Stoke City vs Swansea
Ref: Ruebyn Ricardo, Englandbet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire · 30,089 cap
Match recap
Stoke City beat Swansea 2–1 in their Championship fixture. Pearson and Thomas scored for Stoke City; Vipotnik replied for Swansea. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.46 for Stoke City versus 1.25 for Swansea. Stoke City sit 17th in the Championship table while Swansea are 11th.
First Half
17'
Cullen
Yellow Card
Thomas
Yellow Card
⚽
Pearson
Pearson
Yellow Card
Second Half
53'
Stamenić
Yellow Card
55'
Gonçalo Franco
Yellow Card
58'
⇄
Stamenić
59'
⇄
Ronald
⚽
Thomas
Assist: Bae Jun-Ho
71'
⇄
Cullen
71'
⇄
Eom Ji-Sung
⇄
Boženík
77'
⚽
Vipotnik
Assist: Widell
⇄
Pearson
⇄
Seko
83'
⇄
Gonçalo Franco
Tchamadeu
Yellow Card
90+2'
Widell
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 10 |  Birmingham | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | +1 | 64 |
| 11 |  Swansea | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 64 |
| 12 |  Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 62 |
| 16 |  Watford | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | -12 | 57 |
| 17 |  Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 55 |
| 18 |  Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 55 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
Stoke CitySwansea
2Won
Statistical edge
2–13
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.46VS1.25
Attack0 · 6 won
8
Shots
14
5
Shots on target
6
6
Shots in the box
9
2
Shots outside box
5
3
Shots off goal
4
6
Corners
7
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
41%
Possession
59%
285
Total passes
428
201
Accurate passes
364
71%
Pass accuracy
85%
Discipline1 · 2 won
16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow cards
4
4
Offsides
3
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
4
Goalkeeper saves
3
0
Blocked shots
4
-0.57
Goals prevented
-0.57
Stoke City
4-2-3-1
Swansea
4-2-3-1Stoke City
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1V. JohanssonG
- 4B. PearsonM
- 7S. ThomasM
- 10Bae Jun-HoM
- 11R. BoženíkF
- 12T. SekoM
- 16B. WilmotD
- 17E. BocatD
- 22J. TchamadeuD
- 26A. PhillipsD
- 42M. ManhoefM
Substitutes
- 3A. CresswellD
- 9D. MubamaF
- 13J. BonhamG
- 15S. NzonziM
- 18B. Lawal
- 19T. RigoM
- 20S. GallagherF
- 29L. CisséF
- 40M. TalovierovD
Swansea
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 5B. CabangoD
- 6M. StamenićM
- 9Z. VipotnikF
- 10Eom Ji-SungM
- 14J. TymonD
- 15C. BurgessD
- 17Gonçalo FrancoM
- 20L. CullenM
- 22L. VigourouxG
- 30E. GalbraithD
- 35RonaldM
Substitutes
- 1A. FisherG
- 2J. KeyD
- 4J. FultonM
- 7M. WidellM
- 8M. YalcouyéM
- 16I. Samuels-SmithD
- 26K. CaseyD
- 27Z. InoussaF
- 33A. IdahF
Stoke City
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Tchamadeu | D | 90 | 8.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Ben Pearson | M | 82 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Sorba Thomas | M | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Jun-Ho Bae | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Tatsuki Seko | M | 83 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Bocat | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Viktor Johansson | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Wilmot(C) | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Million Manhoef | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/4 |
| Róbert Boženík | F | 72 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ashley Phillips | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Aaron Cresswell | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Bonham | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maksym Talovierov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Divin Mubama | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tomáš Rigo | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lamine Cissé | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bosun Lawal | D | 15 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sam Gallagher | F | 18 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steven N'Zonzi | M | 8 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swansea
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Žan Vipotnik | F | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Cameron Burgess | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Ethan Galbraith | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Liam Cullen | M | 71 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Ben Cabango(C) | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Ji-sung Eom | M | 71 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 0/2 |
| Ronald | M | 59 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Lawrence Vigouroux | G | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonçalo Franco | M | 83 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marko Stamenić | M | 58 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Josh Tymon | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 0/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Andrew Fisher | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ishé Samuels-Smith | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kaelan Casey | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jay Fulton | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Idah | F | 15 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Melker Widell | M | 19 | 6.7 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Zeidane Inoussa | F | 31 | 6.6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Malick Yalcouyé | M | 19 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Josh Key | D | 32 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |