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Stoke City vs Ipswich Town
10 Mar 2026, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Thomas KirkChampionship 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
Ipswich Town- ⚽
Milan Smit 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Tomas Rigo
Right foot shot
35′ - 42′
Jack Clarke
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Jun-ho Bae 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
44′ - 49′⚽
Eric-Junior Bocat 2-1
Own Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 58′
Jack Taylor
Yellowcard
Foul
- 64′⚽
Jack Taylor 2-2
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 69′⇄
Jens Cajuste
Substitution
Off: Jack Taylor
- 69′⇄
George Hirst
Substitution
Off: Iván Azón
- ⇄
Syd Agina
Substitution
Off: Eric-Junior Bocat
70′ - ⇄
Ben Gibson
Substitution
Off: Junior Tchamadeu
70′ - 75′⇄
Kasey McAteer
Substitution
Off: Wes Burns
- 82′⚽
George Hirst 2-3
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Cédric Kipré
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Lamine Cissé
Substitution
Off: Jun-ho Bae
84′ - 86′⇄
Ben Johnson
Substitution
Off: Jack Clarke
- 86′⇄
Dan Neil
Substitution
Off: Azor Matusiwa
- 90+2′
Anis Mehmeti
Yellowcard
Argument
- 90+5′
Cédric Kipré
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Milan Smit 3-3
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
90+6′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5.96 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.35 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.31 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.69 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.72 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6.77 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.48 | |
| 84 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.95 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 6.79 | |
| 90 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 8.17 | |
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| 20 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.53 | |
| 6 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 7.14 | |
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| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.52 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Stoke City
Latest: Oxford United · 2–1
Match stats
25 Feb 2026, 20:00 · Home vs Oxford United · 2025/2026
Ipswich Town
Latest: Watford · 2–0
Match stats
24 Feb 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Watford · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Stoke City’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Stoke City’s home games with Ipswich Town’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Stoke City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Ipswich Town
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Stoke City
Ipswich Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stoke City
Ipswich Town
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Stoke City
Ipswich Town
Previous meetings
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