Stoke City 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Monday 29 December 2025
Result
Stoke City 1-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Monday 29 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 1-2 Sheffield United: match report
Stoke City were beaten by Sheffield United 1-2 in the Championship on Monday 29 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jaïro Riedewald opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Ben Wilmot (65'). Sheffield United scored through Jaïro Riedewald (47') and Tom Cannon (53').
Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 10th on 34 points from 23 and Sheffield United 19th on 26 points from 23. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Sheffield United 13th with 60.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Harrison Burrows of Sheffield United (8.0), ahead of Ben Wilmot (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 47'Goal · Jaïro Riedewald
- 53'Goal · Tom Cannon
- 65'Goal · Ben Wilmot
- 76'Yellow card · Femi Seriki
- 88'Red card · Ben Pearson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Viktor Johansson, Bosun Lawal, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Ben Gibson, Million Manhoef, Tatsuki Seko, Steven Nzonzi, Sorba Thomas, Sam Gallagher, Divin Saku Mubama
Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)
Michael Cooper, Femi Seriki, Japhet Tanganga, Tyler Bindon, Harrison Burrows, Andre Brooks, Djibril Soumaré, Jaïro Riedewald, Callum O'Hare, Tom Cannon, Tyrese Campbell