EFL Championship · Matchday 1

Stoke City
FULL TIME1 – 2
Swansea City
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:00 UTCbet365 StadiumMatchday 1

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Stoke City 39%Draw 34%Swansea City 27%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

Stoke CitySwansea City
41Possession59
0.65Expected goals (xG)0.62
6Shots7
2Shots on target3
4Shots off target3
0Blocked shots1
6Shots inside box5
0Shots outside box2
4Corners5
1Offsides1
14Fouls9
1Yellow cards3
0Red cards0
1Saves1
279Passes421
196Accurate passes316
70Pass accuracy75

Match events

  • 10'Eric Bocat (assist Tomáš Rigo)
  • 22'Joseph Amankwaah Opoku (assist Žan Vipotnik)
  • 36'Luke Graham
  • 46'Mohammed Lawal Maksym Talovierov
  • 53'Filip Lissah
  • 55'Filip Lissah Joshua Key
  • 65'Moussa Yeo Ji-sung Eom
  • 65'Elijah Just Melker Widell
  • 65'Žan Vipotnik Adam Idah
  • 66'Adam Idah (assist Josh Tymon)
  • 70'Svante Ingelsson Djibril Soumaré
  • 70'Tomáš Rigo Jun-ho Bae
  • 70'Sam Gallagher Róbert Boženík
  • 84'Jay Fulton Leo Walta
  • 86'Melker Widell
  • 90'Josh Tymon

Stoke City · Swansea City

Starting XI · as it playedRatings are a Pulse estimate

Stoke City5-3-3
16.1Johansson
177.3Bocat
56.0Graham
166.3Wilmot
186.3Lawal
186.346'Lawal
66.370'Ingelsson
86.3Galbraith
197.170'Rigo
76.3Thomas
206.370'Gallagher
426.3Manhoef
Swansea City4-4-2
46.884'Fulton
226.8Vigouroux
56.8Cabango
147.2Tymon
236.8Welsh
66.8Stamenic
86.865'Just
97.565'Vipotnik
496.865'Yeo
307.8Opoku
266.555'Lissah

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Stoke City

  • 20Sam Gallagher6.3
  • 6Svante Ingelsson6.3
  • 16Ben Wilmot6.3
  • 1Viktor Johansson6.1
  • 17Eric Bocat7.3
  • 7Sorba Thomas6.3
  • 42Million Manhoef6.3
  • 18Bosun Lawal6.3
  • 8Ethan Galbraith6.3
  • 5Luke Graham6.0
  • 19Tomáš Rigo7.1
  • 18Mohammed Lawal6.3

Swansea City

  • 4Jay Fulton6.8
  • 22Lawrence Vigouroux6.8
  • 5Ben Cabango6.8
  • 14Josh Tymon7.2
  • 23Stephen Welsh6.8
  • 6Marko Stamenic6.8
  • 8Elijah Just6.8
  • 9Žan Vipotnik7.5
  • 49Moussa Yeo6.8
  • 30Joseph Amankwaah Opoku7.8
  • 26Filip Lissah6.5
Stoke CityTale of the tapeSwansea City
Formation4-4-2
6 ptsTable11 pts
-1Goal difference+6
1Head-to-head wins2
39%Pre-match odds27%

Head to head3 previous meetings

Stoke City 1W0D2W Swansea City

Goals 35

  • 2026-08-15Stoke City12Swansea City
  • 2026-03-07Swansea City20Stoke City
  • 2025-12-13Stoke City21Swansea City

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

This seasonother meeting

Where they standIn a 24-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Stoke City5203-16
Swansea City5320+611
Stoke City v Swansea City — EFL Championship | Factlen