Bristol City vs Swansea City – 08/01/2023
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Two struggling Championship sides will park their woeful league form this weekend as Bristol City and Swansea City clash in the FA Cup with both sides now desperate to win at Ashton Gate on Sunday afternoon.
Neither side has been able to impress that much since Championship football resumed at the start of December. Swansea, however, are the side coming into this game with less points in the five games since football returned to the second tier, despite getting a stunning win over Watford not too long ago.
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Russell Martin guided his men to a 4-0 win over Watford at the end of December, as Joel Piroe scored a goal in either half, before a goal from Liam Cullen and another for Joel Latibeaudiere.
It means Swansea scored three of the four goals in the final 15 minutes of the game and it looked to be the difference in them starting to move up the table.
However, they lost to Burnley 2-1 last time out and immediately jumped back into the losing column.
Further losses to Reading and Norwich City since football returned for them kept them in 15th, as the Swans also drew with Coventry City 3-3, although they did go three goals down, as Piroe and Cullen scored again alongside a goal from Jay Fulton.
As for Bristol, their only win since the Championship resumed was in the returning game against Rotherham United. Joe Williams and Cameron Pring were the difference that day, alongside an own goal from Rotherham.
However, Nigel Pearson’s men have been winless ever since, as they lost to West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City immediately after.
Pearson’s side have drawn with Millwall and Coventry in the past two games, which are not the worst results in the world given the form of those two sides, particularly Millwall.
In the Championship table, the Robins are now down in 19th and fears of relegation have grown stronger by the week over the festive period. Bristol sit with 29 points and just three points above Blackpool in 22nd.
They are also six behind Swansea in 15th and Bristol have also conceded a worrying 35 goals already. On the other hand, the club have netted an impressive 32 in 26 goals.
Forebet predicts a draw here and for the game to see under 2.5 goals with barely anything separating them in the form book before the game.
