Stoke City begin their Championship season with the visit of Swansea City to the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday. Mark Robins' men began the campaign with an EFL Cup first-round win over Oldham last weekend, but are looking to end their winless run against Swansea City. The Potters have lost their last five league matches, including a 2-0 defeat in their last league meeting against Swansea City in March. Stoke City have lost just one of their past 15 home league games against Swansea City (W10 D4), going down 2-1 in March 2021; they've won this exact fixture in each of the previous two campaigns. Swansea City beat Stoke City in their last league meeting 2-0 in March; last winning consecutive games against the Potters in the 2020-21 Championship campaign. After losing each of their final four league games last season, Stoke are looking to avoid five successive defeats for the first time since January 2005. Swansea avoided defeat in their final four away league games last season (W2 D2), not since between February and November 2020 have they gone five successive games on the road unbeaten (11 games - W5 D6). Only Gustavo Hamer (12) recorded more assists in the EFL Championship last season than Stoke's Sorba Thomas (11), while he led the league for chances created (90) and expected assists (9.8). League standing (final 2025 table -- new season not yet under way): 17th in Championship, 55 pts, 15W-10D-21L from 46 games, recent form LLLLD.