Swansea vs Stoke - Team News, Match Preview & Likely Line-Ups
Date: Sunday, 10th November Venue: Liberty Stadium Kick-Off: 16:10 GMT Both teams have had quite a slow start to the Premier League season, respectively coming into the game in 14th and 18th place. In Swansea's case their slower start could be put down to their involvement in Europe, we all saw how Newcastle struggled last season, and it seems to be taking affect on the Swans too. An extremely disappointing result in last-week's Welsh derby combined with the news that headline-grabber Michu will be out for a month, has made it a tough week for the Swans, who have been consistently making good headlines ever since their promotion to the top-flight. Swansea will hoping that record signing Wilfried Bony will be able to start scoring in a absence of Michu, the Ivorian has shown good form in Europe scoring 3 in 3, but has struggled in the league with only 2 goals in 7 appearances. Life under Mark Hughes did have a bright start for Stoke winning their first 2 out of 4 and gaining a point at home against title-favourites Manchester City. However, Stoke have only picked up two points since, although they can be happy with their previous two league performance despite only picking up 1 point. A Javier Hernández winner at Old Trafford cruelly robbed Stoke of a deserved point at least, then a 1-1 draw against Southampton gave Stoke a hard-earned draw in difficult conditions - a game which shall be remembered for a 12 second Asmir Begovic goal. With both teams struggling for goals a draw looks seems to be a likely result.