Swansea City vs Stoke City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on October 05th, 2024

Swansea City and Stoke City will meet each other on October 05th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in an event counting for the Championship in England, check the Swansea City vs Stoke City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Swansea City vs Stoke City will occur

The game takes place in the small Swansea.com Stadium stadium, in the city of Swansea, with a capacity for 20827 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Swansea City vs Stoke City betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.55 goals per match played.

Swansea City last match

In the last match they played, Swansea City collected a draw. The opposing team was Bristol City, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-1 - was valid for Championship. Coach L. Williams' disposed his team in a 4-4-1-1 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.70 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

One of the best on the field of Swansea City was certainly Ji-sung Eom, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Stoke City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Stoke City, who used a 4-4-1-1 formation, faced the Middlesbrough team with a final score of 2-0.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds for their victory, 5.00 were the best proof of this.

Swansea City vs Stoke City h2h

Swansea City was in 15th place in the Championship while Stoke City was in 19th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Swansea City team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Stoke City used in the match.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Championship. The meeting took place on 10-04-2024 and ended with a 3-0 win for Swansea City.

The Swansea City team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Stoke City has been more irregular.

The referee A. Davies has been chosen to officiate the match while G. Kane and H. Karaivanov will support him from the sideline.

Swansea City

Championship leaderboard now

Considering the home team Swansea City, standing in 11th place with 11 points in the Championship competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 3 wins, 2 losses and, 2 draws.

Which means that Oxford United team, at position 12, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 9th round.

Swansea City has no high aspirations or relegation concerns, being positioned in the middle of the league table in the England Championship. Despite, the team will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win.

Swansea City analysis

After round number 8 in Championship, Swansea City has 8 goals scored and 5 conceded.

Swansea City averaged 3.14 attempts toward the opponent's goal per match played, which may say a lot about the team's offensive skills and its ability to score.

Ball possession above 50% usually gives teams some control over their opponents. This is why the Swansea City team typically goes for an average ball possession of 57.71% in an attempt to control the game.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 1 game as the visiting team, compared to their record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 2 draws playing in their home base.

Swansea City is a more offensive team than Stoke City, having 693 attacks vs. 558 from Stoke City, having scored 8 times. In comparison, Stoke City converted into goal 4 times.

The last game saw Swansea City goalkeeper, Lawrence Vigouroux, who was brought on board this season, play a crucial role in the team's triumph. He made an impressive 7 saves during the match against Bristol City, once again validating the team's decision to hire him and establishing his place as a regular starter.

Best goalscorer from Swansea City

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Liam Cullen. The Attacker has scored 2 times in this competition and helped Swansea City avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Stoke City

Championship leaderboard now

Stoke City arrives in this game with 6 points, and in 21st place in the Championship, having won twice in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 0 draws.

Stoke City analysis

After round 8 of Championship we count 4 goals scored by Stoke City and 11 conceded.

Recent games have demonstrated that Stoke City is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 0.57 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Ben Gibson played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Middlesbrough. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Stoke City to come out with the victory.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Under 2.5 goals are a valid alternative, considering that often Stoke City does not concede goals playing away from home. Besides, Stoke City has an average of 0.25 goals per game when playing as a visitor.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.91.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.42 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.25 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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