Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Swansea City AFC vs Bristol City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2023-24
Swansea City AFC
1 – 2
Full Time
Bristol City FC
Sat 2 Sep 2023 · 11:30 UTC Swansea.com Stadium 16,676 HT 45' · FT 45'
Liam Cullen 10' 1–0
1–1 48' Mark Sykes
1–2 59' Sam Bell
Kyle Naughton 45' Y
Y 45' Kal Naismith
Josh Ginnelly 57' Y
Y 86' Rob Dickie
Jamie Paterson 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Swansea City AFC vs Bristol City FC — Championship at Swansea.com Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Oliver Langford
  • Assistant 1 Hristo Karaivanov
  • Assistant 2 George Byrne
4 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 6.5 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

6
5
7
Swansea City AFC 18 games · Avg 1.9 goals Bristol City FC
Last 5 meetings
2023-09-02 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Bristol City FC 2023-03-19 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Bristol City FC 2023-01-17 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Bristol City FC 2023-01-08 Bristol City FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC 2022-10-29 Bristol City FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC

Recent Form

Swansea City AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Sep Bristol City FC H 1–2 L
26 Aug Preston North End FC A 1–2 L
19 Aug Coventry City FC H 1–1 D
12 Aug West Bromwich Albion FC A 2–3 L
05 Aug Birmingham City FC H 1–1 D
08 May West Bromwich Albion FC H 3–2 W
Bristol City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Sep Swansea City AFC A 2–1 W
25 Aug Hull City AFC A 1–1 D
19 Aug Birmingham City FC H 0–2 L
12 Aug Millwall FC A 1–0 W
05 Aug Preston North End FC H 1–1 D
08 May Queens Park Rangers FC A 2–0 W

Season Stats

Swansea City AFC Bristol City FC
#1 Position #8
17 Points 13
8 Played 8
5 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 4 / 1 / 3
13 Scored 11
6 Conceded 12
+7 GD -1
2.13 PPG 1.63
63% Win % 50%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
28% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season
13% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 1st (17 pts). Bristol City FC are 8th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC
0-15
3/2
16-30
2/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Bristol City FC
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
3/2
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/1
76+
5/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Swansea City AFC
Adam Idah 3 G 1 A
Ji-sung Eom 2 G 2 A
Joseph Opoku 2 G
Bristol City FC
Dominic Ballard 3 G
Lorent Tolaj 2 G 1 A
Scott Twine 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Swansea.com Stadium. Swansea City AFC are looking to make home advantage count against Bristol City FC.
  • 5' Swansea City AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' Liam Cullen is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 15' Bristol City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
  • 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 25' Swansea City AFC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 40' Bristol City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 45' Kyle Naughton is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
  • 46' Josh Ginnelly has so much to prove this time. He replaces Harrison Ashby on 46 minute.
  • 48' Mark Sykes is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the midfielder.
  • 53' A quiet spell here at Swansea.com Stadium. Swansea City AFC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 57' Josh Ginnelly picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 59' Jamie Paterson has so much to prove this time. He replaces Liam Cullen on 59 minute.
  • 59' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sam Bell makes no mistake. 1-2!
  • 60' The Swansea City AFC manager makes a substitution. Charlie Patino departs to be replaced by Joe Allen.
  • 65' The whistle greets Jerry Yates as he departs to be replaced by Mykola Kukharevych.
  • 69' The whistle greets Taylor Gardner-Hickman as he departs to be replaced by George Tanner.
  • 74' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 78' Another change for Bristol City FC made on 78 minute. Nahki Wells leaves to be changed by Harry Cornick.
  • 83' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 84' Mark Sykes makes way for Rob Dickie at the 84 minute mark. A tactical switch from Bristol City FC.
  • 86' Bristol City FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 87' The referee has no hesitation. Rob Dickie is booked for Bristol City FC — Yellow card on 87.
  • 90' Jamie Paterson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 90.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

Swansea City AFC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Duff

Bristol City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nigel Pearson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Joel Piroe 3
Andreas Weimann 3
Jules Ntcham 2
Mark Sykes 2
Nahki Wells 2
Oliver Cooper 2
Antoine Semenyo 2
Liam Cullen 2

Head to Head

2023-09-02 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Bristol City FC 2023-03-19 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Bristol City FC 2023-01-17 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Bristol City FC 2023-01-08 Bristol City FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC 2022-10-29 Bristol City FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC

Swansea City AFC Form

2023-09-02 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Bristol City FC L 2023-08-26 Preston North End FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC L 2023-08-19 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2023-08-12 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–2 Swansea City AFC L 2023-08-05 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2023-05-08 Swansea City AFC 3–2 West Bromwich Albion FC W

Bristol City FC Form

2023-09-02 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Bristol City FC W 2023-08-25 Hull City AFC 1–1 Bristol City FC D 2023-08-19 Bristol City FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC L 2023-08-12 Millwall FC 0–1 Bristol City FC W 2023-08-05 Bristol City FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2023-05-08 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–2 Bristol City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.52 Swansea City AFC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.06 Bristol City FC xG
I would bet for: Swansea City AFC or Bristol City FC 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Swansea City AFC42% Draw28% Bristol City FC30%
Actual: Bristol City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.58
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw
70%
Draw or Bristol City FC
58%
Swansea City AFC or Bristol City FC
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Swansea City AFC33% Draw48% Bristol City FC19%
Actual: Swansea City AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.1%
1 – 0
10.5%
0 – 0
9.6%
2 – 1
8.9%
2 – 0
8.5%
0 – 1
7%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.6%
3 – 0
4.2%
0 – 2
4.2%
3 – 2
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap Swansea City AFC covers Push Bristol City FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 22% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 15% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.