Coventry vs Stoke

8 March 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee David Webb

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Victor Torp 22’, 31’
Bobby Thomas 90+7’

Sam Gallagher 65’, 86’

Match summary

Coventry saw off Stoke 3-2, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Coventry led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Victor Torp put Coventry ahead with a header in the 22nd minute and Torp made it 2-0 in the 31st minute. In the second half, Sam Gallagher pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 65th minute, Gallagher equalised with a header in the 86th minute, and Bobby Thomas won it in stoppage time.

Stoke can feel hard done by, creating 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Coventry's 0.91 from 14.

Match stats

13 Shots 11

3 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.91 xG 2.16

0.91 Non-penalty xG 2.16

Key events

Coventry Stoke

Kick-off

Victor Torp

1-0

22’

Victor Torp

2-0

31’

Half-time2-0

65’

Sam Gallagher

2-1

86’

Sam Gallagher

2-2

Bobby Thomas

3-2

90+7’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Coventry

Matt Grimes

Stoke

Junior Tchamadeu
Ashley Phillips
Wouter Burger

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Coventry 0.91 xGStoke 2.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Stoke attacking Coventry attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Oliver Dovin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Milan van Ewijk Taken off	80′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Bobby Thomas	90′	1	–	3	0.17	–	–	–
Liam Kitching	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jay DaSilva	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Victor Torp Taken off	80′	2	–	3	0.23	–	–	–
Matt Grimes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Eccles Taken off	80′	–	–	3	0.17	–	–	–
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Ellis Simms Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ephron Mason-Clark Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brandon Thomas-Asante Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	1	0.12	–	–	–
Haji Wright Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Latibeaudiere Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Allen Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	2	0.14	–	–	–
Ben Sheaf Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Viktor Johansson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Junior Tchamadeu	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ashley Phillips	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Wilmot	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Enda Stevens	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Pearson Taken off	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wouter Burger	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–
Lewis Koumas Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.26	–	–	–
Andrew Moran Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Jun-Ho Bae	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ali Al-Hamadi Taken off	81′	–	–	3	0.48	–	–	–
Jordan Thompson Came on as a substitute	71′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Million Manhoef Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Sam Gallagher Came on as a substitute	44′	2	–	2	1.23	–	–	–
Nathan Lowe Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Coventry win 57% Avg odds 1.66

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.97

Stoke win 19% Avg odds 5.05

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Coventry L W W W W

Stoke L W L L D

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Stoke 1-0 Coventry, 10 Aug 24 Next meeting: Stoke 0-1 Coventry, 08 Nov 25 All Coventry vs Stoke meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.