Swansea City welcome Bristol City to Swansea.com Stadium in the latest round of Sky Bet Championship action.
Victory would see Swansea leapfrog their visitors into 16th, whereas a win would see Bristol City stay 16th but move five points clear of the Swans.
Team News
Ryan Bennett is suspended for Swansea after being red carded during Swansea’s 3-0 loss at Stoke in midweek.
Ryan Manning (suspension) is available to return but Kyle Naughton (thigh) and Nathanael Ogbeta (hamstring) remain absent.
Bristol City could welcome Nakhi Wells back into contention after he missed Wednesday’s win over Reading due to a positive Coronavirus test.
Han-Noah Massengo (hip) and Joe Williams (fitness) are doubts but Callum O’Dowda (knee) is ruled out.
Stat Attack
- Swansea have lost just one of their last five meetings against Bristol City (W2, D2, L1).
- Bristol City have won three of their last five visits to Swansea (W3, D1, L1).
- Bristol City’s Nakhi Wells has scored in two of his last three appearances against Swansea.
- Swansea have scored just 16 goals in 14 home league games this season compared to 18 goals across their first 14 home league matches last season.
- Nigel Pearson’s Robins are winless in their last nine away matches (D2, L7).
Prediction
Inconsistency seems to be the story of Swansea’s season with just one win in their last five games complete with disciplinary issues, whilst their attack was disastrous at Stoke in midweek with just three shots in total and one on target so huge improvement is a must.
Bristol City meanwhile haven’t been much better with their own defensive issues but can take heart from scoring in their last 11 league games, so should really go to Swansea looking to get on the front foot and break their defence down given their away form in this fixture.
Given defensive fragilities within both teams, this certainly is either going to be a tight cagey contest or both teams will go for it in attack but I feel like the Robins might well have enough to edge a win here if Swansea don’t pick up quickly from their midweek mess.
Prediction: Swansea 1-2 Bristol City
Result: Swansea 3-1 Bristol City
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