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Stoke City
FT
1–2
HT 0–0
Sheffield United
Championship Mon 29 Dec, 19:45London bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent John Busby 24,206 attendance

Timeline

  1. 47' Jairo Riedewald
  2. 53' Thomas Cannon assist Harrison Burrows
  3. 57' Bae Jun-Ho for Million Manhoef
  4. 58' Róbert Bozeník for Sam Gallagher
  5. 58' Ben Pearson for Steven N'Zonzi
  6. 58' Lamine Cisse for Divin Mubama
  7. 65' Ben Wilmot
  8. 74' Patrick Bamford for Tyrese Campbell
  9. 74' Tahith Chong for Andre Brooks
  10. 74' Oliver Arblaster for Djibril Soumaré
  11. 74' Tomás Rigo for Tatsuki Seko
  12. 76' Femi Seriki Yellow Card
  13. 87' Mark McGuinness for Thomas Cannon
  14. 88' Ben Pearson Red Card
  15. 90'+5' Alex Matos for Jairo Riedewald

Match stats

53.6% Possession 46.4%
7 Shots 15
3 On target 4
9 Fouls 4
0 Yellow cards 1
1 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 2
1 Saves 2
344 Accurate passes 310

Lineups

Stoke City 4-4-2
1 Johansson
23 Gibson 16 Wilmot 26 Phillips 18 Lawal
7 Thomas 15 N'Zonzi 12 Seko 42 Manhoef
9 Mubama 20 Gallagher
Sheffield United 4-4-2
1 Cooper
14 Burrows 6 Bindon 2 Tanganga 38 Seriki
10 O'Hare 44 Riedewald 18 Soumaré 11 Brooks
23 Campbell 7 Cannon
Stoke City 4-4-2
  1. 1 Viktor Johansson G
  2. 16 Ben Wilmot CD-L
  3. 26 Ashley Phillips CD-R
  4. 23 Ben Gibson LB
  5. 18 Bosun Lawal RB
  6. 15 Steven N'Zonzi ▼ CM-L
  7. 12 Tatsuki Seko ▼ CM-R
  8. 7 Sorba Thomas LM
  9. 42 Million Manhoef ▼ RM
  10. 9 Divin Mubama ▼ CF-L
  11. 20 Sam Gallagher ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 4 Ben Pearson ▲ SUB
  2. 29 Lamine Cisse ▲ SUB
  3. 19 Tomás Rigo ▲ SUB
  4. 11 Róbert Bozeník ▲ SUB
  5. 10 Bae Jun-Ho ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 14 Jamie Donley SUB
  2. 53 Josh Bickerton SUB
  3. 40 Maksym Talovierov SUB
  4. 13 Jack Bonham SUB
Sheffield United 4-4-2
  1. 1 Michael Cooper G
  2. 6 Tyler Bindon CD-L
  3. 2 Japhet Tanganga CD-R
  4. 14 Harrison Burrows LB
  5. 38 Femi Seriki RB
  6. 44 Jairo Riedewald ▼ CM-L
  7. 18 Djibril Soumaré ▼ CM-R
  8. 10 Callum O'Hare LM
  9. 11 Andre Brooks ▼ RM
  10. 23 Tyrese Campbell ▼ CF-L
  11. 7 Thomas Cannon ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 24 Tahith Chong ▲ SUB
  2. 45 Patrick Bamford ▲ SUB
  3. 4 Oliver Arblaster ▲ SUB
  4. 28 Alex Matos ▲ SUB
  5. 25 Mark McGuinness ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 9 Danny Ings SUB
  2. 3 Sam McCallum SUB
  3. 17 Adam Rhys Davies SUB
  4. 8 Gustavo Hamer SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Stoke City 1, Sheffield United 2.
  2. 90'+8' Second Half ends, Stoke City 1, Sheffield United 2.
  3. 90'+6' Foul by Ben Gibson (Stoke City).
  4. 90'+6' Femi Seriki (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+5' Substitution, Sheffield United. Alex Matos replaces Jairo Riedewald.
  6. 90'+4' Offside, Stoke City. Róbert Bozeník is caught offside.
  7. 90'+3' Foul by Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United).
  8. 90'+3' Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 90'+1' Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 90'+1' Foul by Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United).
  11. 90' Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  12. 90' Attempt missed. Tomás Rigo (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
73 earlier entries
  1. 88' Ben Pearson (Stoke City) is shown the red card.
  2. 87' Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  3. 87' Foul by Ben Pearson (Stoke City).
  4. 87' Substitution, Sheffield United. Mark McGuinness replaces Thomas Cannon.
  5. 85' Attempt saved. Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Harrison Burrows.
  6. 83' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Femi Seriki.
  7. 80' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
  8. 78' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Michael Cooper.
  9. 78' Attempt saved. Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Michael Cooper (Sheffield United).
  10. 77' Tahith Chong (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  11. 77' Foul by Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City).
  12. 76' Attempt missed. Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross.
  13. 76' Femi Seriki (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 75' Tahith Chong (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  15. 75' Foul by Ben Pearson (Stoke City).
  16. 74' Substitution, Stoke City. Tomás Rigo replaces Tatsuki Seko.
  17. 74' Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver Arblaster replaces Djibril Soumaré.
  18. 74' Substitution, Sheffield United. Tahith Chong replaces Andre Brooks.
  19. 74' Substitution, Sheffield United. Patrick Bamford replaces Tyrese Campbell.
  20. 67' Attempt missed. Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  21. 67' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jairo Riedewald.
  22. 65' Goal! Stoke City 1, Sheffield United 2. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  23. 63' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
