Stoke City - Swansea City: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 03.March
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Swansea City.

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Championship

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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Stoke City form and stats

7-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Stoke City so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Stoke City bring valid hopes of a third.

Stoke faced defeat in their previous match, away at Brentford (1-2). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Barnsley.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stoke have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wycombe Wanderers are coming to town in three days.

Stoke has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Stoke City have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Swansea City form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Championship, are W7-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

The manager S. Cooper was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Liberty Stadium. Swansea suffered a 1-3 loss to Bristol City (placed 11th). Before that, Swansea secured a home win against Coventry City with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Swansea in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Swansea City, six draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Middlesbrough in just three days.

The visiting Swansea City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Swansea as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Swansea City - Stoke City 2-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Stoke City won six games, one match ended with a draw and Swansea City has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

StokeN. Powell
N. Powell
10 goals
Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
10 goals
Swansea CityJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
9 goals

Stoke City missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Swansea City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 7 Played P 4 14 31
11 7 1 Won W 2 7 17
12 4 2 Drew D 1 3 8
10 5 4 Lost L 1 4 6
38 22 9 Scored S 4 18 39
37 19 12 Conceded C 3 13 22
82% 94% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
61% 62% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 71%
36% 44% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 21% 23%
21% 25% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 10%
18% 19% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
42% 50% 71% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 39%
45% 38% 14% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 55%
30% 19% 29% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 10.7 11.9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10 10.4
2.9 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.3
40% 39% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Championship
  • Swansea City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Championship
  • Swansea City have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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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 Norwich City 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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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.