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Predictions and Tips
Derby County will be at Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday for the Championship clash with home team Swansea City.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Swansea City v Derby County game - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide

Swansea City
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Swansea City will play in this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Championship tied result versus Leeds United.
In that match, Swansea City had 45% possession and 9 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Swansea City, goals were scored by Harry Darling (64') and Žan Vipotnik (96'). Leeds United had 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Brenden Aaronson (1') and Wilfired Gnonto (86') scored for Leeds United.
An interesting theme in recent Swansea City games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
Taking their prior 6 matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have been a losing one. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether the trend might be maintained in this game.
Coming into this contest, Swansea City haven't been beaten in the league by Derby County in their previous 4 games.
Derby County
LLWWWW 📈
Derby County will go into the meeting after a 2-0 Championship win versus Preston North End in their previous outing.
In that match, Derby County had 35% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For Derby County, the scorers were Craig Forsyth (48') and Jerry Yates (52'). Preston North End had 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
John Eustace's Derby County have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 7 times throughout their most recent six matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 5.
Coming into this contest, Derby County have not beaten Swansea City in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 08/02/2020 tells us that Swansea City have won 3 of these games & Derby County 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
An aggregate of 16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 for The Swans and 8 for The Rams. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Championship match day 17 on 27/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Derby County 1-2 Swansea City.
That time, Derby County had 43% possession and 18 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (65').
For their opponents, Swansea City got 3 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Žan Vipotnik (2') and Ronald (14') scored.
The referee was Ben Toner.
ℹ️ Team News: Derby County
Derby County manager John Eustace has to choose a team with limited availability. Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), Kemar Roofe (Hamstring injury), Ben Osborn (Hamstring injury), Corey Blackett-Taylor (Hamstring injury), Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Cruciate ligament tear), Joe Ward (Knee surgery), Dajaune Brown (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) will miss out on this game.
🧠 Prediction
In this game, Derby County have the firepower to find the back of the net against this Swansea City outfit, however it probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.
We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Swansea City at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.
Peter Guest, 13:02 05/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Swansea City
Formed: 1912
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium (21,088)
Captain: Ben Cabango
Chairman: Andy Coleman
Manager: Alan Sheehan
Competitions: Championship position 16
🔑 Star Man: Žan Vipotnik
Generally taking to the field in the Striker position, Žan Vipotnik was born in Slovenia. After having made a senior debut playing for Girondins de Bordeaux in the 2023 - 2024 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 6 league goals in this Championship 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 35 appearances.
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40 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 43 | 84 | WDWWW |
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39 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 83 | WWDWW |
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40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 82 | LWDDD |
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40 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 75 | WDLWW |
5 |
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40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 60 | LWDWW |
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40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 59 | WLWLL |
7 |
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40 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 57 | WDDLL |
8 |
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39 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 57 | WDDWL |
9 |
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39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 53 | DLWLD |
10 |
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39 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 52 | DDLLW |
11 |
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40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | -1 | 52 | LLLLL |
12 |
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39 | 14 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 52 | LWWLD |
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39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 51 | LWLWL |
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39 | 10 | 17 | 12 | -7 | 47 | DLDWL |
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39 | 11 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 45 | LLLDL |
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39 | 12 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 45 | DWLLD |
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39 | 12 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 45 | LWLLW |
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39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | -12 | 42 | DLWLW |
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39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 42 | LDLWL |
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39 | 11 | 8 | 20 | -9 | 41 | LWWWW |
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39 | 10 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 41 | WDWDL |
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39 | 9 | 13 | 17 | -20 | 40 | LLLWD |
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40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 39 | LWDWD |
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39 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -37 | 34 | LLWLD |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 27 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 51 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Liam Cullen | 10 |
Žan Vipotnik | 7 |
Harry Darling | 5 |
Florian Bianchini | 3 |
Myles Peart-Harris | 3 |
Jerry Yates | 10 |
Ebou Adams | 6 |
Marcus Harness | 4 |
Craig Forsyth | 3 |
Kayden Jackson | 3 |
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