Stoke City 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026

Result

Stoke City 2-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke · half-time 0-0

Stoke City · Sheffield United · Championship predictions

Stoke City 2-1 Sheffield United: match report

Stoke City beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2026 at Bet365 Stadium. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kalvin Phillips opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Stoke City's goals came from Jack McGlynn (78') and Sam Gallagher (86'). Sheffield United scored through Kalvin Phillips (51').

Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 13th on 10 points from 7 and Sheffield United 15th on 9 points from 7. In the current table Stoke City are 4th on 26 points and Sheffield United are 9th on 22 points.

Stoke City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack McGlynn of Stoke City (7.6), ahead of Kalvin Phillips (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Kalvin PhillipsSheffield United
  • 32'Yellow card · Justin DevennyStoke City
  • 43'Yellow card · Maksym TaloverovStoke City
  • 51'Goal · Kalvin PhillipsSheffield United · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Oliver ArblasterSheffield United
  • 63'Yellow card · Eric-Junior BocatStoke City
  • 63'Yellow card · Ethan GalbraithStoke City
  • 63'Yellow card · Liam KitchingSheffield United
  • 69'Yellow card · Rhys Norrington-DaviesSheffield United
  • 78'Goal · Jack McGlynnStoke City · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Sam GallagherStoke City · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Stoke City148242217+526LWDWW
9Sheffield United146442017+322LWDWW

Full Championship table

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 2, Sheffield United 6.

Team news

Unavailable

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

Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Maksym Taloverov, Luke Graham, Ben Johnson, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Eric-Junior Bocat, Jack McGlynn, Lamine Cissé, Justin Devenny

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

Michael Cooper, Jamal Baptiste, Japhet Tanganga, Liam Kitching, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Kalvin Phillips, Sydie frederick Peck, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Oliver Arblaster, Ben Brereton Díaz, Patrick Bamford

More Championship fixtures