English League Championship

Swansea City vs Stoke City, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Swansea City
  • 53': Zan Vipotnik
  • 90'+2': Liam Cullen
FT
2 - 0
Stoke City
  • Red Card 36': Sorba Thomas

About

Swansea City are hosting Stoke City at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City).
  • 1': Joshua Key (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Tommy Simkin (Stoke City). Assisted by Zan Vipotnik with a through ball.
  • 3': Foul by Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City).
  • 3': Ronald (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Zan Vipotnik (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 4': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Eric-Junior Bocat.
  • 5': Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Foul by Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Stoke City).
  • 5': Foul by Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City).
  • 5': Josh Tymon (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 6': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Josh Tymon (Swansea City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left.
  • 9': Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City).
  • 10': Attempt saved. Josh Tymon (Swansea City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Tommy Simkin (Stoke City). Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung.
  • 10': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tommy Simkin.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Joshua Key (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 16': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Josh Tymon.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 17': Offside, Stoke City. Ashley Phillips is caught offside.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jesurun Rak-Sakyi.
  • 19': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Sorba Thomas.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Josh Tymon (Swansea City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Zan Vipotnik following a corner.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eric-Junior Bocat.
  • 22': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Ashley Phillips (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swansea City). Assisted by Lamine Cissé with a cross.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 22': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tatsuki Seko.
  • 23': Foul by Sorba Thomas (Stoke City).
  • 23': Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 25': Foul by Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Stoke City).
  • 26': Foul by Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City).
  • 26': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Eric-Junior Bocat.
  • 30': Eom Ji-Sung (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Foul by Lamine Cissé (Stoke City).
  • 30': Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Zan Vipotnik (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 34': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Marko Stamenic.
  • 34': Ronald (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross.
  • 35': Offside, Stoke City. Ashley Phillips is caught offside.
  • 36': Foul by Sorba Thomas (Stoke City).
  • 36': Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Second yellow card to Sorba Thomas (Stoke City).
  • 37': Delay in match because of an injury Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City).
  • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 41': Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City).
  • 43': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Bae Jun-Ho.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Offside, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Cameron Burgess (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ethan Galbraith following a corner.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Swansea City 0, Stoke City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Swansea City 0, Stoke City 0.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Key with a cross.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 48': Foul by Ben Cabango (Swansea City).
  • 48': Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City).
  • 50': Ronald (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 52': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Bae Jun-Ho.
  • 53': Goal! Swansea City 1, Stoke City 0. Zan Vipotnik (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Tymon with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Substitution, Stoke City. Milan Smit replaces Lamine Cissé.
  • 54': Substitution, Stoke City. Million Manhoef replaces Jesurun Rak-Sakyi.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Ronald (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marko Stamenic.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Joshua Key (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ronald.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Ronald (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Key.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ethan Galbraith.
  • 62': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Eric-Junior Bocat.
  • 64': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
  • 65': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Eric-Junior Bocat.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Eom Ji-Sung following a corner.
  • 66': Substitution, Swansea City. Gustavo Nunes replaces Ronald.
  • 67': Foul by Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City).
  • 67': Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Ashley Phillips (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Foul by Gustavo Nunes (Swansea City).
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City).
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 70': Substitution, Stoke City. Junior Tchamadeu replaces Eric-Junior Bocat because of an injury.
  • 70': Offside, Stoke City. Ben Gibson is caught offside.
  • 71': Foul by Gustavo Nunes (Swansea City).
  • 71': Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Delay in match because of an injury Ben Wilmot (Stoke City).
  • 75': Substitution, Stoke City. Maksym Talovierov replaces Ben Wilmot because of an injury.
  • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Foul by Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City).
  • 79': Gonçalo Franco (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Substitution, Swansea City. Jay Fulton replaces Marko Stamenic.
  • 81': Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Cullen replaces Eom Ji-Sung.
  • 81': Substitution, Swansea City. Melker Widell replaces Ethan Galbraith.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Zan Vipotnik (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Melker Widell (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gonçalo Franco.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Liam Cullen (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Franco.
  • 84': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Maksym Talovierov.
  • 85': Cameron Burgess (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City).
  • 85': Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Josh Tymon.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
  • 90': Ben Cabango (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City).
  • 90': Substitution, Swansea City. Joel Ward replaces Gonçalo Franco.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Swansea City 2, Stoke City 0. Liam Cullen (Swansea City) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Joshua Key (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Tymon.
  • 90'+7': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Ashley Phillips.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Swansea City 2, Stoke City 0.
  • 90'+7': Million Manhoef (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 0': Match ends, Swansea City 2, Stoke City 0.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 7
4 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 13
2 Saves 1
33.1 Possession 66.9
8 SHOTS 23
2 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
188 Accurate Passes 456
257 Passes 522
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 6
14 Crosses 32
0.3 Cross % 0.2
40 Long Balls 31
10 Accurate Long Balls 9
0.3 Long Balls % 0.3
5 Blocked Shots 8
11 Effective Tackles 11
17 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 7
34 Effective Clearances 19
34 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 16,147

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 44 +46 89
2 Millwall 44 +13 79
3 Ipswich Town 42 +29 76
4 Southampton 44 +24 76
Full Table

Line-Ups

SWA Swansea City (4-3-3)

No. Name
22 Lawrence Vigouroux (GK)
15 Cameron Burgess
5 Ben Cabango
14 Josh Tymon
2 Joshua Key
6 Marko Stamenic
30 Ethan Galbraith
17 Gonçalo Franco Yellow Card
9 Zan Vipotnik
10 Eom Ji-Sung
35 Ronald Yellow Card
Swansea City Substitutes:
Jay Fulton, Malick Yalcouyé, Melker Widell, Leo Walta, Joel Ward, Gustavo Nunes, Oliver Cooper, Liam Cullen, Andrew Fisher.

STK Stoke City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 Tommy Simkin (GK)
23 Ben Gibson
26 Ashley Phillips
17 Eric Bocat
16 Ben Wilmot
10 Bae Jun-Ho
12 Tatsuki Seko
15 Steven N'Zonzi
29 Lamine Cisse Yellow Card
7 Sorba Thomas Yellow Card
21 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Stoke City Substitutes:
Frank Fielding, Raphael-Pijus Otegbayo, Maksym Talovierov, Million Manhoef, Milan Smit, Tomás Rigo, Gabriel Kelly, Ben Pearson, Junior Tchamadeu.

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