Preview: 9 points divide the teams ahead of this match, Leeds United having done best. Will Stoke City shorten the gap?
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stoke City form and stats
3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Stoke City so far this season.
The Stoke City club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Sunderland and win 2-1. Travers loved the game against Sunderland. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Leicester City (0-2).Stoke are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Middlesbrough awaits in three days.
The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. On the other hand, Stoke have conceded 8 goals.
Leeds United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Leeds United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Norwich City (placed 10th). What a finish in the last match, as Leeds United came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Summerville's goal in the 85th minute. Midfielder Summerville was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.45. Summerville scored two goals, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that, Leeds secured a home win against Bristol City with the score 2-1.A new game in only three days for Leeds United, the Championship home match versus Huddersfield Town. Busy days.
Leeds United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Leeds's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings with these teams: Stoke City won three, Leeds United were winners in four and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 5 goals |   A. Cunha Vidigal 4 goals |  C. Summerville 4 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Leeds United missing players
| Stoke City | Leeds United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 50% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 6.5 | 8.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 4.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.3 | 16.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 37% | 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 31% |
| 12.7 | 10.5 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 9.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
- Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Southampton | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Watford | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 3 |
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