Stoke City 2-1 Oxford United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 25 February 2026
Result
Stoke City 2-1 Oxford United
Championship · Wednesday 25 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Stoke City 2-1 Oxford United: match report
Stoke City defeated Oxford United 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 25 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Lamine Cissé opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Lamine Cissé (36') and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (57'). Oxford United scored through Ciaron Maurice Brown (44').
Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Oxford United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 16th on 44 points from 33 and Oxford United 23rd on 29 points from 33. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Oxford United 23rd with 47.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oxford United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lamine Cissé of Stoke City (7.8), ahead of Sorba Thomas (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 1 draw and 1 for Oxford United.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Maksym Taloverov
- 36'Goal · Lamine Cissé
- 44'Goal · Ciaron Maurice Brown
- 53'Yellow card · Ben Wilmot
- 57'Goal · Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
- 89'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
Head-to-head
Team news
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Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tommy James Simkin, Ben Wilmot, Ashley Phillips, Maksym Taloverov, Eric-Junior Bocat, Tomas Rigo, Steven Nzonzi, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Million Manhoef, Sorba Thomas, Lamine Cissé
Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jamie Cumming, Sam Long, Christ Makosso, Ciaron Brown, Jack Currie, Will Vaulks, Cameron Brannagan, Stanley Mills, Myles Peart-Harris, Jin-woo Jeon, Will Lankshear