Championship · 2025Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 15:00 UTCFull timeSwansea.com StadiumFull-time recap
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This match

Match statistics

MetricSwansea CityStoke City
Shots23 shots/match7 shots/match
Shots on target4 shots/match2 shots/match
Expected goals1.15 xG/match0.82 xG/match
Possession67%33%
Corners12 corners/match5 corners/match
Fouls7 fouls/match12 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

Josh Key · Swansea City · 11′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedSorba Thomas · Stoke City · 23′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedJosh Tymon · Swansea City · 8′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedJosh Tymon · Swansea City · 20′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedRonald · Swansea City · 56′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedRonald · Swansea City · 58′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedJosh Key · Swansea City · 90′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedLiam Cullen · Swansea City · 90′ · 0.02 xG · goalJosh Tymon · Swansea City · 10′ · 0.03 xG · on targetEthan Galbraith · Swansea City · 44′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedEthan Galbraith · Swansea City · 48′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedŽan Vipotnik · Swansea City · 4′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedTatsuki Seko · Stoke City · 17′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedEthan Galbraith · Swansea City · 48′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedJosh Key · Swansea City · 56′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedGonçalo Franco · Swansea City · 59′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedEthan Galbraith · Swansea City · 66′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedLamine Cissé · Stoke City · 22′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedŽan Vipotnik · Swansea City · 53′ · 0.05 xG · goalLiam Cullen · Swansea City · 84′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedŽan Vipotnik · Swansea City · 81′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedŽan Vipotnik · Swansea City · 31′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedGonçalo Franco · Swansea City · 58′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedMelker Widell · Swansea City · 83′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedJun-Ho Bae · Stoke City · 88′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedJun-Ho Bae · Stoke City · 22′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedCameron Burgess · Swansea City · 45′ · 0.14 xG · off target or blockedAshley Phillips · Stoke City · 22′ · 0.18 xG · on targetEthan Galbraith · Swansea City · 1′ · 0.19 xG · on targetEric Bocat · Stoke City · 18′ · 0.40 xG · on target
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Swansea City: 23 shots, 4 on target, 1.14 xG. Stoke City: 7 shots, 2 on target, 0.86 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

00.751.50′HT90′Žan Vipotnik · Swansea City · 53′Liam Cullen · Swansea City · 90′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Swansea City 1.14 xG · Stoke City 0.86 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Swansea City's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Swansea City's recent record differs from the season

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Swansea City's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/matchGoals forLast 5 · Season1.17 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.8 goals/match1.17 goals/match1.32 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Swansea City
0Draws
1Stoke City
Stoke CitySwansea City · Championship21

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Swansea City favored in 5 of 14 directional metrics · Stoke City in 3 · 6 too close

1.17 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 36/361.08 goals/match
1.19 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 36/361 goals/match
1.02 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 36/361 xG/match
1.13 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 36/361.28 xG/match
12.7 shots/matchShotsseason · 35/3511 shots/match
11.8 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 35/3512.7 shots/match
3.86 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 35/353.8 shots/match
4.34 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 35/353.83 shots/match
55.6%Possessionseason · 35/3552.6%
4.83 corners/matchCornersseason · 35/355.69 corners/match
4.91 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 35/355.09 corners/match
Cardsseason · 0/0
9.97 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 34/3410.5 fouls/match
Passesseason · 0/0
Pass accuracyseason · 0/0
Shots inside boxseason · 0/0
Blocked shotsseason · 0/0
Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0
Offsidesseason · 0/0
31%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 36/3633%
78%Scoring frequencyseason · 36/3661%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Swansea City85.4
Stoke City72.9
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Swansea City43
Stoke City27.1
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Swansea City50
Stoke City63.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Swansea City14.6
Stoke City6.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Swansea City27.1
Stoke City31.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 47%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Swansea City43.8
Stoke City77.1
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Swansea City41.7
Stoke City40.6
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches
0.8 goals/matchGoals scored5/51 goals/match
1.2 goals/matchGoals allowed5/51.6 goals/match
0.93 xG/matchExpected goals5/50.96 xG/match
13.6 shots/matchShots5/59.6 shots/match
2.8 shots/matchShots on target5/53.4 shots/match
59.8%Possession5/548%
4.2 corners/matchCorners5/55.2 corners/match
Cards0/0
10.2 fouls/matchFouls5/58 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches
1.5 goals/matchGoals scored10/100.7 goals/match
1 goals/matchGoals allowed10/101.3 goals/match
1.4 xG/matchExpected goals10/100.8 xG/match
15.4 shots/matchShots10/109.5 shots/match
3.9 shots/matchShots on target10/103.1 shots/match
57.5%Possession10/1051%
5.3 corners/matchCorners10/104.9 corners/match
Cards0/0
9.7 fouls/matchFouls10/108.9 fouls/match

Window

Season

36 / 36 matches
1.17 goals/matchGoals scored36/361.08 goals/match
1.19 goals/matchGoals allowed36/361 goals/match
1.02 xG/matchExpected goals36/361 xG/match
12.7 shots/matchShots35/3511 shots/match
3.86 shots/matchShots on target35/353.8 shots/match
55.6%Possession35/3552.6%
4.83 corners/matchCorners35/355.69 corners/match
Cards0/0
9.97 fouls/matchFouls34/3410.5 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

19 / 19 matches
1.47 goals/matchGoals scored19/190.84 goals/match
1 goals/matchGoals allowed19/191 goals/match
1.06 xG/matchExpected goals19/190.98 xG/match
13.8 shots/matchShots18/189.61 shots/match
3.83 shots/matchShots on target18/183.17 shots/match
56.6%Possession18/1850.8%
5.22 corners/matchCorners18/185.17 corners/match
Cards0/0
9.39 fouls/matchFouls18/1810.6 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days
2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceready
Season samples36 / 36home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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