A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Swansea City in 7th position and Stoke City placed 8th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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.
Swansea City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Swansea City at their home stadium (Liberty Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Swansea shared the glory with Bristol City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Swansea played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Coventry City.
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 nine games. Swansea City has won six of these, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Swansea City, as the Championship home game vs Blackburn Rovers is only four days away.
The Swansea City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Swansea have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Stoke City form and stats
The seven points Stoke City have gathered from their first three away trips in the Championship is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Stoke has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Stoke City go into this game after a win, the home game against Brentford that ended 3-2. A draw for Stoke before that, at their own venue hosting Barnsley (2-2).
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 14 relevant matches. Results were two Stoke City wins, five draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rotherham United in just four days.
Stoke find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Stoke are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Swansea City-Stoke City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Swansea two wins, Stoke City seven wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ayew Pelé 3 goals |  J. Lowe 2 goals |   N. Powell 2 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Swansea City | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | 37 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 37 | 72 |
| 28 | 15 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 29% | 20% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 50% |
- Stoke City have not yet lost a 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 | Reading | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Watford | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -4 |
- Swansea City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)