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Stoke City vs Leicester City
21 Feb 2026, 12:30 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Gavin WardChampionship 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
Leicester City- ⚽
Ben Wilmot 1-0
Goal · Header
With: Aaron Cresswell
Header
3′ - 39′⇄
Luke Thomas
Substitution
Off: Victor Kristiansen
Ben Pearson
Yellowcard
Foul
50′- 52′⚽
Divine Mukasa 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Jeremy Monga
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Steven N'Zonzi
Substitution
Off: Ben Pearson
54′ - 63′⇄
Joe Aribo
Substitution
Off: Jeremy Monga
- 70′
Luke Thomas
Yellowcard
Argument
Sorba Thomas
Yellowcard
Argument
70′- ⇄
Ben Gibson
Substitution
Off: Eric-Junior Bocat
71′ - ⇄
Million Manhoef
Substitution
Off: Milan Smit
71′ - 76′⚽
Harry Winks 1-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Divine Mukasa
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Substitution
Off: Jun-ho Bae
79′ - ⚽
Ben Wilmot 2-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Lamine Cissé
Right foot shot
89′
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 | 6.35 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 8.59 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 7.04 | |
| 54 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.96 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.08 | |
| 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.40 | |
| 79 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.03 | |
| 71 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6.32 | |
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| 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 19 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.85 | |
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| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.44 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Stoke City
Latest: Southampton · 0–2
Match stats
31 Jan 2026, 12:30 · Home vs Southampton · 2025/2026
Leicester City
Latest: Birmingham City · 1–2
Match stats
7 Feb 2026, 15:01 · Away vs Birmingham City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Stoke City’s ground: 6 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Stoke City’s home games with Leicester City’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
Leicester City
Yellow cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Stoke City
Leicester City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stoke City
Leicester City
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
Leicester City
Previous meetings
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