Swansea City

Swansea City will be seeking to continue their good form and host a Hull City side who have won just one of their last five games across all competitions on Saturday (15:00 BST).

The Swans have lost just one game so far this season, away from home at league leaders Middlesborough whereas Hull have been beaten in their last two league games conceding seven goals in the process.

• Swansea have lost just one of their last six league games against Hull (W3 D2), winning two of the last three encounters (L1).

• Since a 2-0 victory in the Premier League in August 2016, Hull are winless in their last six league trips to Swansea City (D3 L3).

• Among current Championship sides, only Middlesbrough (32) have earned more points in the competition than Swansea since Alan Sheehan's first game in charge in February (31 – W9 D4 L4), winning six of their nine league games at home in that time (D2 L1).

• Hull have conceded seven goals in their last two league games (L2), just one fewer than in their previous nine matches in the Championship (8).

• No team's Championship games have seen fewer goals scored than Swansea this season (6 – F4 A2), with all four of their goals scored coming in the second half of games.

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Marko Stamenic will miss Swansea City's Championship game against Hull City on Saturday with a groin problem.

But Swansea are optimistic the New Zealand international will not be sidelined for long by the issue, which he picked up in the win over Sheffield Wednesday 12 days ago.

Fellow midfielder Jay Fulton will also be missing against Hull with a groin injury suffered in last month's Carabao Cup win over Plymouth Argyle, while Ricardo Santos (knee) remains sidelined.

Stamenic has made a big impact since joining from Nottingham Forest last month, but may also be doubtful for next Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie against the Premier League club.

The 23-year-old flew to Australia last week to link up with the New Zealand squad only to return without playing because he was deemed unfit.

"Marko felt something in his groin at Sheffield Wednesday," head coach Alan Sheehan said.

"He's an honest guy so he travelled halfway round the world to pull out of training with New Zealand.

"We have had that scanned and he will definitely miss the weekend, which is disappointing as he has shown how important he is over the last couple of games."

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Adam Idah says he "had no thoughts of leaving Celtic" until Swansea City made a move for the Republic of Ireland striker.

Idah, 24, joined the Welsh club on transfer deadline day, after 18 months in Glasgow.

He initially joined Celtic on loan from Norwich City and formalised that move last summer in a £9.5m deal. After 29 goals in 76 appearances, Idah headed to Swansea for a reported initial £6m.

"It was a crazy week," Idah told told BBC Sport NI after scoring Republic of Ireland's late equaliser in Saturday's 2-2 draw at home to Hungary.

"I had no thoughts of leaving Celtic, but Swansea came in. It was a good project for me to go down to the Championship and restart.

"I loved my time at Celtic, I had some amazing memories, but it was probably time for me to move on and have a fresh start."

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Swansea City fans are looking forward with optimism after a busy summer transfer window.

While some influential figures have departed, such as Harry Darling, Joe Allen and Kyle Naughton, the Championship club have spent significant money on a number of signings and have not been forced into any sales.

In all, Swansea have brought in 12 new faces, four of whom are on loan.

Those incomings were:

• Manuel Benson (loan)

• Cameron Burgess

• Kaelan Casey (loan)

• Paul Farman

• Ethan Galbraith

• Adam Idah

• Zeidane Inoussa

• Ishe Samuels-Smith (loan)

• Ricardo Santos

• Marko Stamenic

• Bobby Wales

• Malick Yalcouye (loan)

Of all the summer arrivals at the Swansea.com Stadium, who do you think will have the biggest impact?

Rank them here

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Swansea City are waiting to assess the fitness of Marko Stamenic after the midfielder flew to Australia for international duty only to be ruled out with injury.

Stamenic has made an impressive start to life at Swansea after joining from Nottingham Forest last month.

The 23-year-old played the full 90 minutes as Swansea beat Sheffield Wednesday last weekend before joining up with the New Zealand squad for a double-header against Australia.

But he has since left the All Whites' camp in Canberra with what has been reported to be an adductor problem.

The good news for Swansea, who return to Championship action against Hull City on Saturday, 13 September, is that Stamenic's problem was described as "minor" by New Zealand Football.

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Swansea City goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux made his long-awaited Chile debut against Brazil in the early hours of Friday.

The 31-year-old has been regularly involved in Chile squads having first represented the country of his father at under-20 level.

After years of watching senior international action from the bench, Vigouroux played the full 90 minutes as they were beaten 3-0 at the Maracana.

Chelsea winger Estevao, West Ham's Lucas Paqueta and Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes were on target for the home side, who also have a Swansea connection.

Former Swans boss Paul Clement is part of Brazil's coaching staff under Carlo Ancelotti, who he previously worked under at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

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After spending all summer chasing a striker, the final day signing of Celtic frontman Adam Idah completed a productive transfer window for Swansea City.

With the dust settled after deadline, BBC Sport Wales' Carl Roberts and Chris Wathan discussed the transfer business at the Swansea.Com Stadium - and you can listen to the chat here.

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Swansea City will host Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup third round on Wednesday, 17 September (20:00 BST) after the game was selected for live television coverage.

Championship side Swansea take on Premier League opposition having come through home ties against Crawley Town and Plymouth Argyle.

Nuno Espirito Santo's Forest team are entering the competition at the third-round stage as a result of their involvement in this season's Europa League.

The tie will be shown live on Sky Sports.

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Swansea City youngster Filip Lissah has joined Scottish Premiership side Falkirk on loan for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.

Centre-back Lissah, 20, is highly regarded at Swansea but has seen his progress hampered by injury issues.

The former Chelsea academy player follows in the footsteps of Kyrell Wilson, who joined Falkirk on loan from Swansea last week.

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Swansea City secured their first Championship away win of the season on Saturday, as they won 2-0 against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

Zan Vipotnik continued his recent return to form with the opening goal of the game, before Ronald sealed the win late on.

Vipotnik and Ronald have each scored twice in the Swans' last three league games, in which they have picked up seven points and risen to seventh in the Championship.

So how impressed have you been by Alan Sheehan's side this season? And where do they still need to improve?

Have your say here!

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Alan Sheehan says it will be down to Ollie Cooper to decide whether he leaves Swansea City before Monday's transfer deadline.

Wales international Cooper has made only one Swansea appearance – in the Carabao Cip win over Crawley - so far this season.

The 25-year-old has never started a league match under Sheehan and is facing increased competition for game-time following the signings of Marko Stamenic, Malick Yalcouye, Ethan Galbraith and Melker Widell.

Academy product Cooper was left out of the Wales squad by Craig Bellamy this week and Sheehan says that omission may affect the player's next move.

"I have had conversations with Ollie. It's a World Cup year and he might need regular football," the Swansea head coach said.

"But that's a decision Ollie will have to make. If he decides to stay and fight for his place, that's fine.

"He is a good lad, a good trainer and that will be ultimately up to Ollie."

Cooper was an unused substitute as Swansea won 2-0 at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday to climb to seventh in the early-season Championship table.