Our prediction for this EFL Cup match:
Swansea
Match Time & Date:
17 September 2025
20:00
Prediction: 1-0
Nottingham Forest
A spot in the EFL Cup last 16 will be at stake when Swansea City and Nottingham Forest lock horns in South Wales on Wednesday evening. The Swans set up a meeting with Forest by beating Plymouth on penalties, but they face an uphill task in the last 32. All Stamenic, Santos, and Fulton remain in the recovery room, but there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The Reds, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems in back-to-back losses to West Ham United (0-3) and Arsenal (0-3). Nottingham Forest have yet to find their form under new boss Ange Postecoglou and with Swansea being a real force to be reckoned with at home, we are tempted to bet on the Championship outfit. Both Ola Aina and Murillo are major doubts, while Forest midfielder Nicolas Dominguez remains on the sidelines.
Highlighted Player (Ibrahim Sangaré):
Ibrahim Sangare is an Ivorian professional football player who plays for Toulouse in the first tier of French Football. Standing at 1.91m, the defensive midfielder is known for his "big presence" and " tackling."Sangare started his youth career with Ivorian clubs Tout Koumassi and AS Duenguele and spent a cumulative of five years with the clubs.
In 2016, he left Ivory Coast to join the French club Toulouse FC on an initial one year contract, which later extended to five years. After spending his first few months in the reserve team, Sangare broke into the first team set up as the season progressed. He made his professional debut on the 22nd of October, 2016, in Toulouse's 0-0 league draw with SCO Angers.
As of today, Sangare made 66 appearances for the club in all competitions. Born on the 2nd of December 1997, the 21-year-old has represented Ivory Coast at the under-23 level and the senior level, debuting for both in the year 2015.
Highlighted Team (Swansea):
Swansea City AFC is a Welsh football club from Swansea and is currently playing in the English Premier League. The biggest rival Swansea City is Cardiff City which is next to Swansea City the only football club from Wales that played in the PremierLeague.
Swansea City was founded in 1912 under the name ‘Swansea Town’. The first venue where Swansea City played was The Vetch Field. The club grew in members and fans and on 23th of July 2005 Swansea City opened the Liberty Stadium which holds a capacity of 21 000 supporters. The fans of Swansea City prefer to use the non-commercial name: White Rock Stadium.
In the history of Swansea City the club managed to win the Football League One twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. So far the Welsh club didn’t win any prizes in the highest English divisions. Known players that wore the Swansea jersey are Lampard, Toshack, Martinez and Bony.
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