Swansea City 1-2 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Swansea City 1-2 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swansea City 1-2 Bristol City: match report

Swansea City were beaten by Bristol City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Liam Cullen opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Swansea City's goal came from Liam Cullen (10'). Bristol City scored through Mark Sykes (48') and Sam Bell (59').

Discipline: Swansea City received 3 yellow cards; Bristol City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swansea City were 20th on 2 points from 4 and Bristol City 14th on 5 points from 4. Swansea City went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Bristol City 11th with 62.

Swansea City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bristol City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Sykes of Bristol City (8.4), ahead of Matt Grimes (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Swansea City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Liam CullenSwansea City · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Kyle NaughtonSwansea City
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Kal NaismithBristol City
  • 48'Goal · Mark SykesBristol City · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Josh GinnellySwansea City
  • 59'Goal · Sam BellBristol City · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Robert DickieBristol City
  • 90'Yellow card · Jamie PatersonSwansea City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 4, draws 3, Bristol City 3.

Team news

Swansea City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Carl Rushworth, Ben Cabango, Kyle Naughton, Nathan Wood, Harrison Ashby, Charlie Patiño, Matt Grimes, Josh Key, Oliver Cooper, Liam Cullen, Jerry Yates

Bristol City line-up (4-3-3)

Max O'Leary, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Zak Vyner, Kal Naismith, Cameron Pring, Joe Williams, Matty James, Jason Knight, Mark Sykes, Nahki Wells, Sam Bell