Stoke City 3-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012

Result

Stoke City 3-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Stoke City 3-1 Liverpool: match report

Stoke City beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Stoke City's goals came from Jonathan Walters (5'), Kenwyne Jones (12') and Jonathan Walters (49'). Liverpool scored through Steven Gerrard (2', penalty).

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Stoke City were 10th on 25 points from 18 and Liverpool 9th on 25 points from 18. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Liverpool 6th with 63.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Liverpool's W-L-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Penalty goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 0-1
  • 2'Yellow card · Fernando MarchioriStoke City
  • 4'Yellow card · Geoff CameronStoke City
  • 5'Goal · Jonathan WaltersStoke City · 1-1
  • 12'Goal · Kenwyne JonesStoke City · 2-1
  • 49'Goal · Jonathan WaltersStoke City · 3-1
  • 61'Yellow card · L. SuárezLiverpool
  • 86'Yellow card · Glenn WhelanStoke City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 5, Liverpool 2.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Ryan Shawcross, Robert Huth, Andy Wilkinson, Steven Nzonzi, Glenn Whelan, Matthew Etherington, Jonathan Walters, Kenwyne Jones, Michael Kightly, Geoff Cameron

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Glen Johnson, Martin Škrtel, Daniel Agger, José Enrique, Steven Gerrard, Lucas Leiva, Luis Suárez, Pepe Reina, Stewart Downing, Suso, Jonjo Shelvey