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Championship 2026/27

Stoke City line-up

12th in the Championship 10 points Most-used formation: 4-2-3-1 LWWDW

Predicted line-up for Stoke City

Next match: Stoke City vs Sheffield United,

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Stoke City 3-4-2-1
1 Johansson
5 Graham
40 Taloverov
16 Wilmot
21 Bombino
8 Galbraith
27 Soumaré
2 Johnson
13 Devenny
7 McGlynn
11 Cissé

Predicted line-up for Stoke City: Johansson, Graham, Taloverov, Wilmot, Bombino, Galbraith, Soumaré, Johnson, Devenny, McGlynn, Cissé

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Stoke City injuries and suspensions

  • Aaron Cresswell Knee injury Unavailable
  • Bosun Lawal Not registered Unavailable
  • Sam Gallagher Injury Unavailable
  • Svante Ingelsson Injury Unavailable
Played 7 3W 1D 3L
Goals for 11 1.6 per match on average
Goals against 11 1.6 per match on average
Goal difference 0 10 points
Clean sheets 2 failed to score in 0
xG 9.01 above expectation

Home and away

Per match Home Away Total
Points 2.00 1.00 1.43
Goals for 2.00 1.25 1.57
Goals against 0.67 2.25 1.57
xG for 1.12 1.41 1.29
xG against 1.35 1.82 1.62
Corners 4.0 4.0 4.0
Cards 1.3 3.3 2.4
Clean sheets 67% 0% 29%

Fixtures

Results

Stats

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Goals

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 3
  2. 2 Eric-Junior Bocat 2
  3. 3 Justin Devenny 2
  4. 4 George Hirst 1
  5. 5 Ben Johnson 1

Assists

  1. 1 Eric-Junior Bocat 2
  2. 2 Sam Gallagher 1
  3. 3 Róbert Boženík 1
  4. 4 Tomas Rigo 1
  5. 5 Lamine Cissé 1

Key passes

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 11
  2. 2 Sorba Thomas 9
  3. 3 Ben Johnson 7
  4. 4 Eric-Junior Bocat 6
  5. 5 Justin Devenny 6

Duels won

  1. 1 Ben Johnson 33
  2. 2 Luke Graham 32
  3. 3 Ethan Galbraith 31
  4. 4 Sam Gallagher 25
  5. 5 Eric-Junior Bocat 25

Shots on target

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 5
  2. 2 Justin Devenny 4
  3. 3 George Hirst 3
  4. 4 Ben Johnson 3
  5. 5 Sam Gallagher 3

Rating

  1. 1 Jack McGlynn 7.23
  2. 2 Justin Devenny 7.20
  3. 3 Ethan Galbraith 7.09
  4. 4 Viktor Johansson 7.08
  5. 5 Lamine Cissé 7.03

Stoke City squad

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# Player Position MP Min Goals Assists Passes Pass % Rating
1 Viktor Johansson Age 28 · Sweden Goalkeeper 7 630 0 0 205 59.5% 7.1
24 Josh Griffiths Age 25 · England Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
34 Frank Fielding Age 37 · England Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
16 Ben Wilmot Age 26 · England Defender 7 585 0 0 304 83.2% 6.7
17 Eric-Junior Bocat Age 27 · France Defender 7 552 2 2 196 79.6% 6.9
2 Ben Johnson Age 26 · England Defender 6 540 1 0 155 80.6% 6.8
5 Luke Graham Age 22 · Scotland Defender 5 450 0 0 226 83.2% 6.9
18 Bosun Lawal Defender 4 283 0 0 96 82.3% 6.8
40 Maksym Taloverov Age 26 · Ukraine Defender 5 266 0 0 154 92.9% 6.8
21 Luca Bombino Age 20 · United States Defender 3 114 0 0 25 68.0% 6.9
23 Ben Gibson Age 33 · England Defender 1 90 0 0 48 91.7% 6.5
43 Freddie Anderson Age 19 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
3 Aaron Cresswell Age 36 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
33 Erik Pieters Age 37 · Netherlands Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
8 Ethan Galbraith Age 25 · Northern Ireland Midfielder 7 630 3 0 298 86.9% 7.1
27 Djibril Soumaré Age 23 · Senegal Midfielder 7 532 0 0 245 83.3% 6.7
10 Jun-ho Bae Age 23 · South Korea Midfielder 5 293 0 0 71 76.1% 6.5
13 Justin Devenny Age 22 · Scotland Midfielder 3 217 2 0 65 78.5% 7.2
42 Million Manhoef Age 24 · Netherlands Midfielder 3 163 0 0 26 76.9% 6.5
7 Jack McGlynn Age 23 · United States Midfielder 3 142 1 0 75 90.7% 7.2
6 Svante Ingelsson Age 28 · Sweden Midfielder 2 93 0 0 20 55.0% 5.6
19 Tomas Rigo Age 24 · Slovakia Midfielder 3 88 0 1 19 78.9% 6.5
4 Ben Pearson Age 31 · England Midfielder 3 20 0 0 23 91.3% 4.7
15 George Hirst Age 27 · England Forward 6 336 1 0 42 73.8% 6.5
20 Sam Gallagher Age 31 · England Forward 5 304 1 1 36 36.1% 6.7
9 Róbert Boženík Age 26 · Slovakia Forward 6 220 0 1 36 77.8% 6.4
11 Lamine Cissé Age 23 · France Forward 3 119 0 1 20 70.0% 7.0
11 Tyler Martin Age 17 Forward 1 9 0 0 1 100.0% 6.3

Frequently asked questions

When do Stoke City play next?

Stoke City play at home against Sheffield United on .

When will the line-up for Stoke City be announced?

The predicted line-up for Stoke City against Sheffield United is shown above. The confirmed XI usually follows around an hour before kick-off.

Who is the first-choice goalkeeper for Stoke City?

Viktor Johansson has started in goal in 5 of the last 5 matches.

Who is the top scorer for Stoke City?

Ethan Galbraith has scored 3 goals for Stoke City this season.

Which Stoke City players are injured or suspended?

Stoke City are without Aaron Cresswell (knee injury), Bosun Lawal (not registered), Sam Gallagher (injury) and Svante Ingelsson (injury).