Report, result, goals from Championship

Adam Idah’s 91st-minute tap-in earned Swansea City a comeback win at home to Wrexham and a third successive home victory in the first Welsh derby of the season in the Championship.

Ireland forward Idah pounced on calamitous goalkeeping by Arthur Okonkwo, who made a mess of dealing with a free-kick inside the box to gift the Swans the winner as their resurgence under new manager Vitor Matos continued.

Swansea are next in action away to leaders Coventry City on December 26 (15:00 GMT). Wrexham host Sheffield United, who started the weekend 18th, at 17:30 on the same day.

“An absolute howler!” 😨

Arthur Okonkwo fails to claim the ball, and Adam Idah reacts quickest to poke it home ⚪️ pic.twitter.com/ctYeqn5iFW

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) December 19, 2025

Swansea vs Wrexham: Idah goal decisive

Wrexham, who are six points from a play-off place in 15th, took the lead when Cameron Burgess scored his third own goal of the season in the 14th minute, heading in Ryan Longman’s cross.

It’s a nightmare start for Swansea as Cameron Burgess heads the ball past his own goalkeeper to give Wrexham the lead 😬 pic.twitter.com/DVTbmRuKyQ

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) December 19, 2025

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The hosts equalised 20 minutes from time through Slovenia forward Zan Vipotnik, whose strike took a heavy touch off centre-back Dom Hyam inside the box to wrong-foot goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo.

Vipotnik’s deflected strike has brought Swansea level against Wrexham ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/7euxvcHQYT

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) December 19, 2025

Phil Parkinson’s second-tier newcomers are now winless in five matches, although they had only lost one of their previous 11.

Swansea team vs Wrexham

Swansea made two changes from their 2-1 defeat at Stoke City six days earlier, midfielder Melker Widell and wideman Zeidane Inoussa replacing Liam Cullen and Eom Jisung.

Swansea City starting XI: Lawrence Vigouroux, Ethan Galbraith, Ben Cabango, Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon, Ronald, Goncalo Franco, Melker Widell, Marko Stamenic, Zeidane Inoussa, Zan Vipotnik

Swansea substitutes: Andy Fisher, Joshua Key, Jay Fulton, Malick Yalcouye, Eom Ji-Sung, Ishe Samuels-Smith, Liam Cullen, Kaelan Casey, Adam Idah

Wrexham team vs Swansea

Wrexham also made two changes in midfield from their 2-2 draw at home to Watford on the same day, bringing in Ben Sheaf and George Thomason for Matty James and Lewis O’Brien.

Wrexham starting XI: Arthur Okonkwo, Max Cleworth, Dominic Hyam, Callum Doyle, Ryan Longman, Ben Sheaf, George Dobson, George Thomason, James McClean, Kieffer Moore, Josh Windass

Wrexham substitutes: Callum Burton, Conor Coady, Oliver Rathbone, Dan Scarr, Lewis O’Brien, Sam Smith, Ryan Barnett, Nathan Broadhead, Matty James

Championship results, fixtures this weekend

Friday, December 19

Swansea 2-1 Wrexham

Saturday, December 20

Matches start at 15:00 GMT (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT) unless otherwise stated.

• Blackburn Rovers vs Millwall (12:30)
• Preston North End vs Norwich City (12:30)
• Southampton vs Coventry City (12:30)
• Bristol City vs Middlesbrough
• Charlton Athletic vs Oxford United
• Derby County vs Portsmouth
• Hull City vs West Bromwich Albion
• Ipswich Town vs Sheffield Wednesday
• Queens Park Rangers vs Leicester City
• Sheffield United vs Birmingham City
• Watford vs Stoke City

How to watch the Championship: TV channel, live streams

ITV and Sky Sports broadcast games from the Championship and EFL, including up to 10 live fixtures from across the divisions on every regular weekend.

Prices for Sky Sports vary. Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.

Both broadcasters have dedicated apps allowing fans to live-stream the games: SkyGO for Sky Sports and ITVX for ITV.

Both apps are available on a vast range of devices, including smart TVs, gaming consoles, set-top boxes and mobile devices.

Championship, EFL highlights on ITV

Sky Sports offers highlights of games, while ITV screens a comprehensive round-up every Saturday at 21:00 on ITV4, with a repeat on ITV later in the evening and another on Sunday mornings.

There are highlights of midweek fixtures where a full round has taken place on ITV and ITVX. Each highlights programme is available for 30 days after transmission.