Stoke vs Leicester 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Stoke City

3': Ben Wilmot
89': Ben Wilmot

FT
2 - 2

Leicester City

52': Divine Mukasa
76': Harry Winks

Introduction

Stoke City are hosting Leicester City at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

3': Goal! Stoke City 1, Leicester City 0. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross following a corner.
39': Substitution, Leicester City. Luke Thomas replaces Victor Kristiansen because of an injury.
45'+4': First Half ends, Stoke City 1, Leicester City 0.
45': Second Half begins Stoke City 1, Leicester City 0.
50': Ben Pearson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52': Goal! Stoke City 1, Leicester City 1. Divine Mukasa (Leicester City) left footed shot from long range on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremy Monga.
54': Substitution, Stoke City. Steven Nzonzi replaces Ben Pearson.
63': Substitution, Leicester City. Joe Aribo replaces Jeremy Monga.
70': Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
70': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
71': Substitution, Stoke City. Million Manhoef replaces Milan Smit.
71': Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Gibson replaces Eric-Junior Bocat.
76': Goal! Stoke City 1, Leicester City 2. Harry Winks (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Divine Mukasa.
79': Substitution, Stoke City. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
89': Goal! Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lamine Cissé.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: bet365 Stadium
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Attendance: 23,997

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+32	Coventry City	33	65	6
+17	Middlesbrough	33	62	7
+2	Millwall	33	56	9
+20	Ipswich Town	31	54	7

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		STK
6	Fouls	5
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	4
4	Corner Kicks	7
1	Saves	3
54.7	Possession	45.3
15	SHOTS	11
5	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
304	Accurate Passes	226
401	Passes	320
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	6
11	Crosses	23
0.4	Cross %	0.3
47	Long Balls	58
11	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.2	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	2
2	Effective Tackles	6
10	Tackles	12
0.2	Tackle %	0.5
10	Interceptions	12
26	Effective Clearances	23
26	Clearances	23

Line-Ups

Stoke City (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
25	Tommy Simkin (GK)
16	Ben Wilmot
3	Aaron Cresswell
26	Ashley Phillips
12	Tatsuki Seko
4	Ben Pearson
17	Eric Bocat
7	Sorba Thomas
49	Milan Smit
29	Lamine Cisse
10	Bae Jun-Ho

Substitutes:

Jerome Osei Kyremeh, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Million Manhoef, Ben Gibson, Frank Fielding, Raphael-Pijus Otegbayo, Maksym Talovierov, Steven N'Zonzi, Gabriel Kelly.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Asmir Begovic (GK)
4	Ben Nelson
5	Caleb Okoli
16	Victor Kristiansen
21	Ricardo Pereira
29	Divine Mukasa
22	Oliver Skipp
8	Harry Winks
20	Patson Daka
10	Stephy Mavididi
28	Jeremy Monga