Stoke City v Sheffield United: Championship stats & head-to-head

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Sheffield United

1 V. Johansson

5 L. Graham

40 M. Talovierov

16 B. Wilmot

17 E. Bocat

8 E. Galbraith

27 D. Soumaré

2 B. Johnson

13 J. Devenny

11 L. Cissé

7 J. McGlynn

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Saturday 19th September

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 West Ham United	8	4	2	2	20	11	9	14	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Swansea City	7	4	2	1	11	5	6	14	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
3 Middlesbrough	7	4	2	1	14	10	4	14	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
4 West Bromwich Albion	7	4	2	1	10	7	3	14	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
5 Millwall	8	4	1	3	15	13	2	13	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
6 Bristol City	8	4	1	3	11	12	-1	13	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
7 Queens Park Rangers	7	3	3	1	8	5	3	12	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
8 Sheffield United	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	12	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
9 Charlton Athletic	8	3	3	2	7	9	-2	12	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	2	1	14	10	4	11	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
11 Lincoln City	7	3	2	2	6	6	0	11	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
12 Southampton	7	4	2	1	18	8	10	10	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
13 Birmingham City	7	2	4	1	10	9	1	10	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
14 Stoke City	8	3	1	4	11	12	-1	10	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
15 Norwich City	7	3	0	4	13	13	0	9	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
16 Blackburn Rovers	7	2	2	3	10	10	0	8	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
17 Watford	8	2	2	4	7	10	-3	8	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
18 Portsmouth	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	7	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
19 Cardiff City	8	1	4	3	9	12	-3	7	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
20 Wrexham	7	1	4	2	7	11	-4	7	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
21 Bolton Wanderers	7	2	1	4	7	12	-5	7	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
22 Derby County	7	1	1	5	6	13	-7	4	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
23 Preston North End	7	1	0	6	6	13	-7	3	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
24 Burnley	7	0	3	4	8	16	-8	3	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

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Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Southampton were deducted four points due to breaches of EFL regulations

Last Updated 19th September 2026 at 13:37

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home team,Stoke City

Manager:Mark Robins

Formation:3 - 4 - 3

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home team,Stoke City

away team,Sheffield United

Manager:Chris Wilder

Formation:3 - 4 - 2 - 1

home team,Stoke City

Manager:Mark Robins

Formation:3 - 4 - 3

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Referee:: Tim Robinson
Assistant Referee 1:: Andrew Dallison
Assistant Referee 2:: Hugh Gilroy
Fourth Official:: Edward Duckworth

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Match Facts

Stoke have lost each of their last five league meetings with Sheffield United since a 3-1 win in October 2022 under Alex Neil.
Sheffield United have won away to Stoke in both of the last two Championship seasons, and could win three successive away league games against the Potters for just the second time, after April 1960.
Stoke have won three of their last four Championship games (D1), as many as their previous 23 beforehand (W3 D6 L14).
Sheffield United are unbeaten in five away league games (W3 D2), the longest ongoing run of all current Championship clubs.
Only Rio Cardines (5) has more Championship goal involvements this season among defenders than Stoke’s Eric Bocat (4 – 2 goals, 2 assists).

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Goal!at 51 minutes
Goal! Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 1. Kalvin Phillips (Sheffield United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Postat 50 minutes
Foul by Ben Wilmot (Stoke City).
Postat 50 minutes
Ben Brereton (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 49 minutes
Offside, Stoke City. Ben Johnson is caught offside.
Postat 48 minutes
Attempt missed. Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Patrick Bamford.
Second Halfat 46 minutes
Second Half begins Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 0.
Half Timeat 45 minutes plus 2
First Half ends, Stoke City 0, Sheffield United 0.
Postat 45 minutes plus 1
Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 45 minutes plus 1
Foul by Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United).
Postat 45 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
Bookingat 43 minutes
Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 42 minutes
Foul by Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City).
Postat 42 minutes
Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 42 minutes
Foul by Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City).
Postat 42 minutes
Kalvin Phillips (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 40 minutes
Attempt missed. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack McGlynn with a cross following a corner.
Postat 39 minutes
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Liam Kitching.
Postat 39 minutes
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jamal Baptiste.
Postat 34 minutes
Foul by Ben Johnson (Stoke City).
Postat 34 minutes
Rhys Norrington-Davies (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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