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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 17 Jan 2026

Stoke City 0–0 Queens Park Rangers

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.1 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.8 – 0.3
Goals
0 – 0

Footybot made Stoke City favourites at 41%.

Stoke City deserved more from the draw, creating 0.8 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ashley Phillips, 70.5 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Ashley Phillips +30.9, Joe Walsh +23.5, Steve Cook +17.8.

Well below it: Divin Mubama −13.1, Amadou Salif Mbengue −11.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Stoke City

4 Jan 2026W 2–0at Norwich City Championship
1 Jan 2026W 1–0at Hull City Championship
29 Dec 2025L 1–2v Sheffield United Championship
26 Dec 2025D 0–0v Preston North End Championship
20 Dec 2025L 0–1at Watford Championship

Queens Park Rangers

4 Jan 2026W 3–0v Sheffield Wednesday Championship
1 Jan 2026L 1–2v Norwich City Championship
29 Dec 2025L 1–2at West Bromwich Albion Championship
26 Dec 2025D 1–1at Portsmouth Championship
20 Dec 2025W 4–1v Leicester City Championship

Head to head

20 Sep 2025Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Stoke City Championship

Stoke City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ashley Phillips Defender90000.0770.5+30.9
Gavin Bazunu Goalkeeper9000–55.1+6.4
Ben Wilmot Defender9000–53.2+12.1
Ben Pearson Midfielder8700–45.1+6.6
Lamine Cissé Forward90000.1140.7+1.2
Jun-Ho Bae Midfielder90000.0137.8+0.6
Bosun Lawal Defender76000.0137.4+1.6
Maksym Talovierov Defender90000.2635.7−3.1
Tomáš Rigo Midfielder90000.1231.9−7.7
Sorba Thomas Midfielder90000.1729.5+0.3
Divin Mubama Forward56000.0629.1−13.1
Tatsuki Seko Midfielder1400–26.3–
Eric Bocat Defender1400–19.7–
Million Manhoef Midfielder3400–6.6–

Queens Park Rangers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Joe Walsh Goalkeeper9000–58.9+23.5
Kealey Adamson Defender14000.0656.2–
Steve Cook Defender9000–55.4+17.8
Jimmy Dunne Defender90000.0551.6+4.9
Richard Kone Forward90000.1138.5+1.1
Karamoko Dembélé Midfielder71000.0537.9+1.1
Nicolas Madsen Midfielder9000–37.4−2.8
Rayan Kolli Forward8700–35.7−7.7
Isaac Hayden Midfielder9000–35.6−6.3
Rhys Norrington-Davies Defender9000–30.1+0.4
Paul Smyth Midfielder86000.0227.7−7.0
Daniel Bennie Forward1900–27.4–
Esquerdinha Defender1500–21.0–
Amadou Salif Mbengue Defender9000–18.7−11.2