Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 October 2011
Result
Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Sunday 2 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City: match report
Swansea City defeated Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 October 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Scott Sinclair (9', penalty) and Danny Graham (85'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Swansea City received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swansea City were 16th on 5 points from 6 and Stoke City 8th on 9 points from 6. Swansea City went on to finish that season 11th with 47 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.
Swansea City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Swansea City's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Stoke City's D-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Penalty goal · Scott Sinclair
- 19'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 40'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 45'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 54'Yellow card · Mark Gower
- 60'Yellow card · Wayne Routledge
- 60'Yellow card · Neil Taylor
- 77'Yellow card · Jermaine Pennant
- 85'Goal · Danny Graham
- 89'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
Team news
Swansea City line-up (4-3-3)
Michel Vorm, Ashley Williams, Àngel Rangel, Scott Sinclair, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge, Joe Allen, Mark Gower, Danny Graham, Neil Taylor, Garry Monk
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson