Bristol City vs Swansea City Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Bristol City vs Swansea City Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Match Details: November 22nd, 2025 | Ashton Gate| EFL Championship |12:30 (GMT)

The Swans will take the short trip over the River Severn to face one of the geographically closest teams in the division, Bristol City. After a promising transfer window, Swansea have failed to deliver results on the pitch, currently languishing near the relegation zone. Whereas the Robins have very much kept up their play-off clinching form from last year, and enter this game as clear favourites.

Key Betting Tip: Both Teams to Score at 1.83 odds represents excellent value based on the tip provided by our team of in-house tipsters.

Bristol City vs Swansea City Predicted Lineups

Bristol City Predicted XI: Vitek, Vyner, Dickie, Tanner, Hirakawa, Twine, Randell, Mehmeti, Roberts, Armstrong, Mayulu

Knight and Pring have returned to training, two vital parts of this Robins team. Borges and Sykes are also expected to be back in contention ahead of this game. Bird, Atkinson, and Stokes are set to return to the picture next month.

Swansea City Predicted XI: Vigouroux, Key, Burgess, Casey, Samuels-Smith, Franco, Galbraith, Cullen, Widell, Inoussa, Vipotnik

First team starters Cabango and Tymon will both be suspended due to yellow card accumulation.

Bristol City vs Swansea City Current League Standings

Bristol are 8th in the Championship with 23 points, joining them on that same points total are Ipswich, Derby, and Charlton, a very close-knit table indeed. They have 6 wins, 5 draws, and 4 losses, scoring 22 and conceding 18.

Swansea are an entire 10 places behind Bristol in 18th, but are only separated by 6 points. They have 4 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses, have scored 15 goals and conceded 19.

Bristol City vs Swansea City Head-to-Head Timeline

Two sides seemingly stuck in the Championship. This pair have met 81 times, dating back over 100 years. The Bristolians have 32 wins, the Welsh have 25 wins, and there have been 24 draws. There have been under 2.5 goals in each of the last three meetings.

Recent Head-to-Head Results:

• February 2025: Bristol City 0-1 Swansea City (Championship)
• September 2024: Swansea City 1-1 Bristol City (Championship)
• March 2024: Bristol City 1-0 Swansea City (Championship)
• September 2023: Swansea City 1-2 Bristol City (Championship)
• March 2023: Swansea City 2-0 Bristol City (Championship)

Recent Bristol City and Swansea City Matches Analysis

Bristol City Last 5 Matches:

• Watford 1-1 Bristol City (Championship)
• Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers (Championship)
• Stoke City 5-1 Bristol City (Championship)
• Bristol City 1-0 Birmingham City (Championship)
• Bristol City 3-1 Southampton (Championship)

The Robins have quickly been brought back to reality after three wins on the bounce at the end of October was soon followed by two defeats and a draw away at 15th placed Watford. Yikes.

Swansea City Last 5 Matches:

• Swansea City 1-4 Ipswich Town (Championship)
• Preston North End 2-1 Swansea City (Championship)
• Charlton Athletic 1-1 Swansea City (Championship)
• Swansea City 1-3 Manchester City (Championship)
• Swansea City 2-1 Norwich City (Championship)

Since they beat Nottingham Forest in that famous comeback win, the Swans have won two games out of a possible 11 games.

Bristol City vs Swansea City Predictions

Our advanced algorithm analyses over 200 data points to generate these predictions with 63.3% confidence in plenty of goals in this game. The model factors in current form, head-to-head records, player availability, and tactical matchups.

Best Bristol City vs Swansea City Betting Tips

Football Park’s Best Bet: Both Teams to Score @ 1.83 - Our team of in-house betting tipsters have predicted both teams to score in this fixture. Their form and head-to-head record justify confidence in this selection.

Key Players to Watch: Bristol City vs Swansea City

Scott Twine (Bristol City): Twine has three in his last five games, including a great brace against Southampton, so he will be brimming with confidence heading into this game. He’s the Robins’ top goalscorer this season with 8 Championship goal contributions altogether.

Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City): One of my personal favourites to watch in the Championship, Galbraith has carried on the form he found at Leyton Orient last season, oozing effortless class, the midfielder is bound to reach the top one day.

Bristol City vs Swansea City Match Facts

Broadcast Details: Sky Sports+

Stadium Information: Ashton Gate is a multi-purpose stadium that serves as the home ground for Bristol City FC. The stadium has a long history, originally being established around 1900, but it underwent a comprehensive reconstruction between 2014 and 2016. It is located in the suburb of Ashton Gate, in the south-west of the city of Bristol. The modern, redeveloped venue has a seating capacity of 27,000.

Referee: Joshua Smith (England)