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Stoke City vs Plymouth Argyle
4 Jan 2025, 12:30 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Dean WhitestoneChampionship 2024/2025 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
Plymouth ArgyleLynden Gooch
Yellowcard
Foul
27′- 41′
Conor William Hazard
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- ⇄
Wouter Burger
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Sam Gallagher
49′ - 59′
Rami Al Hajj
Yellowcard
Argument
- 65′⇄
Frederick Issaka
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Michael Obafemi
- 70′⇄
Adam Forshaw
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Darko Gyabi
- 79′⇄
Jordan Houghton
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Rami Al Hajj
- 79′⇄
Nathanael Ogbeta
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Matthew Sorinola
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 | 7.06 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 7.71 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.22 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.27 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.45 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.12 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.03 | |
| 49 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 5.83 | |
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| 41 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.80 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Stoke City
Latest: Sunderland · 1–0
Match stats
29 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Home vs Sunderland · 2024/2025
Plymouth Argyle
Latest: Oxford United · 0–2
Match stats
29 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Away vs Oxford United · 2024/2025
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 Plymouth Argyle’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 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Stoke City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Plymouth Argyle
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Stoke City
Plymouth Argyle
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stoke City
Plymouth Argyle
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
Plymouth Argyle
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.