STOKE. Stoke City was finally too strong for Huddersfield Town with the goal of Phil Jagielka (13′), Jacob Brown (73′) and Lewis Baker (90′ pen). Stoke City made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Bet365 Stadium stadium in Stoke on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was James Linington with the assistance of Mark Stevens and Andrew Fox. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 7.4 degrees Celsius or 45.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Stoke City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Stoke City was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Stoke City won the match​.

Stoke City shot 16 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Stoke City received 2 yellow cards (Ben Pearson and Lewis Baker). Regarding the opposition, Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards (Matty Pearson, Jonathan Hogg, Jack Rudoni and Will Boyle).

Also, Huddersfield Town didn’t end the match with 11 players after Will Boyle (Huddersfield Town) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (64′).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Stoke City will play away against Watford on the 6th of May with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Watford (3 draws).

Huddersfield Town will host Reading on the 6th of May with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Reading (6 draws).

Stoke City – Formation

Stoke City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Alex Neil decided to play with the following team: Matija Šarkić (6.9), Dujon Sterling (7.0), Ben Wilmot (7.2), Phil Jagielka (7.9), Morgan Fox (6.8), Ben Pearson (7.0), Josh Laurent (6.6), Jacob Brown (7.9), Will Smallbone (8.0), Tyrese Campbell (6.8) and Dwight Gayle (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Jack Bonham, Axel Tuanzebe, Emre Tezgel (6.5), Jordan Thompson (6.8), Kahrel Reddin, Gabriel Adebambo and Lewis Baker.

Substitutions

Stoke City made 3 changes: Ben Pearson for Jordan Thompson (75′), Phil Jagielka for Axel Tuanzebe (82′) and W. Smallbone for Lewis Baker (82′).

Best player: Will Smallbone​

The player that probably impressed the most for Stoke City was Will Smallbone even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 20 crosses.

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Huddersfield Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Neil Warnock played with: Tomáš Vaclík (6.2), Matthew Pearson (6.8), Tom Lees (6.5), William Boyle (6.1), Jaheim Headley (6.4), Jack Rudoni (6.4), Jonathan Hogg (6.7), Scott High (6.8), Josh Koroma (6.3), Martyn Waghorn (6.6) and Anthony Knockaert (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Joseph Hungbo (6.6), Josh Ruffles, Matthew Lowton (6.6), David Kasumu (6.7), Nicholas Bilokapic, Patrick Jones (6.3) and E. Camara.

Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Matthew Lowton (injured).

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 3 changes: Matty Pearson for Matthew Lowton (29′), S. High for Joseph Hungbo (55′) and Josh Koroma for David Kasumu (68′).

Best player: Matthew Pearson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Huddersfield Town was Matthew Pearson.

His rating is (6.8) with 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Blackburn Rovers – 1-1
• Stoke City – Huddersfield Town – 3-0
• Swansea City – Blackpool – 2-1
• Sheffield United – Middlesbrough – 1-3
• Preston North End – Luton Town – 1-1
• Bristol City – Wigan Athletic – 1-1