On the 31st of August, Swansea City will travel to Stoke to battle Stoke City in a clash of these two closely matched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 17th placed Stoke City, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Blackburn Rovers. Lewis Baker scored the first goal for Stoke City in the 27th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Blackburn Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and Stoke City ran away with the shutout win. Stoke City is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Swansea City recorded a 1-2 loss against Middlesbrough. Riley McGree struck first for Middlesbrough in the 14th minute, then Matt Crooks added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Ryan Giles. Swansea City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Stoke City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Olivier Ntcham and Michael Obafemi are the top scorers for Swansea City in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both Jacob Brown and Lewis Baker have been the hottest scorers for Stoke City in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.