Swansea vs Burnley — Championship result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 12 September 2026

Championship·Saturday, 12 September 2026·14:00

3 – 1

SwanseaExpected goalsBurnley
1.57 xG1.09 xG

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Swansea

46%

pick · result

Draw

27%

Burnley

27%

Final score

3–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Swansea win 46.2% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Swansea win. Expected goals 1.57–1.09 against 3–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals50%4 scored
Both teams score53%yes
Swansea clean sheet33%no
Burnley clean sheet21%no
Swansea score 2+46%yes
Burnley score 2+30%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1802
1X2 Brier score0.4347
Probability on the result46.2%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (13.0%), 1–0 (9.3%), 2–1 (8.6%). It finished 3–1.

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Swansea

19 SeptAvs Lincoln2–1W
12 SeptHvs Burnley3–1W

Burnley

19 SeptHvs Derby1–1D
12 SeptAvs Swansea1–3L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.