Overview.
Swansea haven’t won back-to-back league matches against Stoke since October 2011. Stoke have failed to win their opening 10 league matches of a season for only the third time and first since the 1989-90 campaign, when they ended bottom of the second-tier. Swansea have taken just a point from their last two home league games (W0 D1 L1), having taken 29 from a possible 33 in the 11 prior to that (W9 D2 L0). Only Borja Bastón (7) has been involved in more goals than André Ayew (6 – 3 goals, 3 assists) for Swansea City in all competitions this season; Ayew scored his first league goal for the Swans since May 2016 in their 2-1 win over Charlton Athletic on Wednesday. Stoke haven’t won an away second-tier league match at Swansea since April 1955, drawing three and losing six such games since then.
Match Info.
Competition: ENGLAND: Championship – Round 11
Kick off: 05.10.2019, 14:00 UTC.
Venue: Liberty Stadium (Swansea).
Referee: Langford O. (Eng).
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Team Comparison.
A 2-1 midweek win at Charlton saw Swansea City move to the top of the table. It also marked their only league game with over 2.5 goals across their last five, with the ‘Swans’ witnessing 2.2 goals per league match this campaign. The home camp appear to liven-up after half-time, with seven of Swansea’s nine home league goals arriving during the half-hour after the break. Five of those goals fell within the 61st-75th minute period. Notably, the hosts are yet to concede a league goal at home between the 16th-60th minute.
Stoke City’s 1-0 home loss to Huddersfield represented their 16th league game drawn/lost in a row (D6, L10), with the Potters’ last victory coming back in April. Entering matchday 11, Stoke sit bottom of the division, and possess the league’s worst defence, having conceded 2.1 average goals per-game. The visiting team have been first-scorers only once across four away league trips this season. Unsurprisingly then, Stoke are yet to lead away at half-time so far, even though 80% of Stoke’s league games this season have seen over 2.5 total match goals.
Quick Facts.
Pre-match League Table.
