Stoke City 2-1 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2025

Result

Stoke City 2-1 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 2-1 Swansea City: match report

Stoke City beat Swansea City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ben Pearson opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Stoke City's goals came from Ben Pearson (42') and Sorba Thomas (60'). Swansea City scored through Zan Vipotnik (77').

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Swansea City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 8th on 30 points from 20 and Swansea City 18th on 23 points from 20. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Swansea City 11th with 64.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Junior Tchamadeu of Stoke City (8.0), ahead of Cameron Burgess (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Stoke City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Liam CullenSwansea City
  • 27'Yellow card · Sorba ThomasStoke City
  • 42'Goal · Ben PearsonStoke City · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City
  • 53'Yellow card · Marko StamenićSwansea City
  • 55'Yellow card · Gonçalo FrancoSwansea City
  • 60'Goal · Sorba ThomasStoke City · 2-0
  • 77'Goal · Zan VipotnikSwansea City · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Junior TchamadeuStoke City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Melker WidellSwansea City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 4, draws 3, Swansea City 3.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Viktor Johansson, Junior Tchamadeu, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Eric-Junior Bocat, Tatsuki Seko, Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Róbert Boženík

Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lawrence Vigouroux, Ethan Galbraith, Ben Cabango, Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon, Gonçalo Franco, Marko Stamenić, Ronald, Liam Cullen, Ji-sung Eom, Zan Vipotnik