Swansea vs Bristol City Prediction: Robins to win battle of the birds

Swansea City have made a bright start to the Championship season and moved into the play-off positions after back-to-back second-tier victories over Norwich and Coventry. Clearly, it’s early days in the Championship campaign, but Luke Williams will be happy with how things have progressed.

Bristol City sit seven places below Swansea in the second-tier table, but the Robins can move above Williams’ men with a victory in Wales on Sunday and Liam Manning’s men appear to hold strong claims.

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Team news

Back-up keeper Andy Fisher is out with a groin issue and Swansea will also be without Josh Ginnelly, who arrived from Hearts in the summer.

For the Robins Ayman Benarous will miss the trip to Swansea, while on-loan West Ham man George Earthy is out with an ankle injury.

Adam Murphy, Rob Atkinson and Ross McCrorie made appearances for the under-21 side in midweek and are nearing a return.

Match Odds

Swansea are the 13/10 favourites, with Bristol City rated 15/8 chances and the draw available at 13/5.

Bristol City to beat Swansea @ 15/8

The league table doesn’t always paint an accurate picture of a team’s ability and that is certainly the case in the early part of the season.

Swansea are up to seventh in the Championship standings after taking six points from their last two matches against Norwich and Coventry, but those results were hugely flattering to the Swans.

Williams’ men lost the shot count 20-8 and were 1.65-0.73 on expected goals in their 2-1 victory at Coventry last time out, while it was 13-9 and 1.13-0.71 in a 1-0 success over the Canaries.

Swansea have been dominated by West Brom and Middlesbrough this season and that looks like a stronger indicator of the level of the Welsh side.

Bristol City have beaten Oxford and Millwall and picked up a draw with Coventry this season and the Robins are a better side than their 14th place suggests.

At 15/8, Manning’s men look worth a punt in Wales.

Bristol City to win & both teams to score @ 4/1

There have been 18 goals scored in Bristol City’s last five matches and that trend for high-scoring matches looks set to continue at Swansea.

The Swans look vulnerable to the Robins, but Williams’ side will carry some attacking confidence after beating Norwich and Coventry.

Both teams have found the net in seven of the last 10 games between these sides and a bet on the visitors to win and both teams to score could be rewarded at a big price.

Football Betting Tips from Betfred Insights.