Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026, 11:30 UTC · Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton · half-time 2-1

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Stoke City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Stoke City 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Molineux Stadium. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Rodrigo Gomes (19'), Rodrigo Gomes (22'), Raúl Jiménez (55', penalty) and Jordan James (84'). Stoke City scored through Sam Gallagher (2').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 5th on 4 points from 2 and Stoke City 23rd on 0 points from 2. In the current table Wolverhampton Wanderers are 7th on 24 points and Stoke City are 4th on 26 points.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 Rodrigo Gomes of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.2), ahead of Raúl Jiménez (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 4 draws and 5 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Sam GallagherStoke City · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Jun-ho BaeStoke City
  • 19'Goal · Rodrigo GomesWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 22'Goal · Rodrigo GomesWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Bosun LawalStoke City
  • 39'Yellow card · Mateus ManéWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 45'Yellow card · Sam GallagherStoke City
  • 55'Penalty goal · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Jordan JamesWolverhampton Wanderers · 4-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Sorba ThomasStoke City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Stoke City148242217+526LWDWW
7Wolverhampton Wanderers137332316+724LWDWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 4, Stoke City 5.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

José Sá, Jackson Tchatchoua, Nasser Djiga, Toti, Hugo Bueno, André, Marshall Nyasha Munetsi, Rodrigo Gomes, Fernando López González, Mateus Mané, Raúl Jiménez

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

Viktor Johansson, Ben Johnson, Bosun Lawal, Ben Wilmot, Eric-Junior Bocat, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Sam Gallagher, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, George Hirst

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