Stoke City 2-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Sunday 5 May 2019

Result

Stoke City 2-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Sunday 5 May 2019, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 2-2 Sheffield United: match report

Stoke City drew with Sheffield United 2-2 in the Championship on Sunday 5 May 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sam Vokes opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Sam Vokes (19') and Ryan Shawcross (69'). Sheffield United scored through Kieran Dowell (48') and Enda Stevens (77').

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Stoke City were 17th on 54 points from 45 and Sheffield United 2nd on 88 points from 45. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 89.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Shawcross of Stoke City (8.1), ahead of Sam Vokes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 2 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Sam VokesStoke City · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · John FleckSheffield United
  • 48'Goal · Kieran DowellSheffield United · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · R. WoodsStoke City
  • 69'Goal · Ryan ShawcrossStoke City · 2-1
  • 77'Goal · Enda StevensSheffield United · 2-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 2, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Butland, Moritz Bauer, Danny Batth, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Joe Allen, Ryan Woods, Peter Etebo, Tom Ince, Sam Vokes, James McClean

Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, David McGoldrick