Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Stoke City — Championship 2025/26 Match Stats

Championship · 2025Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 14:00 UTCHillsborough Stadium

Sheffield Wednesday

0–3Historical match

Stoke City

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Stoke City won 0–3.

Shots: 1512
Shots on target: 56
Expected goals: 1.52.06
Possession: 54%46%

Full time

What the match recorded

Stoke City beat Sheffield Wednesday 3–0. Recorded in this match (Sheffield Wednesday – Stoke City): shots 15–12, shots on target 5–6, expected goals 1.5–2.06, possession 54%–46%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots12 shotsSheffield Wednesday 15 shots, Stoke City 12 shots
Shots on target5 shots6 shotsSheffield Wednesday 5 shots, Stoke City 6 shots
Expected goals1.5 xG2.06 xGSheffield Wednesday 1.5 xG, Stoke City 2.06 xG
Possession54%46%Sheffield Wednesday 54%, Stoke City 46%
Corners6 corners7 cornersSheffield Wednesday 6 corners, Stoke City 7 corners
Fouls12 fouls10 foulsSheffield Wednesday 12 fouls, Stoke City 10 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Sheffield Wednesday: 15 shots, 5 on target, 1.60 xG. Stoke City: 12 shots, 6 on target, 2.02 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Sheffield Wednesday 1.60 xG · Stoke City 2.02 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Sheffield Wednesday

1Draws

1Stoke City

18 Apr 2025Stoke City — Sheffield Wednesday · Championship2–0

21 Dec 2024Sheffield Wednesday — Stoke City · Championship2–0

13 Apr 2024Sheffield Wednesday — Stoke City · Championship1–1

9 Dec 2023Stoke City — Sheffield Wednesday · Championship0–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

5.94 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4