed to take their opportunities.
Birmingham finished 10th in the second tier last season, with Swansea only behind them on goal difference in 11th.
Davies believes both sides are preparing for a stern Championship challenge in the campaign which begins this weekend.
"With West Ham coming down, Wolves I think will be strong, Burnley will be strong, so that group will lift [the level of the division] up," he said.
"A couple of the sides coming up will be competitive I think and you can see across the board, you hear the numbers that someone has paid for this player, they are more than last year I would say.
"Some of that has surprised me a little bit but I think whatever that looks like, its going to be a really difficult league with the way it is, the volume of games, the physical nature of it."
Source: “AOL Sports”
