MX23RW : Saturday, December 14 14:12:35| >> :120:34664:34664:

Team News: One change for Swansea City as Jack Butland starts in goal Stoke City

Swansea City manager Garry Monk makes one change ahead of his side's Premier League clash against Stoke City at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea City manager Garry Monk has made one change to his side ahead of their Premier League clash against Stoke City at the Liberty Stadium.

Centre-back Jordi Amat has been dropped from the squad as Neil Taylor takes his place in defence.

Potters boss Mark Hughes, meanwhile, has made four changes as goalkeeper Jack Butland makes his first Premier League start of the season between the sticks.

Regular stopper Asmir Begovic fails to even make the bench, with Thomas Sorensen named as the substitute goalkeeper.

The other changes see Phil Bardsley, Marc Wilson and Glenn Whelan replace Geoff Cameron, Phillip Wollscheid and Stephen Ireland in the Stoke starting XI.

Swansea: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Cork, Shelvey, Dyer, Sigurdsson, Montero, Oliveira
Subs: Tremmel, Hanley, Ki, Britton, Grimes, Emnes, Barrow

Stoke: Butland, Pieters, Wilson, Shawcross, Bardsley, N'Zonzi, Whelan, Arnautovic, Adam, Walters, Diouf
Subs: Sorensen, Muniesa, Ireland, Odemwingie, Sidwell, Crouch, Wollscheid

Find out what the Sports Mole Sofa team had to say ahead of this game:

Follow all of the action from the Liberty Stadium with Sports Mole's live text commentary.

ID:220573: cacheID:220573:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:3446:
Written by
Giuseppe Labellarte
No Data Analysis info
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Stoke player Charlie Adam scores from the penalty spot during the Barclays Premier League match between Stoke City and Swansea City at Britannia Stadium on October 19, 2014
Read Next:
Preview: Swansea City vs. Stoke City
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sheffield UnitedSheff Utd20135228111742
2Leeds UnitedLeeds20125336142241
3Burnley2010822471738
4Sunderland20107329151437
5Blackburn RoversBlackburn1910452317634
6West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom2071122314932
7Middlesbrough209473425931
8Watford199462725231
9Swansea CitySwansea207672119227
10Norwich CityNorwich206863530526
11Bristol City206862525026
12Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds207582329-626
13Millwall196762017325
14Derby CountyDerby216692626024
15Preston North EndPreston2041062026-622
16Luton TownLuton2064102335-1222
17Coventry CityCoventry205692529-421
18Stoke CityStoke205692126-521
19Queens Park RangersQPR204972026-621
20Oxford UnitedOxford Utd194692030-1018
21Portsmouth193882134-1317
22Cardiff CityCardiff1945101730-1317
23Plymouth ArgylePlymouth1945101940-2117
24Hull City2037101828-1016


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!