Stoke City 1–2 Swansea

EFL Championship 2026/27 Matchweek 1 · 15 Aug 2026

Stoke City vs Swansea in the EFL Championship 2026/27.

At bet365 Stadium, Stoke.

Referee: Oliver Langford, England.

Swansea beat Stoke City 2–1. E. Bocat opened the scoring for Stoke City after 10 minutes. A. Idah made it 1–2 after 66 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Stoke City: E. Bocat 10'
• Swansea: J. Opoku 23', A. Idah 66'

Stoke City starting lineup (4-2-3-1)

• 1 V. Johansson (G)
• 16 B. Wilmot (D)
• 18 B. Lawal
• 5 L. Graham (D)
• 17 E. Bocat (D)
• 8 E. Galbraith (M)
• 6 S. Ingelsson (M)
• 42 M. Manhoef (M)
• 19 T. Rigo (M)
• 7 S. Thomas (M)
• 20 S. Gallagher (F)

Swansea starting lineup (4-1-4-1)

• 22 L. Vigouroux (G)
• 26 F. Lissah (D)
• 5 B. Cabango (D)
• 23 S. Welsh (D)
• 14 J. Tymon (D)
• 4 J. Fulton (M)
• 30 J. Opoku
• 8 E. Just (M)
• 6 M. Stamenic (M)
• 49 M. K. Yeo (M)
• 9 Z. Vipotnik (F)

Match events

• 10′ Stoke City: Normal Goal, E. Bocat, T. Rigo
• 22′ Swansea: Normal Goal, J. Opoku, Z. Vipotnik
• 36′ Stoke City: Yellow Card, Luke Graham
• 46′ Stoke City: Substitution, M. Talovierov, B. Lawal
• 53′ Swansea: Yellow Card, Filip Lissah
• 55′ Swansea: Substitution, J. Key, F. Lissah
• 65′ Swansea: Substitution, Eom Ji-Sung, M. K. Yeo
• 65′ Swansea: Substitution, M. Widell, E. Just
• 65′ Swansea: Substitution, A. Idah, Z. Vipotnik
• 66′ Swansea: Normal Goal, A. Idah, J. Tymon
• 70′ Stoke City: Substitution, D. Soumare, S. Ingelsson
• 70′ Stoke City: Substitution, Bae Jun-Ho, T. Rigo
• 70′ Stoke City: Substitution, R. Bozenik, S. Gallagher
• 84′ Swansea: Substitution, L. Walta, J. Fulton
• 86′ Swansea: Yellow Card, Melker Widell
• 90+1′ Swansea: Yellow Card, Josh Tymon

Match statistics