Match Centre: Stoke City vs Norwich City
Player of the match Viktor Johansson 7.8
GolVolt rating 2.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 13' Galbraith, 1:0-
28% → 96%
Stoke City: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 91.
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1.1 xG
Stoke City kept a clean sheet against 1.1 xG.
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24 → 21
Stoke City climb 3 places in the table. Norwich City stay in place 19.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 28% to 52% (Stoke City).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+4' · 1:0Stoke City 96%draw 4%Norwich City 0%
90+4' · 1:0xG Stoke City 0.29xG Norwich City 1.06
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 87′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 87′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 3.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Galbraith scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 2.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.9more watchable than 29% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
1 goal4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 13' Goal: Ethan Galbraithright foot1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' 2 substitutionsBombino for WilmotGallagher for Manhoef
- 46' SubstitutionMusaba for Slimane
- 47' Bosun Lawalyellow card · dissent
- 49' Ethan Galbraithyellow card · foul
- 56' SubstitutionChrisene for Yongwa
- 59' SubstitutionBoženík for Hirst
- 61' José Córdobayellow card · foul
- 66' Kenny McLeanyellow card · foul
- 71' 2 substitutionsDiallo for BrooksKvistgaarden for Touré
- 85' SubstitutionWright for Mattsson
- 87' SubstitutionPearson for Soumaré
- Full-time · 1:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Stoke City
Norwich City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Stoke City
- 24 Josh Griffiths GK —
- 21 Luca Bombino DEF on
- 43 Freddie Anderson DEF —
- 52 Laurence Giani DEF —
- 4 Ben Pearson MID on
- 19 Tomas Rigo MID —
- 59 Gabriel Kelly MID —
- 9 Róbert Boženík ATT on
- 20 Sam Gallagher ATT on
Norwich City
- 32 Daniel Grimshaw GK —
- 6 Harry Darling DEF —
- 14 Ben Chrisene DEF on
- 35 Kellen Fisher DEF —
- 16 Jacob Wright MID on
- 26 Sam Field MID —
- 19 Papa Amadou Diallo ATT on
- 30 Mathias Kvistgaarden ATT on
- 49 Anthony Musaba ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Bet365 Stadium, Stoke
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Stoke City Viktor Johansson
- 2. place · Stoke City Luke Graham
- 3. place · Norwich City Kenny McLean
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Norwich City · 1 out
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Ante Crnac Injured
since 23 Oct 2025 · return date unknown · 50 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Tear
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.