Can Swansea City beat Stoke City in Liberty Stadium clash?

Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (21028 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Swansea City in 13th and Stoke City in 15th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Swansea City and Stoke City.

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Swansea City form and stats

The story so far for Swansea City at their home stadium (Liberty Stadium) is 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Swansea City bring valid hopes of a third.

Swansea City's last game was hosting Middlesbrough and winning 3-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Brentford in a game that was won 3-0.

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 six games. Swansea City has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The manager G. Potter will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queens Park Rangers in only three days.

The Swansea City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 19 matches. Swansea City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stoke City form and stats

The visitors are W3-D12-L5 on the road this term.

It's the second away game in a row for Stoke City, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Blackburn Rovers in the Championship last time out. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Sheffield Wednesday.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Stoke City, 13 draws and 6 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Stoke City, the Championship home match versus Rotherham United. Busy days.

The attacking power of Stoke City when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored in 20 matches. As opposed to that, Stoke City have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Stoke City - Swansea City 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 2 - 6 (Swansea City wins - draws - Stoke City wins).

Top Goalscorers

O. McBurnie
17 goals / 5 assists
B. Afobe
8 goals / 2 assists
J. Allen
6 goals / 2 assists

Swansea City missing players

Stoke City missing players

Swansea City Stoke City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 20 40
52 32 Scored 18 38
49 21 Conceded 24 42
90% 95% Over 0.5 75% 80%
67% 68% Over 1.5 60% 62%
56% 58% Over 2.5 40% 32%
28% 37% Over 3.5 35% 22%
15% 16% Over 4.5 0% 2%
51% 47% Both teams to score 50% 40%
31% 42% Clean Sheet 40% 42%
28% 16% Failed To Score 35% 38%
Key stats this season:
  • Stoke City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Swansea City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
3 Leeds United 40 23 7 10 66 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 20 10 4 6 31 24 24 76
4 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 10 10 75 52 20 9 7 4 44 27 20 11 3 6 31 25 23 70
5 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
6 Bristol City 39 17 11 11 51 42 20 7 7 6 24 21 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 62
7 Derby County 39 16 12 11 55 48 20 10 7 3 31 19 19 6 5 8 24 29 7 60
8 Middlesbrough 40 15 13 12 41 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 20 8 7 5 22 20 5 58
9 Nottingham Forest 40 14 15 11 55 47 20 11 4 5 29 19 20 3 11 6 26 28 8 57
10 Preston North End 40 15 12 13 59 53 20 7 9 4 34 25 20 8 3 9 25 28 6 57
11 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
12 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 14 12 49 54 20 8 8 4 28 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -5 56
13 Swansea City 39 15 8 16 52 49 19 10 4 5 32 21 20 5 4 11 20 28 3 53
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 40 11 18 11 38 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 20 3 12 5 18 24 -4 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 40 12 11 17 53 63 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -10 47
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 40 8 8 24 29 66 20 4 4 12 13 30 20 4 4 12 16 36 -37 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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