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
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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Liam Cullen
- 27'Yellow card · Sorba Thomas
- 42'Goal · Ben Pearson
- 44'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
- 53'Yellow card · Marko Stamenić
- 55'Yellow card · Gonçalo Franco
- 60'Goal · Sorba Thomas
- 77'Goal · Zan Vipotnik
- 85'Yellow card · Junior Tchamadeu
- 90+2'Yellow card · Melker Widell
Head-to-head
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