Stoke City can move to within two points of 17th-placed Swansea with a win over the Welsh outfit in the Championship on Saturday, February 15th. View our EFL Championship betting tips for the contest below.
Stoke City City vs Swansea City Best Odds
| Stoke City 6/4 (+150) | X 21/10 (+210) | Swansea City 19/10 (+190) |
| Over 21/20 (+105) | 2.5 Goals | Under 8/11 (-138) |
| Yes 3/4 (-133) | BTTS | No 1/1 (+100) |
Stoke City vs Swansea City Analysis
Stoke City
Struggling Stoke are still troubled by relegation worries and their 2-0 reverse at Bristol City in midweek left the Potters just three points above the drop zone.
Scoring goals remains a major issue for Stoke and Mark Robins’s misfiring side are currently the lowest-scoring outfit in the Championship having notched just 28 times so far this season.
City are slight favourites to win on Saturday with the best Championship betting sites, however, they have won only once in eight attempts at the bet365 Stadium and offer little value in the match result market here.
Team news: Stoke are likely to be without injured quartet Eric Bocat, Sam Gallagher, Ryan Mmaee and Million Manhoef on Saturday.
Predicted Lineup: Johansson, Seko, Phillips, Rose, Gibson, Wilson-Esbrand, Baker, Burger, Moran, Al Hamadi, Lowe
Swansea City
Swansea were beaten 1-0 at home by Sheffield Wednesday in midweek and mustered just four shots in that defeat to nil, highlighting City’s continued troubles at the business end of the pitch.
Boss Luke Williams is still toiling in his efforts to get a tune out of Swansea’s cosmopolitan attackers of Slovenian Zan Vipotnk, South Korean Eom Ji-Sung and Frenchman Florian Bianchini and City have failed to score in five of their last seven games as a result.
Betting sites for football have priced Swansea as underdogs ahead of Saturday’s game and it’s difficult to envisage them defying those odds.
Team news: Kwadwo Baah, Pierre Dwomoh and Daniel Bachmann are all sidelined for Swansea City and will sit Saturday’s game out.
Predicted Lineup: Selvik, Andrews, Abankwah, Pollock, Ngakia, Louza, Dele-Bashiru, Sissoko, Kayembe, Chakvetadze, Doumbia
Stoke City vs Swansea City Stats and Trends
- Seven of Stoke’s last eight home games in the Championship featured under 2.5 goals.
- Stoke and Swansea drew 0-0 when they last met in October.
- Stoke have been picking up 2.35 yellow cards per game in the Championship this season.
- Swansea managed to score only three goals in their last five away league matches combined.
Stoke City vs Swansea City Prediction
Stoke have drawn seven of their last 11 Championship fixtures at the bet365 Stadium, while their last encounter with Swansea in October also finished all square. With both teams lacking sharpness in attack, a low-scoring draw could be the best outcome to back again at an attractive price of 21/10.
Prediction: Draw – 21/10 (+210) – RhinoBet
Stoke City vs Swansea City – The Ultimate Bet:
Both teams to score – No – 1/1 +100)
Bettors might be tempted to look towards under 2.5 goals for this one, however, backing both teams to score represents much better value at even money.
Stoke and Swansea played out an uneventful 0-0 draw when they met in October’s reverse league fixture, while the Potters failed to score in five of their last seven Championship fixtures on home soil. Don’t expect fireworks here.
