Our prediction for this Championship match:
Stoke City
Match Time & Date:
31/08/2022
21:00
Prediction: 1-0
Swansea
Bet365 Stadium will host Wednesday’s Championship game between Stoke City and Swansea City, the two bottom-table sides. The Potters defeated Blackburn thanks to Lewis Baker’s goal at the weekend, with the team putting an end to their three-game winless run, and they must be high on confidence ahead of the trip to Stoke-on-Trent. All Harry Souttar, Nick Powell, Harry Clarke, Josh Laurent, and Josh Tymon are sidelined with injuries for the home side.
The Welsh outfit, on the other hand, aim to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Luton and Middlesbrough. Swansea City are eager to escape the relegation zone, but seeing that Stoke are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we are tempted to put our money on Alex Neil’s men. In their last meeting at the venue the Potters defeated the Swans 3-0.
Highlighted Player (Joe Allen):
Joe Allen is another high-quality footballer from the new generation of Wales internationals, who was part of the team that took Swansea from League One to the Premier League, and he had no problems adapting to arguably the strongest league championship in Europe.
Allen operated as a deep-lying playmaker as the Swans impressed upon reaching the elite division, with his excellent passing skills persuading Liverpool to splash £15 million on his services. The central midfielder didn’t exactly manage to develop into an indispensable member of the side at Anfield, but he is considered an important squad player and has always performed well when called upon.
Meanwhile, he has been one of the pillars of the most successful team in the Wales history together with Gareth Bale, Ashley Williams and Aaron Ramsey, while even representing Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Allen started five games for the Dragons as they secured the first ever appearance at the European Championship finals.
Highlighted Team (Swansea):
Swansea City AFC is a Welsh football club from Swansea and is currently playing in the English Premier League. The biggest rival Swansea City is Cardiff City which is next to Swansea City the only football club from Wales that played in the PremierLeague.
Swansea City was founded in 1912 under the name ‘Swansea Town’. The first venue where Swansea City played was The Vetch Field. The club grew in members and fans and on 23th of July 2005 Swansea City opened the Liberty Stadium which holds a capacity of 21 000 supporters. The fans of Swansea City prefer to use the non-commercial name: White Rock Stadium.
In the history of Swansea City the club managed to win the Football League One twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. So far the Welsh club didn’t win any prizes in the highest English divisions. Known players that wore the Swansea jersey are Lampard, Toshack, Martinez and Bony.
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