Stoke City 0-3 Bradford: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Stoke City

Bradford

W. Swan 12'

B. Halliday 31'

G. Lapslie 62'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

2nd Round

August 26, 2025 6:45pm

bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Key stats

Ball Possession

59%

41%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Stoke City 4-2-3-1

Bradford 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

J. Bonham

6.0

S. Walker

6.9

Defenders

E. Bocat

6.6

C. Kelly

7.5

M. Talovierov

6.3

J. Wright

7.2

A. Phillips

6.7

A. Baldwin

7.0

Jaden Mears

6.0

Midfielders

B. Pearson

6.6

I. Touray

7.3

C. Chibueze

6.2

T. Leigh

7.2

J. Donley

6.5

Jenson Metcalfe

6.3

F. Fawunmi

6.3

B. Halliday

8.2

Forwards

R. Boženík

6.2

T. Wright

6.9

G. Lapslie

7.6

W. Swan

7.9

Other

B. Lawal

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Highest rating

7.0

B. Gibson

8.2

B. Halliday

Match Summary

On August 26, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Stoke City faced off against Bradford at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The game concluded with Bradford securing a victory. With 59% possession, Stoke City versus Bradford's 41% and shots on goal at 2 to 4. Stoke City had 83% successful passes (of 477 passes) over Bradford which had 72% successful passes (of 316 passes). The outstanding efforts by B. Gibson and B. Halliday played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

3-4-2-1

Bonham

6.0

Played:
90Min

Saves:
1 of 4

Accurate passes:
33/38

Mears

6.0

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
32/50

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/14

Dribbles:
1/3

Phillips

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
66/72

Won duels:
1/3

Talovierov

6.3

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
38/47

Won duels:
5/8

Bocat

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
45/60

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
9/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Pearson

6.6

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
40/41

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Lawal

Fawunmi

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
10/12

Won duels:
5/13

Dribbles:
2/5

Donley

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
23/30

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
1/1

Chibueze

6.2

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/2

Boženík

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/20

Dribbles:
1/1

Swan

7.9

Played:
76Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
13/14

Won duels:
4/12

Dribbles:
1/3

Wright

6.9

Played:
76Min

Accurate passes:
10/16

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Lapslie

7.6

Played:
76Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
14/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

Touray

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
9

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
31/39

Won duels:
13/21

Leigh

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
30/36

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
4/9

Metcalfe

6.3

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
12/16

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Halliday

8.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
22/30

Won duels:
6/12

Kelly

7.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
27/37

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/9

Wright

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
15/17

Won duels:
5/7

Baldwin

7.0

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
26/37

Won duels:
3/4

Walker

6.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 2

Accurate passes:
9/25

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Mark Gordon Robins

Smith

6.6

Played:
18Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
6/8

Won duels:
1/3

Gibson

7.0

Played:
27Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
31/34

Won duels:
1/2

Seko

6.6

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Tchamadeu

Fielding

Baker

Thomas

Jun-Ho

Manhoef

Coach

Graham Robert Alexander

Neufville

6.7

Played:
14Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
5/8

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Powell

6.3

Played:
14Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
2/5

Pointon

6.5

Played:
14Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Key passes:
1

Pattison

6.9

Played:
29Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
7/10

Won duels:
3/4

Tilt

Power

Hilton

Hadi

Stats

Ball Possession

Stoke City: 59%

Bradford: 41%

Total Shots

Stoke City: 13

Bradford: 15

Shots on Goal

Stoke City: 2

Bradford: 4

Corner Kicks

Stoke City: 4

Bradford: 7

Offsides

Stoke City: 2

Bradford: 1

Fouls

Stoke City: 12

Bradford: 14

Yellow Cards

Stoke City: 0

Bradford: 2

Red Cards

Stoke City: 0

Bradford: 0

Total Passes

Stoke City: 477

Bradford: 316

Goals Prevented

Stoke City: 0

Bradford: 0

Passes Accuracy

Stoke City: 396 (83%)

Bradford: 228 (72%)

Stoke City vs Bradford

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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