Championship (England) WON 2–1
Sat, Sep 19 · 13:30 · Bet365 Stadium
Stoke City Home
VS
Sheffield Utd Away
Stoke City vs Sheffield Utd — Championship
Tipster's pick Stoke City or Draw
Confidence Medium
Odds 1.44 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Stoke City Hold Edge at Home Over Sheffield

Stoke City enter this match with a stronger recent sequence that includes three wins in their last seven outings. At home they have averaged two goals per game this season while keeping a solid share of clean sheets. Sheffield United have struggled to score away from home and failed to find the net in over forty percent of their matches. Past meetings show Sheffield with more wins overall but those results come from earlier seasons when their squad was in a different place. Stoke’s ability to avoid defeat at their own ground fits the pattern of their current form and the visitors’ patchy away output. The low rate of high-scoring games for both sides suggests a measured contest where Stoke can stay competitive throughout.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
2–1 WON

Our pick “Stoke City or Draw” at odds 1.44 won — final score 2–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Kalvin Phillips 10'
  3. Justin Devenny 32'
  4. Maksym Taloverov 43'
  5. Second half
  6. Kalvin Phillips 51'
  7. Oliver Arblaster 54'
  8. Liam Kitching 63'
  9. Eric Junior Bocat 63'
  10. Ethan Galbraith 63'
  11. Sam Gallagher ↓ El Hadji Soumare 64'
  12. George Hirst ↓ Lamine Cissé 64'
  13. Junior Tchamadeu ↓ Maksym Taloverov 65'
  14. Thomas Cannon ↓ Oliver Arblaster 67'
  15. Rhys Norrington-Davies 69'
  16. Jack Mcglynn assist Junior Tchamadeu 78'
  17. Jordan Ayew ↓ Patrick Bamford 80'
  18. Tahith Chong ↓ Ben Brereton 80'
  19. Jamie Shackleton ↓ Hamza Choudhury 80'
  20. Luca Bombino ↓ Eric Junior Bocat 80'
  21. Million·Manhoef ↓ Justin Devenny 80'
  22. Sam Gallagher assist Ethan Galbraith 86'
  23. Romelle Donovan ↓ Jamal Baptiste 88'
This season
Stoke City Sheffield Utd
Over 2.5 goals 71% 57%
Clean sheet 29% 29%
Failed to score 0% 43%
Scored per game 1.6 1.1
Conceded per game 1.6 1.3
Scored home / away 2.0 / 1.3 1.0 / 1.3

Across 7 and 7 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
11 MIL Millwall 7 3 1 3 10
12 STO Stoke City ▲ 7 3 1 3 10
13 BRI Bristol City 7 3 1 3 10
14 NOR Norwich 7 3 0 4 9
15 SHE Sheffield Utd ▲ 7 2 3 2 9
16 BLA Blackburn 7 2 2 3 8
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Stoke City LWWDW
L @ Wolves 1–4 Aug 29
W vs Norwich 1–0 Sep 1
W vs Charlton 4–0 Sep 5
D @ Cardiff 1–1 Sep 8
W @ Watford 2–1 Sep 12
Sheffield Utd DWLWL
D @ Cardiff 2–2 Aug 29
W vs Bolton 3–2 Sep 1
L vs Norwich 1–3 Sep 5
W @ Blackburn 2–1 Sep 8
L vs Wolves 0–1 Sep 13
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Stoke City
Scored 1.8 avg
1 1 4 1 2
Conceded 1.2 avg
4 0 0 1 1
Sheffield Utd
Scored 1.6 avg
2 3 1 2 0
Conceded 1.8 avg
2 2 3 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Stoke City
2 Draws
6 Sheffield Utd
Dec 2025 Stoke City 1–2 Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd
Dec 2025 Sheffield Utd 4–0 Stoke City Sheffield Utd
Apr 2025 Stoke City 0–2 Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd
Oct 2024 Sheffield Utd 2–0 Stoke City Sheffield Utd
Jan 2023 Sheffield Utd 3–1 Stoke City Sheffield Utd

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Stoke City 3-4-3
  • 1 V. Johansson G
  • 16 B. Wilmot D
  • 40 M. Talovierov D
  • 5 L. Graham D
  • 2 B. Johnson M
  • 27 El Hadji Djibril Soumaré M
  • 8 E. Galbraith M
  • 17 E. Bocat M
  • 7 J. McGlynn F
  • 11 L. Cissé F
  • 13 J. Devenny F
Bench J. Griffiths, B. Gibson, J. Tchamadeu, L. Bombino, T. Rigo, M. Manhoef, B. Pearson, G. Hirst, S. Gallagher

M. Robins

Sheffield Utd 4-4-2
  • 1 M. Cooper G
  • 8 H. Choudhury D
  • 5 J. Tanganga D
  • 15 L. Kitching D
  • 30 R. Norrington-Davies D
  • 33 J. Baptiste M
  • 42 Sydie Peck M
  • 4 O. Arblaster M
  • 27 K. Phillips M
  • 45 P. Bamford F
  • 22 B. Brereton F
Bench R. Donovan, J. Ayew, T. Cannon, J. Rothwell, T. Chong, M. McGuinness, M. Doherty, J. Shackleton, A. Davies

Chris Wilder

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Stoke City
  • OUT A. Cresswell Knee Injury
  • OUT B. Gibson Muscle Injury
  • OUT S. Ingelsson Injury
  • DOUBT S. Gallagher Injury
  • DOUBT B. Lawal Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Tchamadeu Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT A. Cresswell Knee Injury
  • OUT B. Gibson Muscle Injury
  • OUT S. Ingelsson Injury
  • DOUBT S. Gallagher Injury
  • DOUBT B. Lawal Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Tchamadeu Lacking Match Fitness
Sheffield Utd
  • OUT H. Burrows Injury
  • OUT T. Chong Injury
  • OUT R. One Hamstring Injury
  • OUT F. Seriki Knee Injury
  • OUT H. Burrows Injury
  • OUT T. Chong Injury
  • OUT R. One Hamstring Injury
  • OUT F. Seriki Knee Injury