Championship 25/26 · 7 Mar 2026

Swansea City 2–0 Stoke City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Swansea City favourites at 53%.

Swansea City won a close one on the chances: 1.4 xG to 1.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Cameron Burgess, 55.6 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Cameron Burgess +17.0, Eric Bocat +11.6, Ben Gibson +9.2.

Well below it: Josh Key −14.0, Ashley Phillips −11.7, Tommy Simkin −11.5.

Each side's last five results before this match.

28 Feb 2026	L 0–3	at Ipswich Town Championship
24 Feb 2026	D 1–1	v Preston North End Championship
21 Feb 2026	W 1–0	v Bristol City Championship
14 Feb 2026	L 0–2	at Derby County Championship
8 Feb 2026	W 4–0	v Sheffield Wednesday Championship

28 Feb 2026	L 1–2	at Coventry City Championship
25 Feb 2026	W 2–1	v Oxford United Championship
21 Feb 2026	D 2–2	v Leicester City Championship
11 Feb 2026	L 0–1	at Charlton Athletic Championship
7 Feb 2026	D 0–0	at West Bromwich Albion Championship

13 Dec 2025	Stoke City 2–1 Swansea City Championship

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Liam Cullen Forward	9	1	0	0.06	100.0	–
Joel Ward Defender	1	0	0	–	83.4	–
Cameron Burgess Defender	90	0	0	0.04	55.6	+17.0
Melker Widell Midfielder	9	0	0	0.08	54.6	–
Žan Vipotnik Forward	90	1	0	0.22	51.9	+8.2
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	51.0	−0.3
Ben Cabango Defender	90	0	0	–	42.6	+0.9
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder	81	0	0	–	40.2	+3.1
Marko Stamenić Midfielder	81	0	0	–	35.8	−5.6
Ronald Midfielder	66	0	0	0.10	35.7	+4.0
Gonçalo Franco Midfielder	89	0	0	0.13	34.6	−1.8
Ethan Galbraith Midfielder	81	0	0	0.58	33.2	+2.3
Josh Tymon Defender	90	0	1	0.11	30.7	−0.5
Jay Fulton Midfielder	9	0	0	–	27.7	–
Josh Key Defender	90	0	0	0.09	19.1	−14.0
Gustavo Nunes Forward	24	0	0	–	17.7	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Maksym Talovierov Defender	15	–	46.9	–
Eric Bocat Defender	70	0.39	46.1	+11.6
Lamine Cissé Forward	54	0.05	45.2	+6.8
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Midfielder	54	–	42.7	+4.6
Ben Gibson Defender	90	–	41.2	+9.2
Tommy Simkin Goalkeeper	90	–	39.9	−11.5
Steven N'Zonzi Midfielder	90	–	36.4	−3.1
Tatsuki Seko Midfielder	90	0.04	34.6	−0.2
Ben Wilmot Defender	75	0.64	33.8	−7.0
Milan Smit Forward	36	–	33.2	–
Jun-Ho Bae Midfielder	90	0.17	33.0	−0.5
Ashley Phillips Defender	90	0.18	32.9	−11.7
Million Manhoef Midfielder	36	–	20.5	–
Sorba Thomas Midfielder	36	0.01	16.4	–
Junior Tchamadeu Defender	20	–	1.8	–