STOKE. Swansea City was capable to clinch a draw against Stoke City with a late goal from H. Darling scored in the (89′) after Stoke City got a lead with a penalty from D. Johnson (70′). Swansea City was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the Bet365 Stadium stadium in Stoke on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 18,555 spectators.​ The referee was David Webb with the collaboration of Rob Smith and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -4.38 degrees Celsius or 24.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 57% while Stoke City was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Stoke City was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Stoke City to win the match​.

Stoke City shot 16 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Stoke City received 3 yellow cards (Ben Pearson, Josh Laurent and Lynden Gooch). On the other side, Swansea City received 2 yellow cards (Yannick Bolasie and Ben Cabango).

Standings

After playing this match, Stoke City has 22 points like Plymouth Argyle to remain in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City will has 25 points like Coventry City to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Stoke City will play away with West Bromwich Albion on the 16th of December with a 15-10 head to head in favor of Stoke City (6 draws).

Swansea City will host Middlesbrough on the 16th of December with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (4 draws).

Stoke City – Formation

Stoke City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Alex Neil decided to play with the following team: Jack Bonham (6.4), Ki-Jana Hoever (7.8), Luke McNally (7.3), Michael Rose (7.9), Lynden Gooch (7.3), Ben Pearson (7.5), Wouter Burger (7.3), Junior Tchamadeu (7.3), Josh Laurent (7.7), Daniel Johnson (7.9) and Ryan Mmaee (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: André Vidigal, Joon-ho Bae (7.0), Ciaran Clark, Mehdi Léris, Tommy Simkim, Dwight Gayle, Jordan Thompson (6.6), Wesley Moraes and Nathan Lowe.

Stoke City could not rely on the presence of Jordan Thompson (injured).

Substitutions

Stoke City made 2 changes: Daniel Johnson for Joon-ho Bae (73′) and Wouter Burger for Jordan Thompson (81′).

Player of the match: Michael Rose​

The most impressive player for Stoke City was Michael Rose.

His rating is 7.9 with 42 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 8.

Swansea City – Formation

Swansea City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Michael Duff played with: Carl Rushworth (7.5), Josh Key (6.8), Ben Cabango (7.0), Harry Darling (7.7), Josh Tymon (6.7), Jay Fulton (7.5), Matt Grimes (7.8), Jamie Paterson (6.7), Charlie Patino (6.7), Jamal Lowe (6.6) and Jerry Yates (6.4).

They had on the bench: Andrew Fisher, Yannick Bolasie (6.3), Liam Cullen (6.8), Kyle Naughton, Liam Walsh (6.4), Oliver Cooper (6.3), Bashir Humphreys, Samuel Parker and Cameron Congreve.

Substitutions

Swansea City made 4 changes: Charlie Patino for Yannick Bolasie (46′), Jerry Yates for Liam Walsh (66′), Jamie Paterson for Oliver Cooper (76′) and Jamal Lowe for Liam Cullen (76′).

Player of the match: Matt Grimes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Matt Grimes.

His rating is 7.8 with 91 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Watford – Ipswich Town – 1-2
• Sunderland – Leeds United – 1-0
• Stoke City – Swansea City – 1-1
• Rotherham United – West Bromwich Albion – 0-2
• Huddersfield Town – Preston North End – 1-3
• Blackburn Rovers – Bristol City – 2-1