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

Stoke City

(4)

Walsall

(3)

EFL Cup 2025/2026

1st Round

August 12, 2025 6:45pm

bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Key stats

Ball Possession

74%

26%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Stoke City 4-2-3-1

Walsall 3-1-4-2

Goalkeeper

J. Bonham

7.2

S. Hornby

6.6

Defenders

E. Bocat

7.0

D. Cox

7.2

B. Gibson

7.2

P. Farquharson

7.2

A. Phillips

7.2

H. Burke

6.7

Jaden Mears

6.9

Midfielders

T. Seko

6.9

B. Comley

7.2

F. Fawunmi

6.3

V. Harper

7.5

J. Donley

6.9

R. Maher

7.2

M. Manhoef

6.0

C. Barrett

7.0

Forwards

R. Boženík

6.9

J. Gordon

6.5

A. Adomah

6.5

Other

B. Lawal

Courtney Clarke

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Highest rating

7.2

J. Bonham

7.5

V. Harper

Match Summary

On August 12, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Stoke City faced off against Walsall at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The game ended in a draw. With Stoke City possessing 74% of the ball compared to Walsall's 26%, and shots on goal at 1 to 1. Stoke City had 90% successful passes (of 597 passes) over Walsall which had 61% successful passes (of 197 passes). The outstanding efforts by J. Bonham and V. Harper played a key role

Lineup

4-2-3-1

3-1-4-2

Bonham

7.2

Played:
99Min

Saves:
1 of 1

Accurate passes:
25/25

Won duels:
2/2

Mears

6.9

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
55/65

Won duels:
6/12

Phillips

7.2

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
98/102

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/10

Gibson

7.2

Played:
64Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
88/91

Bocat

7.0

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
81/93

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Lawal

Seko

6.9

Played:
78Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
34/37

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Manhoef

6.0

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
11/13

Won duels:
3/18

Dribbles:
2/7

Donley

6.9

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
27/32

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/4

Fawunmi

6.3

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
11/15

Won duels:
7/17

Dribbles:
0/3

Boženík

6.9

Played:
89Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
7/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/13

Gordon

6.5

Played:
65Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/8

Won duels:
4/9

Adomah

6.5

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
12/14

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/11

Dribbles:
2/2

Harper

7.5

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
10/17

Won duels:
11/15

Dribbles:
1/2

Maher

7.2

Played:
65Min

Tackles:
6

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
7/9

Won duels:
9/12

Clarke

Barrett

7.0

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/17

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Comley

7.2

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
7

Accurate passes:
12/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
9/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Cox

7.2

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/26

Won duels:
3/8

Farquharson

7.2

Played:
74Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Burke

6.7

Played:
99Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/11

Won duels:
3/4

Hornby

6.6

Played:
99Min

Saves:
1 of 1

Accurate passes:
6/23

Substitutes

Coach

Mark Gordon Robins

Mubama

6.3

Played:
10Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
1/2

Baker

6.6

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
11/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Wilmot

6.6

Played:
35Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
36/38

Won duels:
1/2

Smith

6.2

Played:
36Min

Accurate passes:
17/21

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Jun-Ho

6.2

Played:
36Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/12

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/2

Tchamadeu

Fielding

Thomas

Cresswell

Coach

M. Sadler

Matt

7.3

Played:
21Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
1/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/9

Flint

6.7

Played:
25Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
2/3

Jellis

6.7

Played:
33Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
6/10

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/1

Stuttle

6.6

Played:
34Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
3/4

Hollman

6.9

Played:
34Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Roberts

Browne

Warrington

Hancock

Stats

Ball Possession

Stoke City: 74%

Walsall Walsall: 26%

Total Shots

Stoke City: 8

Walsall Walsall: 11

Shots on Goal

Stoke City: 1

Walsall Walsall: 1

Corner Kicks

Stoke City: 4

Walsall Walsall: 6

Offsides

Stoke City: 0

Walsall Walsall: 2

Fouls

Stoke City: 8

Walsall Walsall: 13

Yellow Cards

Stoke City: 2

Walsall Walsall: 1

Red Cards

Stoke City: 0

Walsall Walsall: 0

Total Passes

Stoke City: 597

Walsall Walsall: 197

Goals Prevented

Stoke City: 0

Walsall Walsall: 0

Passes Accuracy

Stoke City: 535 (90%)

Walsall Walsall: 121 (61%)

Stoke City vs Walsall

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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