Stoke City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Thursday 26 December 2019
Result
Stoke City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Stoke City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Stoke City defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in the Championship on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
James McClean opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Stoke City's goals came from James McClean (11'), T. Campbell (90+3') and Sam Vokes (90+7'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through M. Fox (67') and Tom Lees (74').
Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 24th on 18 points from 23 and Sheffield Wednesday 3rd on 39 points from 23. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 17th with 56.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Lees of Sheffield Wednesday (8.3), ahead of James McClean (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 11'Goal · James McClean
- 45+2'Yellow card · K. Harris
- 67'Goal · M. Fox
- 74'Goal · Tom Lees
- 76'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 90+3'Goal · T. Campbell
- 90+7'Goal · Sam Vokes
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Butland, Tommy Smith, Ryan Shawcross, Danny Batth, Stephen Ward, Joe Allen, Jordan Cousins, Sam Clucas, Tom Ince, L. Gregory, James McClean
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Cameron Dawson, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Tom Lees, Morgan Fox, Adam Reach, Massimo Luongo, Barry Bannan, Kadeem Harris, J. Rhodes, Atdhe Nuhiu