Half-Time Report: Swansea City, Stoke City playing out stalemate

Swansea City and Stoke City are level at 0-0 at the halfway point of their Premier League clash at the Liberty Stadium.

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The hosts were strongest in the opening stages as they maintained possession and forced their opponents to do all of the chasing.

It took a while for the first chance to be fashioned, however, as Nelson Oliveira volleyed wide from a tight angle at the far post after a cross from Nathan Dyer on the quarter-hour mark.

Stoke did well to keep Swansea at bay in the face of constant pressure and soon enjoyed a good spell of their own, but neither goalkeeper was troubled throughout the majority of the first half.

This changed in the latter stages as Charlie Adam fired wide from 30 yards three minutes before the break, while Steven N'Zonzi forced a smart save from Lukasz Fabianski on the stroke of half time.