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Stoke City vs Oxford United
25 Feb 2026, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
James LiningtonChampionship 2025/2026 · 18 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
Oxford UnitedMaksym Taloverov
Yellowcard
Foul
10′- ⚽
Lamine Cissé 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Million Manhoef
Right foot shot
36′ - 44′⚽
Ciaron Maurice Brown 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Stanley Mills
Left foot shot
- 46′⇄
Aidomo Emakhu
Substitution
Off: Jin-woo Jeon
Ben Wilmot
Yellowcard
Foul
53′- ⚽
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 2-1
Goal · Header
With: Sorba Thomas
Header
57′ - 66′⇄
Yunus Konak
Substitution
Off: Cameron Brannagan
- 66′⇄
Nik Prelec
Substitution
Off: Will Lankshear
- 66′⇄
Ole Romeny
Substitution
Off: Stanley Mills
- ⇄
Jun-ho Bae
Substitution
Off: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
70′ - ⇄
Tatsuki Seko
Substitution
Off: Tomas Rigo
78′ - 83′⇄
Mark Harris
Substitution
Off: Myles Peart-Harris
- 89′
Will Vaulks
Yellowcard
Argument
- ⇄
Milan Smit
Substitution
Off: Lamine Cissé
90+4′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.54 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.87 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.73 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.18 | |
| 78 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.79 | |
| 70 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.67 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 7.70 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 7.71 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.78 | |
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| 20 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 6.75 | |
| 12 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.70 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Stoke City
Latest: Leicester City · 2–2
Match stats
21 Feb 2026, 12:30 · Home vs Leicester City · 2025/2026
Oxford United
Latest: Middlesbrough · 0–0
Match stats
21 Feb 2026, 15:00 · Away vs Middlesbrough · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Stoke City’s ground: 2 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 Oxford United’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
Oxford United
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
Oxford United
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stoke City
Oxford United
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
Oxford United
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.