Stoke City
Bottom of the leagueTop
- League position 7th
- Goal difference +2
- Home Record
- Away Record
- Getting Away With It
- Holding Leads
- Comebacks
- Dark Arts Index
- Foul Magnet
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Getting Away With It
Well above average
+8.3 pts
avg −0.3 · 1st of 24 · This seasonavg
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Comebacks
Well below average
0.20 pts/game
avg 0.48 · 22nd of 24 · Last 3 seasonsavg
- Home & Away Home Above average Away Above average This season
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Holding Leads
Above average
2.60 pts/game
avg 2.32 · 7th of 24 · This seasonavg
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Dark Arts Index
Above average
2.27 cards/game
avg 2.01 · 7th of 24 · This seasonavg
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Foul Magnet
Average
10.9 fouls/game
avg 11.1 · 14th of 24 · This seasonavg
This season's numbers
- Goals scored 18 =6th highest of 24
- Goals conceded 16 =11th lowest of 24
- Clean sheets 3 =7th highest of 24
- Shots 125 21st highest of 24
- Shots on target 41 =18th highest of 24
- Share of the shots in their games 41% 21st highest of 24
- Corners won 48 19th highest of 24
- Fouls committed 151 1st highest of 24
- Fouls suffered 120 14th highest of 24
- Yellow cards 23 =7th highest of 24
- Red cards 2 2nd highest of 24
- Points dropped from half-time leads 2 =11th highest of 24
Stoke City and each referee
League games since 2021-22, referees with 3 or more. Records like these are mostly chance: across five seasons, a club's record with a referee in one half of their games tells you nothing about the other half. Which refs are card-happy?
| Referee | P | W-D-L | Pts/g | Cards/g | Ref's usual | Fouls net/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Webb | 13 | 2-8-3 | 1.08 | 1.8 | 1.6 | +1.3 |
| M Donohue | 13 | 3-3-7 | 0.92 | 1.8 | 2.1 | +0.4 |
| O Langford | 13 | 4-2-7 | 1.08 | 1.6 | 1.8 | +2.9 |
| J Smith | 12 | 6-1-5 | 1.58 | 2.3 | 2.0 | +0.2 |
| G Ward | 11 | 2-6-3 | 1.09 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +1.1 |
| J Bell | 11 | 3-3-5 | 1.09 | 2.7 | 1.9 | +3.3 |
| L Doughty | 10 | 4-3-3 | 1.50 | 2.3 | 2.2 | +0.6 |
| A Davies | 9 | 2-3-4 | 1.00 | 1.9 | 1.7 | +2.2 |
| D Whitestone | 9 | 1-3-5 | 0.67 | 1.9 | 1.6 | −0.7 |
| A Kitchen | 7 | 3-2-2 | 1.57 | 1.4 | 1.5 | +2.4 |
| J Busby | 7 | 3-0-4 | 1.29 | 2.7 | 1.8 | +3.0 |
| T Nield | 7 | 2-1-4 | 1.00 | 2.0 | 1.8 | +2.4 |
| A Woolmer | 6 | 2-2-2 | 1.33 | 1.2 | 1.7 | +2.8 |
| F Hallam | 6 | 2-2-2 | 1.33 | 2.2 | 1.8 | −0.3 |
| J Linington | 6 | 2-1-3 | 1.17 | 2.0 | 2.0 | −0.3 |
| J Simpson | 6 | 3-0-3 | 1.50 | 1.8 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| K Stroud | 6 | 1-0-5 | 0.50 | 2.3 | 2.4 | −0.8 |
| M Salisbury | 6 | 3-2-1 | 1.83 | 2.3 | 1.9 | +2.2 |
| S Martin | 6 | 1-1-4 | 0.67 | 4.2 | 2.0 | +6.0 |
| T Robinson | 6 | 2-0-4 | 1.00 | 2.8 | 2.2 | −0.2 |
| G Eltringham | 5 | 3-1-1 | 2.00 | 2.8 | 2.0 | +0.4 |
| R Madley | 5 | 4-1-0 | 2.60 | 2.6 | 2.0 | +3.4 |
| S Barrott | 5 | 3-0-2 | 1.80 | 1.0 | 1.8 | +3.2 |
| A Backhouse | 4 | 0-2-2 | 0.50 | 1.8 | 2.0 | +0.5 |
| B Toner | 4 | 0-0-4 | 0.00 | 2.8 | 2.1 | +3.0 |
| E Bell | 4 | 1-1-2 | 1.00 | 0.8 | 2.1 | −2.5 |
| J Brooks | 4 | 1-2-1 | 1.25 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| L Smith | 4 | 2-0-2 | 1.50 | 2.8 | 1.9 | −2.0 |
| T Kirk | 4 | 2-2-0 | 2.00 | 2.3 | 2.1 | +0.8 |
| A Herczeg | 3 | 0-0-3 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 1.8 | +0.3 |
| C Pawson | 3 | 1-1-1 | 1.33 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +3.0 |
| D Bond | 3 | 0-2-1 | 0.67 | 1.3 | 2.0 | −3.0 |
| R Ricardo | 3 | 1-1-1 | 1.33 | 3.0 | 2.3 | +3.7 |
| T Bramall | 3 | 2-0-1 | 2.00 | 2.0 | 1.9 | +3.0 |
| T Harrington | 3 | 2-0-1 | 2.00 | 1.7 | 1.8 | +4.0 |
Manager changes
Points per game in the 10 league games before and after. If kept: what clubs on the same run of form averaged when they kept their manager. Does sacking the manager work?
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Narcís Pèlach out · Mark Robins in 27 Dec 2024 · 19th at the time
- Before
- 0.70
- After
- 1.30
- If kept
- 1.19
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Steven Schumacher out · Narcís Pèlach in 16 Sept 2024 · 13th at the time
- Before
- 1.20
- After
- 1.30
- If kept
- 1.39
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Alex Neil out · Steven Schumacher in 10 Dec 2023 · 20th at the time
- Before
- 1.10
- After
- 1.10
- If kept
- 1.29
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Michael O'Neill out · Alex Neil in 25 Aug 2022 · 21st at the time
- Before
- 0.80
- After
- 1.50
- If kept
- 1.29