Stoke vs Oxford Utd 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Stoke City

36': Lamine Cisse
57': Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

FT
2 - 1

Oxford United

44': Ciaron Brown

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

10': Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Goal! Stoke City 1, Oxford United 0. Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Million Manhoef following a fast break.
44': Goal! Stoke City 1, Oxford United 1. Ciaron Brown (Oxford United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Stanley Mills with a headed pass following a corner.
45'+2': First Half ends, Stoke City 1, Oxford United 1.
45': Substitution, Oxford United. Aidomo Emakhu replaces Jeon Jin-Woo.
53': Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Goal! Stoke City 2, Oxford United 1. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Stoke City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross.
66': Substitution, Oxford United. Yunus Konak replaces Cameron Brannagan because of an injury.
66': Substitution, Oxford United. Ole Romenij replaces Stanley Mills.
66': Substitution, Oxford United. Nik Prelec replaces Will Lankshear.
70': Substitution, Stoke City. Bae Jun-Ho replaces Jesurun Rak-Sakyi.
78': Substitution, Stoke City. Tatsuki Seko replaces Tomás Rigo.
83': Substitution, Oxford United. Mark Harris replaces Myles Peart-Harris.
89': Will Vaulks (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Substitution, Stoke City. Milan Smit replaces Lamine Cissé.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: bet365 Stadium
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Attendance: 20,153

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+33	Coventry City	34	68	6
+17	Middlesbrough	34	63	7
+5	Millwall	34	59	9
+22	Ipswich Town	32	57	7

Full Table

Statistics

OXF		STK
5	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	1
7	Corner Kicks	8
6	Saves	1
38.4	Possession	61.6
9	SHOTS	21
2	ON GOAL	9
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
199	Accurate Passes	388
269	Passes	456
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
6	Accurate Crosses	7
26	Crosses	26
0.2	Cross %	0.3
53	Long Balls	64
18	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	5
12	Effective Tackles	6
17	Tackles	10
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	4
37	Effective Clearances	32
37	Clearances	32

Line-Ups

Stoke City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Tommy Simkin (GK)
40	Maksym Talovierov
26	Ashley Phillips
17	Eric Bocat
16	Ben Wilmot
42	Million Manhoef
15	Steven N'Zonzi
19	Tomás Rigo
29	Lamine Cisse
7	Sorba Thomas
21	Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

Substitutes:

Tatsuki Seko, Raphael-Pijus Otegbayo, Ben Gibson, Frank Fielding, Gabriel Kelly, Milan Smit, Syd Agina, Ben Pearson, Bae Jun-Ho.

Oxford United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jamie Cumming (GK)
3	Ciaron Brown
37	Christ Makosso
26	Jack Currie
2	Sam Long
44	Myles Peart-Harris
8	Cameron Brannagan
4	Will Vaulks
27	Will Lankshear
32	Se-Jin Jeon
17	Stanley Mills