Championship · Matchweek 1
Stoke City
STK
1–2Full time
Swansea City
SWA
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
50%Possession56%
39%Territory37%
9%From set plays21%
0.10Chance quality0.15
5.8%Directness4.3%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Stoke, 3 for Swansea. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 83 matches, not the full season.