Swansea City vs Stoke City match guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 21.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Championship: What this game might lack in elegance it should make up for in tempo and dedication. Get set for Swansea City - Stoke City!

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Swansea City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Swansea City at their home stadium (Swansea.com Stadium) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The followers are hoping that Swansea will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Blackburn Rovers (placed 7th). Midfield player Manning got a match rating of 8.75 in that game, the max score being 10. Manning hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Ahead of that match, Swansea City won a home game hosting Blackpool (2-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Swansea City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swansea City as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Swansea has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Goal party? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this side has seen three or more goals.

The Swansea City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Stoke City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Stoke City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Stoke are travelling again after losing away to Blackpool in their previous match (0-1). Fox was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.2. The defender Fox hit three key passes and won 4 of 11 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Huddersfield Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

A fact for sports gamblers considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no side finding the net.

After this away game Stoke City return home for a Championship game against Millwall. That game is only four sleeps after this.

As opposed to that, Stoke have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stoke City - Swansea City 1-1 was the score in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Swansea City victories, one draw and six Stoke City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
11 goals
Stoke CityL. Baker
L. Baker
6 goals
Swansea CityJ. Ntcham
J. Ntcham
5 goals

Swansea City missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 6 16 32
11 7 3 Won W 3 5 10
9 2 1 Drew D 0 3 7
12 6 1 Lost L 3 8 15
45 25 10 Scored S 9 16 36
47 21 7 Conceded C 8 21 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
78% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 69%
59% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 44%
31% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 25% 28%
12% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 38%
19% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 31%
28% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 31% 38%
 
5.6 5.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 5.6
4.4 3.4 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.2
2.3 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 13.5 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.4 12.8
4.3 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.3
32% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 26%
 
9.7 7.9 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.7 10.4
3.8 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 32 21 9 2 63 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 15 9 4 2 27 14 36 72
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
5 Sunderland 32 13 10 9 47 34 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 49
6 Millwall 31 14 7 10 39 32 15 9 4 2 24 11 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 49
7 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 4 13 34 37 15 10 1 4 21 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -3 49
8 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
9 Norwich City 32 13 7 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 7 3 6 21 16 7 46
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 32 11 9 12 45 47 15 7 2 6 25 21 17 4 7 6 20 26 -2 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
18 Birmingham City 32 10 8 14 37 42 17 5 5 7 20 20 15 5 3 7 17 22 -5 38
19 Stoke City 32 10 7 15 36 39 16 5 4 7 20 18 16 5 3 8 16 21 -3 37
20 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
21 Rotherham United 32 7 12 13 34 44 15 5 5 5 24 19 17 2 7 8 10 25 -10 33
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 32 7 10 15 32 47 16 4 5 7 17 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -15 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 32 21 9 2 63 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 15 9 4 2 27 14 36 72
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
5 Sunderland 32 13 10 9 47 34 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 49
6 Millwall 31 14 7 10 39 32 15 9 4 2 24 11 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 49
7 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 4 13 34 37 15 10 1 4 21 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -3 49
8 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
9 Norwich City 32 13 7 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 7 3 6 21 16 7 46
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 32 11 9 12 45 47 15 7 2 6 25 21 17 4 7 6 20 26 -2 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
18 Birmingham City 32 10 8 14 37 42 17 5 5 7 20 20 15 5 3 7 17 22 -5 38
19 Stoke City 32 10 7 15 36 39 16 5 4 7 20 18 16 5 3 8 16 21 -3 37
20 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
21 Rotherham United 32 7 12 13 34 44 15 5 5 5 24 19 17 2 7 8 10 25 -10 33
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 32 7 10 15 32 47 16 4 5 7 17 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -15 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.