Norwich City 0-2 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026

Result

Norwich City 0-2 Stoke City

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Norwich City · Stoke City · Championship predictions

Norwich City 0-2 Stoke City: match report

Norwich City lost to Stoke City 0-2 in the Championship on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Norwich City did not score. Stoke City scored through Sam Gallagher (75') and Sorba Thomas (82').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 22nd on 24 points from 25 and Stoke City 10th on 37 points from 25. Norwich City went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sorba Thomas of Stoke City (7.8), ahead of Sam Gallagher (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Norwich City wins, 4 draws and 0 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Bosun LawalStoke City
  • 72'Yellow card · Bosun LawalStoke City
  • 72'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City
  • 75'Goal · Sam GallagherStoke City · 0-1
  • 82'Goal · Sorba ThomasStoke City · 0-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Kellen FisherNorwich City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 6, draws 4, Stoke City 0.

Team news

Unavailable

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vladan Kovacevic, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, Harry Darling, Lucien Mahovo, Kenny McLean, Pelle Mattsson, Matěj Jurásek, Jacob Wright, Jovon Makama, Josh Sargent

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tommy James Simkin, Maksym Taloverov, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Bosun Lawal, Tomas Rigo, Ben Pearson, Lamine Cissé, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Divin Saku Mubama