Swansea City dealt blow ahead of West Brom clash
The Swans have been dealt a blow as one of their influential players will not feature against Albion.
Swansea City have been dealt a blow ahead of the Championship restart at home to Albion on Saturday week.
The clash between James Morrison’s fifth-placed Baggies and the hosts in sixth will see the south Wales side without one of their midfield stalwarts.
Marko Stamenic will be sidelined for the Swansea.Com Stadium clash on November 21 due to suspension.
The Swans learned of the midfielder’s ban after an appeal against his red card from Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Birmingham was unsuccessful.
Stamenic saw red after 26 minutes of the clash at St. Andrew’s for a heavy challenge on Ethan Laird.
The Swans appealed the dismissal but it has been ruled the suspension will stand and the midfielder will now sit out the next three fixtures.
New Zealand international Stamenic is a regular in Vitor Matos’ side and has appeared in 14 of 15 Championship fixtures so far this term, 12 as a starter.
The 24-year-old former Nottingham Forest man will sit out the clash against Albion and other big contests on the horizon.
He is suspended for the first south Wales derby against Cardiff since January 2025 the weekend after Swansea welcome Albion.
Stamenic also sits out the midweek fixture sandwiched between, another top-six opponent in Middlesbrough.
Morrison’s visitors Albion could have captain George Campbell back from a minor hamstring problem for the trip to south Wales, as the American was expected to be sidelined for 10 to 12 days after the injury picked up against Southampton two Tuesdays ago.
Matos’ Swans started the season in flying form but are sixth after four defeats in the last five games.
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