Stoke could be unchanged as they host Swansea

Posted Monday, September 17, 2018 by PA

Stoke have no fresh injury concerns ahead of Tuesday’s Championship clash with Swansea at the bet365 Stadium.

James McClean remains sidelined having broken his arm on international duty with the Republic of Ireland two weeks ago, while fellow summer signing Sam Clucas continues to recover from a knee operation in May.

Gary Rowett’s Potters, who drew 2-2 at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, are 20th in the table with only one win from their seven league games so far this season.

But victory against Swansea would be a third-successive home win in all competitions, after they last month followed up the 2-0 league win over Hull by beating Huddersfield in the Carabao Cup.

Bersant Celina and Jay Fulton are among the players the sixth-placed Swans will be without.

Both came off at half-time during Saturday’s goalless home draw against Nottingham Forest, with Celina having sustained an ankle ligament injury and Fulton feeling ill after suffering a cut to the head.

Leroy Fer and Tom Carroll, who missed the Forest game due to groin and hip problems respectively, are still unavailable.

And Courtney Baker-Richardson will also be missing again, as he serves the second game of his three-match suspension.