  24. 58' Substitution, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé replaces Divin Mubama.
  25. 58' Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Steven Nzonzi.
  26. 58' Substitution, Stoke City. Róbert Bozeník replaces Sam Gallagher.
  27. 57' Substitution, Stoke City. Bae Jun-Ho replaces Million Manhoef.
  28. 57' Attempt missed. Andre Brooks (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Djibril Soumaré.
  29. 53' Goal! Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 2. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harrison Burrows with a cross following a corner.
  30. 52' Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
  31. 52' Attempt blocked. Andre Brooks (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
  32. 50' Attempt blocked. Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
  33. 47' Goal! Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 1. Jairo Riedewald (Sheffield United) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  34. 47' Attempt blocked. Tyler Bindon (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  35. 47' Attempt missed. Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Djibril Soumaré following a set piece situation.
  36. 46' Foul by Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City).
  37. 46' Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  38. 45' Second Half begins Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 0.
  39. 45'+4' First Half ends, Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 0.
  40. 45'+3' Foul by Million Manhoef (Stoke City).
  41. 45'+3' Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  42. 45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  43. 44' Attempt saved. Ashley Phillips (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Michael Cooper (Sheffield United). Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
  44. 42' Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  45. 42' Foul by Sam Gallagher (Stoke City).
  46. 37' Attempt missed. Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Femi Seriki with a cross.
  47. 32' Offside, Sheffield United. Andre Brooks is caught offside.
  48. 32' Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  49. 32' Foul by Million Manhoef (Stoke City).
  50. 28' Foul by Djibril Soumaré (Sheffield United).
  51. 28' Divin Mubama (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  52. 24' Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  53. 24' Foul by Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City).
  54. 22' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  55. 22' Delay in match (Sheffield United).
  56. 20' Offside, Sheffield United. Andre Brooks is caught offside.
  57. 18' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  58. 18' Delay in match because of an injury Viktor Johansson (Stoke City).
  59. 16' Attempt missed. Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tyrese Campbell.
  60. 16' Attempt missed. Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tyrese Campbell.
  61. 16' Attempt blocked. Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
  62. 14' Attempt missed. Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
  63. 11' Attempt missed. Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a fast break.
  64. 10' Sam Gallagher (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  65. 10' Foul by Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United).
  66. 8' Attempt missed. Ben Gibson (Stoke City) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross following a corner.
  67. 8' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Femi Seriki.
  68. 6' Attempt missed. Djibril Soumaré (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Harrison Burrows.
  69. 5' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  70. 3' Delay in match because of an injury Viktor Johansson (Stoke City).
  71. 2' Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
  72. First Half begins.
  73. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Stoke City D L W L L

  • L at Sheffield United 4-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Ipswich Town 1-0 EFL Championship
  • W Swansea City 2-1 EFL Championship
  • L at Watford 1-0 EFL Championship
  • D Preston North End 0-0 EFL Championship

Sheffield United L W L D W

  • W Stoke City 4-0 EFL Championship
  • D Norwich City 1-1 EFL Championship
  • L at West Bromwich Albion 2-0 EFL Championship
  • W Birmingham City 3-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Wrexham 5-3 EFL Championship

Head to head

SHU leads series 4-1

  • 6 Dec 2025 Sheffield United 4–0 Stoke City 2025-26 English League Championship
  • 25 Apr 2025 Stoke City 0–2 Sheffield United 2024-25 English League Championship
  • 26 Oct 2024 Sheffield United 2–0 Stoke City 2024-25 English League Championship
  • 14 Jan 2023 Sheffield United 3–1 Stoke City 2022-23 English League Championship
  • 8 Oct 2022 Stoke City 3–1 Sheffield United 2022-23 English League Championship

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