Stoke City FC vs Plymouth Argyle FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Stoke City FC vs Plymouth Argyle FC — Championship at Bet365 Stadium.
- Stoke City FC 46 games · 55 pts (2025/26)
- Plymouth Argyle FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Dean Whitestone
- Assistant 1 Daniel Leach
- Assistant 2 Gregory Read (England)
19 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Jan Plymouth Argyle FC H 0–0 D 01 Jan Burnley FC A 0–0 D 29 Dec Sunderland AFC H 1–0 W 26 Dec Leeds United FC H 0–2 L 21 Dec Sheffield Wednesday FC A 0–2 L 14 Dec Cardiff City FC H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Jan Stoke City FC A 0–0 D 01 Jan Bristol City FC H 2–2 D 29 Dec Oxford United FC A 0–2 L 26 Dec Coventry City FC A 0–4 L 21 Dec Middlesbrough FC H 3–3 D 14 Dec Sheffield United FC A 0–2 L Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history28% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Stoke City FC0-15–/116-30–/231-451/346-603/261-75–/276+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Stoke City FCSorba Thomas 10 G 10 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Stoke City FC is hosting Plymouth Argyle FC for another epic battle.
- 5' It looks surprising Stoke City FC does not make any changes. Julio Pleguezuelo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Joon-ho Bae made 380 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' Plymouth Argyle FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' The travelling Plymouth Argyle FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 27' Lynden Gooch was booked on 27.
- 32' It’s high time Ryan Shawcross made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 37' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 41' Plymouth Argyle FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 41.
- 46' Plymouth Argyle FC is showing some good football. However, Plymouth Argyle FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 49' Wouter Burger is replacing Sam Gallagher for the Stoke City FC side.
- 54' Supporters expect more eagerness from Lynden Gooch, as he is very good at scoring at Bet365 Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 59' That looks like a foul for a card for Rami Hajal.
- 64' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 65' Freddie Issaka is replacing Michael Obafemi for the Plymouth Argyle FC side.
- 70' The supporters are chanting for Adam Forshaw. He replaces Darko Gyabi on 70 minute.
- 75' Stoke City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
- 79' It is a substitution in Plymouth Argyle FC team. Rami Hajal is replaced by Jordan Houghton on 79 minute.
- 84' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 89' It looks like no one’s ball. Stoke City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Stoke City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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20
Sam Gallagher ↓ Wouter Burger 49'
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- 12
- 1
- 22
- 26
- 24
- 9
- 10
- 11
Bench
- 23
- 3
- 13
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6
Wouter Burger ↑ 49'
- 14
- 5
- 37
- 18
- 30
Coach Ryan ShawcrossPlymouth Argyle FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 22
- 2
- 21
- 5
- 14
- 20
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28
Rami Hajal ↓ Jordan Houghton 79'
- 10
- 29
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18
Darko Gyabi ↓ Adam Forshaw 70'
- 6
Bench
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4
Jordan Houghton ↑ 79'
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27
Adam Forshaw ↑ 70'
- 44
- 31
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3
Nathanael Ogbeta ↑ 79'
- 7
- 34
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35
Freddie Issaka ↑ 65'
- 39
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Million Manhoef 2 Wouter Burger 1 Ki-Jana Hoever 1 Tyrese Campbell 1 Adam Randell 1 Mustapha Bundu 1 Head to Head
Stoke City FC Form
Plymouth Argyle FC Form
2025-01-04 Stoke City FC 0–0 Plymouth Argyle FC D 2025-01-01 Plymouth Argyle FC 2–2 Bristol City FC D 2024-12-29 Oxford United FC 2–0 Plymouth Argyle FC L 2024-12-26 Coventry City FC 4–0 Plymouth Argyle FC L 2024-12-21 Plymouth Argyle FC 3–3 Middlesbrough FC D 2024-12-14 Sheffield United FC 2–0 Plymouth Argyle FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.27 Stoke City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.75 Plymouth Argyle FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 67% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.02Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 60% 40% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 15% 85% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Stoke City FC or Draw 78%Draw or Plymouth Argyle FC 52%Stoke City FC or Plymouth Argyle FC 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 15.6%0 – 0 Actual1 – 1 13.5%2 – 0 10.2%0 – 1 8.6%2 – 1 7.9%1 – 2 4.6%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 3.5%3 – 1 3.4%2 – 2 3.1%3 – 2 1.4%Asian Handicap — Stoke City FC
Handicap Stoke City FC covers Push Plymouth Argyle FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 14% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 25% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 14% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 5% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Plymouth Argyle FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.