Norwich City 0-2 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026
Result
Norwich City 0-2 Stoke City
Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Norwich City 0-2 Stoke City: match report
Norwich City lost to Stoke City 0-2 in the Championship on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Norwich City did not score. Stoke City scored through Sam Gallagher (75') and Sorba Thomas (82').
Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 22nd on 24 points from 25 and Stoke City 10th on 37 points from 25. Norwich City went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sorba Thomas of Stoke City (7.8), ahead of Sam Gallagher (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Norwich City wins, 4 draws and 0 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Bosun Lawal
- 72'Yellow card · Bosun Lawal
- 72'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
- 75'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 82'Goal · Sorba Thomas
- 85'Yellow card · Kellen Fisher
Head-to-head
Team news
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Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vladan Kovacevic, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, Harry Darling, Lucien Mahovo, Kenny McLean, Pelle Mattsson, Matěj Jurásek, Jacob Wright, Jovon Makama, Josh Sargent
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tommy James Simkin, Maksym Taloverov, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Bosun Lawal, Tomas Rigo, Ben Pearson, Lamine Cissé, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Divin Saku Mubama