Swansea City vs Wrexham - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to support their unbeaten commencement to the 2026-27 Championship season, Swansea City invited Welsh rivals Wrexham to Swansea.com Stadium for a second-tier clash connected Saturday night.

The Swans picked up an awesome home occurrence implicit Watford earlier successful the week, whilst the Red Dragons flexed their musculus connected the roadworthy to assertion maximum points from a travel to Millwall.

Match preview

After back-to-back 11th-placed finishes successful the Championship during 2025 and 2026, Swansea City are looking to vie successful the apical 8 this clip around, with the South Wales outfit enjoying an fantabulous commencement to 2026-27.

Indeed, Vitor Matos's troops are 1 of lone 5 sides successful the part who are yet to sensation second-tier defeat, with the Swans making it 3 consecutive cleanable sheets courtesy of a 2-0 triumph implicit Watford connected Tuesday night.

Producing arguably his astir influential show since signing for Swansea, South Korean playmaker Eom Ji-Sung recovered the nett and provided an assistance for striker Adam Idah arsenic the Hornets were swept speech past clip out.

Now connected a ngo to grounds back-to-back Championship location wins for the archetypal clip since February, the Swans are sitting beauteous astatine the acme of the second-tier standings, boasting 10 points from 4 matches.

Matos's men recruited 10 caller players implicit the people of the summertime transportation model and moved decisively connected deadline time to unafraid the services of teenage sensation Jeremy Monga, who has joined connected indebtedness from Manchester City.

Following a four-game winless commencement (D2 L2) to 2026-27 crossed Championship and EFL Cup action, Wrexham recorded a much-needed triumph connected Wednesday night, erstwhile the Red Dragons slayed the Lions astatine The Den.

A Millwall broadside - lacking their accustomed attacking menace owed to the absences of Tairyk Arconte and Kyrell Lisbie - was swept speech by Phil Parkinson's men, with Kieffer Moore and summertime accomplishment Jacques Ekomie uncovering the net.

Ahead of Saturday night's all-Welsh matter astatine the Swansea.com Stadium, Wrexham are presently occupying 11th spot successful the Championship rankings, conscionable a azygous constituent down Birmingham City successful eighth spot.

Like their compatriots Swansea, the Red Dragons were engaged connected transportation deadline time securing an attacking prima who boasts second-tier experience, with creator Callum O'Hare joining from Sheffield United.

A affirmative omen for the hosts this weekend, some of past season's clashes betwixt Swansea and Wrexham finished successful favour of the location team, with a 90th-minute onslaught from Idah sealing 3 points for the Swans successful this nonstop fixture backmost successful December 2025.

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Wrexham Championship form:

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Team News

Despite keeping 3 consecutive cleanable sheets recently, Swansea could marque an alteration to their backline should Ben Cabango retrieve from a bottommost occupation successful time.

An ever-present successful the Championship past season, Cameron Burgess is expected to miss the full of 2026-27 owed to a superior genu injury.

Matos's options successful the mediate of the parkland are reduced by the lack of Goncalo Franco, meaning that Canada skipper Stephen Eustaquio should commencement erstwhile again.

Also without a cardinal midfield option, Wrexham are incapable to telephone upon the talents of Ben Sheaf due to the fact that of a muscular injury.

A bit-part subordinate for the Red Dragons past term, New Zealander Liberato Cacace is yet to diagnostic competitively successful 2026-27.

Swansea City imaginable starting lineup:

Vigouroux; Lissah, Cabango, Welsh, Tymon; Stamenic Opoku, Eustaquio, Widell, Eom; Idah

Wrexham imaginable starting lineup:

Patterson; Cleworth, Hyam, Doyle; Kabore, Rathbone, Whiteman, Ekomie; Windass, O'Brien, Moore

We say: Swansea City 1-1 Wrexham

Conceding conscionable erstwhile crossed their opening 4 Championship matches, Swansea volition beryllium assured of taming the Red Dragons connected Saturday night.

However, buoyed by their roaring occurrence astatine Millwall earlier successful the week, Wrexham should beryllium bully capable for a stock of the spoils successful South Wales.

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