Millwall v Swansea City: Line-ups Confirmed and Vítor Matos Defiant

The Swans head to Millwall this afternoon looking for a third straight win and second in a week on the road as we look to build on the wins over Oxford and West Brom in the last week.

We look ahead to the game

Confirmed Line-Ups

Millwall: Crocombe, Sturge, Cooper, Crama, Taylor, Ballo, Mitchell, Ivanovic, Neghli, Azeez, Langstaff
Subs: Benda, McNamara, Doughty, Leonard, Emakhu, Bryan, Matthews, Bangura-Williams, Mazou-Sacko

Swansea City: Vigouroux Fulton, Cabango, Yalcouye, Vipotnik, Eom, Burgess, Samuels-Smith, Franco. Galbraith, Ronald
Subs: Fisher, Stamenic, Widdell, Tymon, Wales, Casey, Inoussa, Cooper, S Parker

Vitor Matos – Pre-Match Comments

In the build‑up to Swansea City’s trip to Millwall, Vítor Matos cut a figure who was calm, sharp, and quietly defiant, exactly the kind of presence you want leading a side into a notoriously unforgiving fixture. There’s always noise around this game: the atmosphere at The Den, the physicality, the expectation that Swansea should wilt under pressure. Matos didn’t bite. He didn’t posture. Instead, he spoke with the clarity of a coach who knows his team is growing into something more resilient than outsiders give them credit for.

He made a point of framing the match not as a test of fear, but of identity.
“We respect Millwall, of course,” he said, “but we don’t go anywhere to survive. We go to impose ourselves. We go to play our football.”

That line matters. Swansea supporters have spent too many seasons watching managers talk about adapting to opponents rather than asserting the club’s own principles. Matos flipped that narrative. He wasn’t dismissive of the challenge—far from it—but he refused to let the conversation drift into the usual clichés about The Den being some kind of psychological gauntlet.

He doubled down on the idea that Swansea’s progress is measured internally, not by the reputation of the opposition.
“The environment is part of the game,” he added. “But the environment doesn’t decide the match. Our decisions do. Our courage does.”

There’s a steel in that message that resonates with supporters who’ve been craving a manager who doesn’t just talk about bravery but actually demands it. Matos wasn’t selling bravado; he was articulating a standard. A way of playing. A refusal to shrink.

And crucially, he framed the moment as an opportunity rather than a threat.
“These are the matches where you learn about your team,” he said. “Not because they are hostile, but because they require clarity. They require personality.”

For a fanbase that’s seen too many seasons drift into excuses and caveats, this was a refreshing shift. Matos wasn’t promising perfection. He was promising accountability. And he was doing it with a tone that suggested Swansea City are no longer content to be passengers in their own story.