Only one point separates Swansea City and Stoke City in the standings as they currently occupy the 9th and the 10th place. This match will largely decide which of these two teams will make a final push to qualify for the European tournaments. An interesting fact is that there is no draws in the meetings between these two teams in the Premier League as primarily the home team wins the match. Quite likely this trend will continue, given that Stoke hasn`t got a single win in 19 of their last 20 games as a guest in the league.
Stoke has conceded at least three goals in their last three matches in the Premier League. However, it should be noted that two of those games were against Chelsea and Manchester City. On the other hand, Stoke players haven`t scored a single goal in their last three visits. If the guests once more perform badly in defense and attack, they certainly should not hope to get anything from this match. Swansea`s strong attack with ease will benefit from any rough mistakes in defense from their opponent in this game.
Swansea City haven`t lost any of their last five league games. We can state for sure that Swansea is serving the surprise this season with wins over teams like Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool. Furthermore, it is quite possible that the good performance of Swansea so far will be rewarded with a trophy. The team is at the semifinals of the League Cup and has a comfortable lead of 2 goals against Chelsea. If Swansea reaches the final, the team will face Bradford or Aston Villa.