In a mid week match in week 31, on Tuesday Feb 8th, Stoke City will host Swansea City in a meeting of these two mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 12th placed Stoke City, recorded a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town. Josh Koroma struck first for Huddersfield Town in the 27th minute, then Jacob Brown got the equalizer for Stoke City in the 78th minute on a feed from Ben Wilmot squeezing out at least the one point for Stoke City. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 19th placed Swansea City, recorded a 0-1 loss against Luton Town. Harry Cornick struck first for Luton Town in the 72nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Swansea City couldn’t manage to score, and Luton Town took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Stoke City and Swansea City last played eachother at the Swansea.com Stadium on Tue Aug 17th. Stoke City was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Nick Powell struck first for Stoke City in the 15th minute, then Sam Clucas added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Sam Surridge.
Flynn Downes and Ryan Manning are the top scorers for Swansea City in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Stoke City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Thomas Ince and Jacob Brown each having 2 goals in their last five.