Rising club Stoke City FC (2-4-3, 9 points) will look to extend its four-game undefeated streak as the team squares off with bottom three team Swansea City AFC (1-6-2, 5 points) at the Bet365 Stadium on Monday, Oct. 31 to conclude round 10 competitions of the 2016-2017 Premier League season.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 4:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Stoke City is streaking at the moment as they had not tasted defeat in their last four matches. After two straight draws, the Potters are now on a two-game winning run to climb out of the bottom three relegation area and up to 17th place in the overall standings.
Head coach Mark Hughes' squad blanked newly-promoted team Hull City, 2-0, on the road at the KCOM Stadium on Oct. 22 during their most recent Premier League match, as per ESPN.
Xherdan Shaqiri scored a brace to lead Stoke City in the victory. The Swiss winger fired a long-range shot in the 26th minute to open the scoring before doubling the lead in the 50th with a free-kick.
Meanwhile, Swansea City is on a downward spiral as the team slipped to their eighth straight winless game, dropping to the 19th spot of the 20-team English top flight table.
The Swans were held to goalless draw by contending squad Watford at their own home field of Liberty Stadium also on Oct. 22 as the team snapped a four-game losing slide, Goal reported.
New head coach Bob Bradley's boys have never tasted a victory since after winning their season-opener over Burnley when the team was still managed by sacked head coach Francesco Guidolin. Bradley joined the team on Oct. 3 as Guidolin was fired after less than a year in his tenure.
It was the first point of the club under Bradley's reign and it came in their first home game with the former USMNT boss.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a tough 2-1 decision for Stoke City.
Stoke City starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Grant; Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters; Whelan, Cameron; Shaqiri, Allen, Arnautovic; Bony
Swansea City starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Fabianski; Naughton, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Kingsley; Britton, Ki; Barrow, Sigurdsson, Routledge; Gonzalez