English League Championship

FT Sunday, January 4, 2026
Stoke City WLDLW 2
–
Norwich City WDWLW 0
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STK022
NOR000
Carrow Road · 25,656 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
47.6
Possession
52.4
14
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
291
Accurate Passes
338
393
Passes
429
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
15
0.0
Cross %
0.4
70
Long Balls
62
25
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
5
19
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.3
8
Interceptions
12
21
Effective Clearances
32
21
Clearances
32

Head to Head

NOR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vladan KovacevicG
  2. 6Harry DarlingCD-L
  3. 15Ruairi McConvilleCD-R
  4. 47Lucien MahovoLB
  5. 35Kellen FisherRB
  6. 16Jacob WrightAM
  7. 7Pelle MattssonLM
  8. 23Kenny McLeanRM
  9. 9Josh SargentF
  10. 24Jovon MakamaAM-L
  11. 10Matej JurásekAM-R

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Tommy SimkinG
  2. 16Ben WilmotCD-L
  3. 26Ashley PhillipsCD-R
  4. 18Bosun LawalLB
  5. 40Maksym TaloverovRB
  6. 10Bae Jun-HoAM
  7. 4Ben PearsonLM
  8. 19Tomás RigoRM
  9. 9Divin MubamaF
  10. 7Sorba ThomasAM-L
  11. 29Lamine CisseAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Sam Gallagher replaces Divin Mubama.
  3. 60' Substitution, Norwich City. Oscar Schwartau replaces Matej Jurásek.
  4. 60' Substitution, Norwich City. Ben Chrisene replaces Lucien Mahovo.
  5. 61' Substitution, Stoke City. Million Manhoef replaces Lamine Cissé.
  6. 61' Substitution, Stoke City. Tatsuki Seko replaces Tomás Rigo.
  7. 68' Substitution, Norwich City. Emiliano Marcondes replaces Jacob Wright.
  8. 72' Ben Pearson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Goal! Norwich City 0, Stoke City 1. Sam Gallagher (Stoke City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross.
  10. 82' Goal! Norwich City 0, Stoke City 2. Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Million Manhoef.
  11. 85' Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Substitution, Norwich City. Jack Stacey replaces Kellen Fisher.
  13. 89' Substitution, Norwich City. Mathias Kvistgaarden replaces Josh Sargent.
  14. 89' Substitution, Stoke City. Steven Nzonzi replaces Ben Pearson because of an injury.

EFL Championship News

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