Swans fixtures released

21st June

First team

Swansea City will start the new Championship season with a televised trip to Sheffield United.

The Swans are to face the Blades, who finished 10th in the second tier last season, at Bramall Lane on Saturday, August 4.

The game will be screened live on Sky Sports, and will therefore kick off at 5.30pm.

Graham Potter’s men will play their first home fixture of 2018-19 seven days later against Preston North End.

Coincidentally, Preston were the opposition in the Swans’ opening Liberty league fixture when they last played in the second tier, in 2010-11.

On that occasion, the Swans triumphed 4-0 thanks to goals from Stephen Dobbie, Darren Pratley, Nathan Dyer and David Cotterill.

The Swans would love a repeat performance this time around, although Preston, who just missed out on the play-offs in the spring, will provide Potter’s side with a stern early-season test.

The Swans are set for a reunion with former boss Garry Monk next as they go to Birmingham City on August 18, before the opening month finishes with home fixtures against Leeds United and Bristol City.

September begins with a trip to Millwall, another side who came up just short of the play-offs last season, while there are also away games at Stoke and Middlesbrough.

Home fixtures in September are against Nottingham Forest and Queens Park Rangers.

There are three home games in October, against Ipswich, Blackburn and Reading, plus away trips to Wigan and Aston Villa.

November begins with back-to-back away fixtures, at Rotherham and Bolton, and ends with Norwich and West Brom visiting the Liberty.

A hectic December starts with trips to Derby and Brentford. Sheffield Wednesday then come to SA1 before the Swans make the long journey to Hull on December 22.

Villa come to Wales on Boxing Day and the Swans are at home again, to Wigan, on December 29.

The Swans then travel to Reading on New Year’s Day, with another away day at Preston before home fixtures against Sheffield United and Birmingham.

February sees the Swans make the short trip to Bristol City. There are also two visits to Yorkshire, to face Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as home fixtures against Millwall and Brentford.

There are three away days in March, at Norwich, West Brom and Nottingham Forest, while Bolton and Derby come to Swansea.

April is busy, with home games against Middlesbrough, Stoke, Rotherham and Hull as well as trips to QPR and Ipswich.

The Swans then hit the road on the final day of the season, May 5, when they will face Blackburn.

Swansea City's 2018-19 Sky Bet Championship fixtures

2018
Sat, Aug 4	Sheffield United	A
Sat, Aug 11	Preston	H
Sat, Aug 18	Birmingham City	A
Wed, Aug 22	Leeds United	H
Sat, Aug 25	Bristol City	H
Wed, Aug 29			Carabao Cup Rd 2
Sat, Sept 1	Millwall	A
Sat, Sept 8			International fixture
Sat, Sept 15	Nottingham Forest	H
Tues, Sept 18	Stoke City	A
Sat, Sept 22	Middlesbrough	A
Wed, Sept 26			Carabao Cup Rd 3
Sat, Sept 29	QPR	H
Tues, Oct 2	Wigan	A
Sat, Oct 6	Ipswich Town	H
Sat, Oct 13			International fixture
Sat, Oct 20	Aston Villa	A
Tues, Oct 23	Blackburn Rovers	H
Sat, Oct 27	Reading	H
Wed, Oct 31			Carabao Cup Rd 4
Sat, Nov 3	Rotherham Utd	A
Sat, Nov 10	Bolton Wanderers	A
Sat, Nov 17			International fixture
Sat, Nov 24	Norwich City	H
Wed, Nov 28	West Brom	H
Sat, Dec 1	Derby County	A
Sat, Dec 8	Brentford	A
Sat, Dec 15	Sheffield Wednesday	H
Wed, Dec 19			Carabao Cup Rd 5
Sat, Dec 22	Hull City	A
Wed, Dec 26	Aston Villa	H
Sat, Dec 29	Wigan Athletic	H
2019
Tues, Jan 1	Reading	A
Sat, Jan 5			Emirates FA Cup Rd 3
Wed, Jan 9			Carabao Cup s/f 1st leg
Sat, Jan 12	Preston	A
Sat, Jan 19	Sheffield United	H
Wed, Jan 23			Carabao Cup s/f 2nd leg
Sat, Jan 26	Birmingham City	H	Emirates FA Cup Rd 4
Sat, Feb 2	Bristol City	A
Sat, Feb 9	Millwall	H
Wed, Feb 13	Leeds United	A
Sat, Feb 16	Brentford		Emirates FA Cup Rd 5
Sat, Feb 23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
Sun, Feb 24			Carabao Cup final
Sat, March 2	Bolton Wanderers	H
Sat, March 9	Norwich City	A
Wed, March 13	West Brom	A
Sat, March 16	Derby County	H	Emirates FA Cup Rd 6
Sat, March 23			Euro 2020 qualifiers
Sat, March 30	Nottingham Forest	A
Sat, April 6	Middlesbrough	H	Emirates FA Cup semi-final
Tues, April 9	Stoke City	H
Sat, April 13	QPR	A
Fri, April 19	Rotherham United	H
Mon, April 22	Ipswich Town	A
Sat, April 27	Hull City	H
Sun, May 5	Blackburn Rovers	A
Sat, May 18			Emirates FA Cup final