Stoke City 1–2 Sheffield Utd
Stoke City
1–2HT 0–0
Sheffield Utd
Stoke City played Sheffield Utd in the Championship on 29 December 2025 at Bet365 Stadium. The match finished 1–2.
Goals and cards
- 47'J. Riedewald
- 53'T. Cannon (assist by H. Burrows)
- 65'B. Wilmot
- 76'Femi Seriki — Yellow card
- 88'Ben Pearson — Red card
Line-ups
Stoke City 4-4-2
- V. Johansson
- B. Lawal
- A. Phillips
- B. Wilmot
- B. Gibson
- M. Manhoef
- T. Seko
- S. N'Zonzi
- S. Thomas
- S. Gallagher
- D. Mubama
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Bonham
- M. Talovierov
- J. Bickerton
- B. Pearson
- T. Rigo
- J. Donley
- J. Bae
- L. Cisse
- R. Bozenik
- COACHES: Mark Robins
Sheffield Utd 4-4-2
- M. Cooper
- F. Seriki
- J. Tanganga
- T. Bindon
- H. Burrows
- A. Brooks
- D. Soumare
- J. Riedewald
- C. O'Hare
- T. Cannon
- T. Campbell
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Davies
- S. McCallum
- O. Arblaster
- G. Hamer
- D. Ings
- M. McGuinness
- A. Matos
- P. Bamford
- T. Chong
- COACHES: Chris Wilder
Match statistics
| Stoke City | Sheffield Utd | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 8 |
| 7 | Total shots | 15 |
| 0 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 13 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 9 | Fouls | 4 |
| 6 | Corners | 2 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 54% | Possession | 46% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 2 |
| 451 | Total passes | 408 |
| 344 | Accurate passes | 310 |
| 76% | Pass accuracy | 76% |
| 0.59 | Expected Goals (xG) | 2.50 |
| -0.32 | goals_prevented | -0.32 |