{"id":54608,"date":"2022-02-08T18:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=54608"},"modified":"2022-02-08T19:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:03:32","slug":"stoke-city-vs-swansea-city-confirmed-teams-and-match-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2022\/02\/08\/stoke-city-vs-swansea-city-confirmed-teams-and-match-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoke City vs Swansea City &#8211; Confirmed teams and match stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City look to make it back to back wins at Stoke tonight following on from Saturday&#8217;s 1-0 win against Blackburn Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans were defeated 3-1 in the third game of the season in the reverse fixture at the Swansea.com Stadium thanks to a Sam Clucas inspired display.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confirmed Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Swansea City<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc06 \ud835\udc17\ud835\udc08 \u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s how the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Swans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Swans<\/a> line up for this evening&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyBetChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkyBetChamp<\/a> match against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stokecity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stokecity<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p>Brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lowcostvans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LowCostVans<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZ4o9vbSQw\">pic.twitter.com\/nZ4o9vbSQw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwansOfficial\/status\/1491120897851211776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stoke City<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd3a Four changes from Saturday.<br \/>\ud83d\udd3a Jagielka, Baker, JPB &amp; Brown start.<br \/>\ud83d\udd3a City continue with four at the back.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f v \ud83e\udda2<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/STKSWA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#STKSWA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6wfUupofQ\">pic.twitter.com\/C6wfUupofQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stoke City FC (@stokecity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stokecity\/status\/1491120897255743488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Russell Martin: &#8220;<\/strong><\/em>He&#8217;s [Naughton] a loss for us. I don&#8217;t think people appreciate how good he is until you come in and train with him every day,&#8221; Martin told WalesOnline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did because I played with him and he took my place in the team at Norwich and I had to re-invent myself as a centre-half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I came here he&#8217;s surprised me again. The players love Naughts. He&#8217;ll be a loss for us but hopefully he won&#8217;t be too much longer. Tuesday will be too soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Michael O&#8217;Neill: &#8220;<\/strong><\/em>They had a new manager at the start of the season and there\u2019s a difference in their style of play. They\u2019re very, very focused on possession of the ball. The possession statistics are consistently very high. We have to be take care of the ball ourselves because if you aren\u2019t, then you struggle to get it back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to be very good without the ball too. We were very good without the ball at Swansea, played well and won the game. The objective is the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be a little further developed than early in the season when Russell wasn\u2019t long in the job and hadn\u2019t had a huge amount of time to impose his style of play and thoughts on the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve signed some players who have added to their in that period as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City look to make it back to back wins at Stoke tonight following on from Saturday&#8217;s 1-0 win against Blackburn Rovers. The Swans were defeated 3-1 in the third game of the season in the reverse fixture at the Swansea.com Stadium thanks to a Sam Clucas inspired display. 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