Stoke City vs Leicester
Ref: G. Wardbet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire · 30,089 cap
Match recap
Stoke City and Leicester drew 2–2 in their Championship fixture. Wilmot and Wilmot scored for Stoke City; Mukasa and Winks replied for Leicester. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.77 for Stoke City versus 1.66 for Leicester. Stoke City sit 17th in the Championship table while Leicester are 23rd.
First Half
⚽
Wilmot
Assist: Cresswell
39'
⇄
Kristiansen
Second Half
Pearson
Yellow Card
52'
⚽
Mukasa
Assist: Monga
⇄
Pearson
63'
⇄
Monga
Thomas
Yellow Card
70'
Thomas
Yellow Card
⇄
Smit
⇄
Bocat
76'
⚽
Winks
Assist: Mukasa
⇄
Bae Jun-Ho
⚽
Wilmot
Assist: Cissé
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 16 |  Watford | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | -12 | 57 |
| 17 |  Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 55 |
| 18 |  Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 55 |
| 22 |  Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 47 |
| 23 |  Leicester | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | -10 | 46 |
| 24 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 2 | 12 | 32 | -60 | 0 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
Stoke CityLeicester
3Won
Statistical edge
3–11
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.77VS1.66
Attack1 · 4 won
11
Shots
15
3
Shots on target
5
8
Shots in the box
8
3
Shots outside box
7
6
Shots off goal
7
7
Corners
4
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
45%
Possession
55%
320
Total passes
401
226
Accurate passes
304
71%
Pass accuracy
76%
Discipline1 · 2 won
5
Fouls
6
2
Yellow cards
1
4
Offsides
3
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
1
2
Blocked shots
3
-0.10
Goals prevented
-0.10
Stoke City
3-4-2-1
Leicester
4-2-3-1
Stoke City
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 3A. CresswellD
- 4B. PearsonM
- 7S. ThomasM
- 10Bae Jun-HoF
- 12T. SekoM
- 16B. WilmotD
- 17E. BocatM
- 25Tommy SimkinG
- 26A. PhillipsD
- 29L. CisséF
- 49M. SmitF
Substitutes
- 15S. NzonziM
- 21J. Rak-SakyiF
- 23B. GibsonD
- 34F. FieldingG
- 40M. TalovierovD
- 42M. ManhoefF
- 54R. OtegbayoM
- 59G. KellyM
- 60J. Osei KyremehF
Leicester
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 4B. NelsonD
- 5C. OkoliD
- 8H. WinksM
- 10S. MavididiM
- 16V. KristiansenD
- 20P. DakaF
- 21Ricardo PereiraD
- 22O. SkippM
- 28J. MongaM
- 29D. MukasaM
- 31A. BegovićG
Substitutes
- 1J. StolarczykG
- 12D. RichardsF
- 18J. AriboM
- 25L. PageM
- 27Wanya MarçalF
- 33L. ThomasD
- 39Silko Amari Otieno ThomasF
- 56O. AlukoD
- 62K. GrayD
Stoke City
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Wilmot(C) | D | 90 | 8.0 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Sorba Thomas | M | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0/2 |
| Aaron Cresswell | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0/3 |
| Ben Pearson | M | 54 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Lamine Cissé | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Eric Bocat | M | 71 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun-Ho Bae | F | 79 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Tatsuki Seko | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Tommy Simkin | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milan Smit | F | 71 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Ashley Phillips | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Gabriel Kelly | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Raphael Otegbayo | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jerome Osei Kyremeh | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maksym Talovierov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Fielding | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steven N'Zonzi | M | 36 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Gibson | D | 19 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Million Manhoef | F | 19 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | F | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Leicester
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Mukasa | M | 90 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0/2 |
| Harry Winks | M | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Oliver Skipp | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caleb Okoli | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeremy Monga | M | 63 | 6.6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0/2 |
| Asmir Begović | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stephy Mavididi | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Nelson | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Victor Kristiansen | D | 39 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patson Daka | F | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ricardo Pereira(C) | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Silko Thomas | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wanya Marcal Madivadua | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kevon Gray | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dujuan Richards | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louis Page | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jakub Stolarczyk | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olabade Aluko | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luke Thomas | D | 51 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Joe Aribo | M | 27 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |