Swansea City v Stoke City, 22 April 2017

Score2-0 to Swansea City
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueLiberty Stadium
Attendance20,566

View Swansea City v Stoke City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Swansea City had now won two of the last eight meetings in the Premier League (lost three).

2 Swansea City

0 Stoke City

Goals:

Fernando Llorente 10 G
Tom Carroll 70 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender Stephen Kingsley
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Midfielder Leon Britton
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder/Forward Gylfi Sigurdsson
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Fernando Llorente

Starting lineup:

Jack Butland Goalkeeper
Erik Pieters Defender
Ryan Shawcross Defender/Centre back
Glen Johnson Defender/Full back
Geoff Cameron Defender/Midfielder
Bruno Martins Indi Defender/Midfielder
Joe Allen Midfielder
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfielder/Forward
Marko Arnautović Forward
Saido Berahino Forward
Peter Crouch Forward

Substitutions:

KI Sung-yueng for Leroy Fer 20
Mike Van Der Hoorn for Fernando Llorente 59
Borja for Leon Britton 85

Substitutions:

Ramadan Sobhi for Saido Berahino 77
Mame Biram Diouf for Marko Arnautović 84

Cards:

Tom Carroll 45 Y
Kyle Naughton 61 Y

Cards:

Bruno Martins Indi 63 Y
Peter Crouch 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Defender/Midfielder Connor Roberts
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Jefferson Montero
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Borja

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lee Grant
Defender Phil Bardsley
Defender Marc Muniesa
Midfielder Charlie Adam
Midfielder Ramadan Sobhi
Midfielder Glenn Whelan
Forward Mame Biram Diouf

Comments:

League position: 18th Swansea City had now won four of their last six home games in the Premier League after winning only two of their first 11 games at the Liberty Stadium in this season. This was the Swans' first win in their last seven games in the Premier League (lost five). Tom Carroll's goal was his first in the Premier League since Boxing Day in 2015 when he scored for Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-0 win against Norwich City. Tom Carroll was booked in the second minute of added time in the first-half. Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: "I thought it was a must-win game and Hull have won and it was absolutely right. If the gap had gone to five points with four to play, the task would have been very difficult. Nothing changed between us and Hull but what has changed is we have got momentum now."

Comments:

League position: 11th Stoke City had now failed to score in six consecutive away league games for the first time since August 1997. The Potters had now lost eight of their last ten away games in the Premier League. City had now failed to score in the last 596 playing minutes in their away games in the Premier League since a 3-1 win at Sunderland on 14 January 2017. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: "We hadn't got going. At 1-0 for the most part we were okay but clearly the game has changed on missing our penalty. If we could get back on terms, who knows?"

2 Swansea City

Goals:

Fernando Llorente 10 G
Tom Carroll 70 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender Stephen Kingsley
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Midfielder Leon Britton
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder/Forward Gylfi Sigurdsson
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Fernando Llorente

Substitutions:

KI Sung-yueng for Leroy Fer 20
Mike Van Der Hoorn for Fernando Llorente 59
Borja for Leon Britton 85

Cards:

Tom Carroll 45 Y
Kyle Naughton 61 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Defender/Midfielder Connor Roberts
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Jefferson Montero
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Borja

Comments:

League position: 18th Swansea City had now won four of their last six home games in the Premier League after winning only two of their first 11 games at the Liberty Stadium in this season. This was the Swans' first win in their last seven games in the Premier League (lost five). Tom Carroll's goal was his first in the Premier League since Boxing Day in 2015 when he scored for Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-0 win against Norwich City. Tom Carroll was booked in the second minute of added time in the first-half. Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: "I thought it was a must-win game and Hull have won and it was absolutely right. If the gap had gone to five points with four to play, the task would have been very difficult. Nothing changed between us and Hull but what has changed is we have got momentum now."

0 Stoke City

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Jack Butland Goalkeeper
Erik Pieters Defender
Ryan Shawcross Defender/Centre back
Glen Johnson Defender/Full back
Geoff Cameron Defender/Midfielder
Bruno Martins Indi Defender/Midfielder
Joe Allen Midfielder
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfielder/Forward
Marko Arnautović Forward
Saido Berahino Forward
Peter Crouch Forward

Substitutions:

Ramadan Sobhi for Saido Berahino 77
Mame Biram Diouf for Marko Arnautović 84

Cards:

Bruno Martins Indi 63 Y
Peter Crouch 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lee Grant
Defender Phil Bardsley
Defender Marc Muniesa
Midfielder Charlie Adam
Midfielder Ramadan Sobhi
Midfielder Glenn Whelan
Forward Mame Biram Diouf

Comments:

League position: 11th Stoke City had now failed to score in six consecutive away league games for the first time since August 1997. The Potters had now lost eight of their last ten away games in the Premier League. City had now failed to score in the last 596 playing minutes in their away games in the Premier League since a 3-1 win at Sunderland on 14 January 2017. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: "We hadn't got going. At 1-0 for the most part we were okay but clearly the game has changed on missing our penalty. If we could get back on terms, who knows?"