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Championship 2026/27

Stoke City lineup

9th in the Championship 20 points Most-used formation: 3-4-3 WWLWD

Predicted lineup for Stoke City

Next match: Stoke City vs Preston North End,

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Stoke City 3-4-3
1 Johansson
5 Graham
18 Lawal
16 Wilmot
21 Bombino
8 Galbraith
27 Soumaré
2 Johnson
13 Devenny
15 Hirst or Cisse
7 McGlynn

Predicted lineup for Stoke City: Johansson, Graham, Lawal, Wilmot, Bombino, Galbraith, Soumaré, Johnson, Devenny, Hirst, McGlynn

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Played 12 6W 2D 4L
Goals for 18 1.5 per match on average
Goals against 16 1.3 per match on average
Goal difference +2 20 points
Clean sheets 4 failed to score in 1
xG 14.67 above expectation

Home and away

Per match Home Away Total
Points 1.67 1.67 1.67
Goals for 1.67 1.33 1.50
Goals against 1.00 1.67 1.33
xG for 1.11 1.34 1.22
xG against 1.33 1.97 1.65
Corners 4.8 4.0 4.4
Cards 1.7 2.7 2.2
Clean sheets 50% 17% 33%

Stats

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Goals

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 3
  2. 2 Sam Gallagher 2
  3. 3 Eric Bocat 2
  4. 4 Jack McGlynn 2
  5. 5 Justin Devenny 2

Assists

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 3
  2. 2 Eric Bocat 2
  3. 3 George Hirst 1
  4. 4 Sam Gallagher 1
  5. 5 Róbert Boženík 1

Key passes

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 23
  2. 2 Ben Johnson 10
  3. 3 Jack McGlynn 10
  4. 4 Sorba Thomas 9
  5. 5 Justin Devenny 8

Duels won

  1. 1 Luke Graham 58
  2. 2 Ethan Galbraith 50
  3. 3 Ben Johnson 49
  4. 4 Djibril Soumaré 49
  5. 5 Eric Bocat 40

Shots on target

  1. 1 Ethan Galbraith 7
  2. 2 Ben Johnson 5
  3. 3 Sam Gallagher 4
  4. 4 Jack McGlynn 4
  5. 5 Justin Devenny 4

Rating

  1. 1 Jack McGlynn 7.08
  2. 2 Ethan Galbraith 7.03
  3. 3 Ben Wilmot 6.90
  4. 4 Luke Graham 6.90
  5. 5 Sam Gallagher 6.86

Team stats

How the team has performed across all matches played.

  • xG for14.67
  • Actual goals scored18
  • Difference +3.33
  • xG against19.82
  • Passes per match363
  • Possession45.8%

Stoke City squad

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# Player Position MP Min Goals Assists Passes Pass % Rating
1 Viktor Johansson Age 28 · Sweden Goalkeeper 12 1080 0 0 373 57.1% 6.9
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 12 1035 1 0 565 84.4% 6.9
2 Ben Johnson Age 26 · England Defender 11 990 1 0 300 80.3% 6.6
5 Luke Graham Age 22 · Scotland Defender 10 900 1 0 466 84.5% 6.9
17 Eric Bocat Age 27 · France Defender 11 839 2 2 291 80.1% 6.8
40 Maksym Taloverov Age 26 · Ukraine Defender 8 373 0 0 199 92.0% 6.7
21 Luca Bombino Age 20 · United States Defender 8 322 0 0 79 77.2% 6.7
18 Bosun Lawal Age 23 Defender 4 283 0 0 96 82.3% 6.8
22 Junior Tchamadeu Age 22 · England Defender 5 149 0 1 43 60.5% 6.5
23 Ben Gibson Age 33 · England Defender 1 90 0 0 48 91.7% 6.5
3 Aaron Cresswell Age 36 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
8 Ethan Galbraith Age 25 · Northern Ireland Midfielder 12 1080 3 3 553 83.4% 7.0
27 Djibril Soumaré Age 23 · Senegal Midfielder 12 903 0 0 405 82.2% 6.5
13 Justin Devenny Age 23 · Scotland Midfielder 8 533 2 0 149 77.2% 6.6
7 Jack McGlynn Age 23 · United States Midfielder 8 526 2 1 240 83.8% 7.1
10 Jun-ho Bae Age 23 · South Korea Midfielder 6 360 0 0 78 74.4% 6.4
42 Million Manhoef Age 24 · Netherlands Midfielder 4 173 0 0 26 76.9% 6.4
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 11 520 1 1 68 60.3% 6.5
11 Lamine Cisse Age 23 · France Forward 8 408 1 1 67 62.7% 6.7
20 Sam Gallagher Age 31 · England Forward 6 330 2 1 38 36.8% 6.9
9 Róbert Boženík Age 26 · Slovakia Forward 9 262 1 1 47 80.9% 6.6
12 Tyler Martin Age 18 · England Forward 1 9 0 0 1 100.0% 6.3
- Ato Ampah England · Knee injury Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -

Frequently asked questions

When do Stoke City play next?

Stoke City play at home against Preston North End on .

When will the lineup for Stoke City be announced?

The predicted lineup for Stoke City against Preston North End 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 and provided 3 assists.

Which Stoke City players are injured or suspended?

Stoke City are without Ato Ampah (knee injury), Aaron Cresswell (knee injury), Eric Bocat (injury), Sam Gallagher (injury) and Svante Ingelsson (muscle injury).