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Stoke City vs Sunderland
29 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
James BellChampionship 2024/2025 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
SunderlandAshley Phillips
Yellowcard
Foul
16′Ashley Famiwuya
Yellowcard
Tripping
16′Lynden Gooch
Yellowcard
Foul
21′Andrew Moran
Yellowcard
Foul
27′Viktor Johansson
Yellowcard
Argument
43′Stoke City
Yellowcard
Unsportsmanlike conduct
43′- 51′
Dennis Cirkin
Yellowcard
Foul
- 51′
Sunderland
Yellowcard
Roughing
- 67′⇄
Aji Alese
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Dennis Cirkin
- 67′⇄
Patrick Roberts
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Milan Aleksic
- ⇄
Sam Gallagher
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Andrew Moran
71′ - 71′
Jobe Bellingham
Yellowcard
Foul
- 77′⇄
Aaron Connolly
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Eliezer Mayenda
- ⇄
Enda Stevens
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Lynden Gooch
85′ - ⇄
Michael Rose
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ashley Phillips
85′ - ⚽
Tom Cannon 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
90+2′ Tom Cannon
Yellowcard
90+3′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.37 | |
| 85 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 8.07 | |
| 85 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.52 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 7.60 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6.65 | |
| 71 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 7.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 7.26 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7.80 | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.20 | |
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| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
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| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.56 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Stoke City
Latest: Leeds United · 0–2
Match stats
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Sunderland
Latest: Blackburn Rovers · 2–2
Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Stoke City’s ground: 12 previous meetings, 7 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Stoke City’s home games with Sunderland’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
Sunderland
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
Sunderland
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stoke City
Sunderland
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
Sunderland
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.