Swansea City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2018

Result

Swansea City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Swansea City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Swansea City beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Marco Matias opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Swansea City's goals came from Bersant Celina (71') and Wayne Routledge (72'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Marco Matias (63').

Discipline: Swansea City received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swansea City were 12th on 29 points from 21 and Sheffield Wednesday 17th on 24 points from 21. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 65 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 64.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bersant Celina of Swansea City (8.5), ahead of Connor Roberts (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Swansea City win, 3 draws and 0 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Jordan ThornileySheffield Wednesday
  • 33'Yellow card · A. BakerSheffield Wednesday
  • 63'Goal · Marco MatiasSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · Bersant CelinaSwansea City · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Wayne RoutledgeSwansea City · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Swansea City 1, draws 3, Sheffield Wednesday 0.

Team news

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

Erwin Mulder, Connor Roberts, Mike van der Hoorn, Joe Rodon, Kyle Naughton, Leroy Fer, Matt Grimes, Wayne Routledge, Barrie McKay, Nathan Dyer, Oli McBurnie

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-4-2-1)

Cameron Dawson, Tom Lees, Daniel Pudil, Jordan Thorniley, Ash Baker, Joey Pelupessy, Joshua Onomah, Morgan Fox, Adam Reach, Lucas João, Atdhe Nuhiu