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Stoke City v Leeds United : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Dec, 20:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Stoke City and Leeds United meet at the bet365 Stadium on Thursday night, with both Steven Schumacher and Daniel Farke hoping for success in the Championship. We've got odds from leading bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. All can be selected using the tabs below.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Stoke
34%
--
Draw
27%
--
Leeds
39%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Leeds 1-0
11%
--
Stoke 1-0
10%
--
Leeds 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Stoke 2-1
8%
--
Leeds 2-0
7%
--
Stoke 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Leeds 3-1
4%
--
Stoke 3-1
3%
--
Leeds 3-0
3%
--
Stoke 3-0
2%
--
Leeds 3-2
2%
--
Stoke 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
61%
--
Away/draw
66%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
53%
--
Away DNB
58%
--
Stoke win to nil
19%
--
Leeds win to nil
22%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Stoke have conceded 20 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Stoke have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Leeds lay in 2nd place on 41 points in the Championship league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 34 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Leeds have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Leeds have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Stoke
Leeds
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd2013521742 
Apr 26
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
Feb 24
2
Leeds Away2012532241 
Dec 26
Apr 21
-
-
3
Burnley2010821738 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 1
l
 
0-1A
Jan 27
4
Sunderland2010731437 
Dec 29
l
 
2-1F
Feb 17
d
 
2-2A
5
Blackburn191045634 
Mar 11
w
 
0-2F
Jan 1
l
 
1-0A
6
West Brom207112932 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 18
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
7
M'Boro20947931 
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1F
Apr 8
8
Watford19946231 
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
Feb 11
9
Swansea20767227 
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 29
w
 
3-4A
10
Norwich20686526 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 22
Jan 22
d
 
1-1A
11
Bristol C20686026 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 12
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
12
Sheff Wed20758-626 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Jan 19
w
 
0-2F
13
Millwall19676325 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 15
Mar 12
l
 
1-0A
14
Preston204106-622 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
Apr 12
Dec 14
15
Luton206410-1222 
Apr 8
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
16
Coventry20569-421 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
w
 
3-0F
Feb 8
17
Derby20569-421 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
w
 
2-0F
Dec 29
18
Stoke Home20569-521 
-
-
Apr 21
Dec 26
19
QPR20497-621 
Mar 29
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 15
20
Oxford Utd19469-1018 
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
Dec 21
Apr 18
21
Portsmouth18387-917 
w
 
6-1F
Jan 22
d
 
3-3F
Mar 8
22
Cardiff194510-1317 
Dec 14
Apr 12
Feb 1
w
 
0-2F
23
Plymouth194510-2117 
Jan 4
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
May 3
24
Hull203710-1016 
l
 
1-3F
Feb 1
w
 
2-0F
Jan 4
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Stoke 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Leeds 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Stoke since 2005
Stoke
Leeds
Goals: Scored
6
7
Games: Scored
3 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
3 / 6
STK
3
LEE
3
League games at Leeds since 2004
Leeds
Stoke
Goals: Scored
9
5
Games: Scored
3 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
3 / 6
STK
1
D
2
LEE
3
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Stoke City of late. It has been 6 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Thursday night against Leeds United.

Stoke 18th Leeds 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Stoke will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Leeds will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Leeds’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Stoke
PG (predicted goals)
Leeds
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
%
better
STK
LEE
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
STK
LEE
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Stoke v Leeds Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20857
V JohanssonT CannonJ. BaeW Burger
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Johansson GLK20
1
-
J. Bae MID195
3
-
L. Koumas FWD1931
4
-
M Manhoef FWD1933
1
-
B Gibson DEF182
4
-
E Bocat DEF181
1
-
B Wilmot DEF181
4
-
J Tchamadeu DEF17
3
-
A Moran MID1721
4
-
W Burger MID17
7
-
T Cannon FWD1681
1
-
J Thompson MID12
4
-
M Rose DEF11
1
-
T Seko MID11
-
A Vidigal FWD10
-
E Stevens DEF82
1
-
E Tezgel FWD8
1
-
N Ennis FWD7
-
S. Sidibe MID61
-
L Gooch FWD6
-
S Gallagher FWD311
1
-
R Mmaee FWD3
-
Leeds Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20756
I MeslierJ PiroeW GnontoJ Firpo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Meslier GLK20
-
P Struijk DEF202
1
-
J Rodon DEF201
4
-
J Rothwell MID202
1
-
B Aaronson MID2051
-
J Piroe FWD2073
-
W Gnonto FWD2045
4
-
M Joseph FWD2023
-
J Bogle  DEF1821
5
-
A Tanaka MID171
2
-
S Byram DEF1511
2
-
J Firpo DEF1513
6
-
D James FWD1442
2
-
M Solomon FWD1321
-
L Ramazani FWD1131
2
-
E Ampadu MID8
2
-
I Gruev MID8
2
-
P Bamford FWD7
-
I Schmidt DEF5
-
M Wöber DEF41
1
-
J Gelhardt FWD2
-