Stoke City F.C. league record by opponent

Stoke City Football Club is an English association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent. Founded as Stoke Ramblers Football Club in 1863, the club changed its name to Stoke Football Club in 1868 and then added the word "City" in 1927. During the 1888–89 season, Stoke joined the Football League and after a period in non-league football prior to World War I Stoke remained there until 2008 when Stoke gained promotion Premier League.^[1]

Stoke City are founder members of the Football League, which was created in 1888. Over the years Stoke have played in the First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Third Division North, Championship, Football Alliance, Birmingham & District League and Southern League. As of 2008 Stoke compete in the top flight of English football, the Premier League.

Stoke's first opponent was West Bromwich Albion in September 1888 who defeated the Potters 2–0. Their most regular opponents have been Wolverhampton Wanderers having met 140 times whilst Stoke best record is against West Bromwich Albion, Stoke beating the Baggies 59 times. The most league defeats inflicted upon City is against Sunderland who have triumphed over Stoke 60 times while the most drawn matches have come against Derby County with the two teams sharing the points on 37 occasions.

Key

• The records include the results of matches played in The Football League (from 1888 to 1890, 1891 to 1907, 1919 to 2008) Football Alliance (from 1890 to 1891) and the Premier League (since 2008). Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 seasons. Football League play-offs, Test Matches and cup matches are not included.
• For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Ardwick, Small Heath and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester City, Birmingham City and Arsenal, respectively.
•   Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are current divisional rivals of Stoke City.
•   Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
• P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; Win% = percentage of total matches won

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 15 May 2016.

Stoke City F.C. league record by opponent

Opponent	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Ref(s)
	Home				Away				Total
Accrington	4	2	1	1	4	0	0	4	8	2	1	5	17	20	25%	[2]
Accrington Stanley (old)	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	100%	[3]
Arsenal	45	19	16	10	45	5	5	35	90	24	21	43	82	139	27%	[4]
Aston Villa	52	22	15	15	52	9	11	32	104	31	25	47	123	178	30%	[5]
Barnsley	27	15	8	4	27	4	7	16	54	19	15	20	72	71	35%	[6]
Barrow	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	50%	[7]
Birmingham City	43	27	9	7	43	11	10	22	86	38	19	29	116	100	44%	[8]
Birmingham St George's	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	8	8	50%	[1]
Blackpool	31	13	9	9	31	10	10	11	62	23	19	20	92	81	37%	[9]
Blackburn Rovers	43	26	8	9	43	8	6	29	86	34	14	38	125	148	40%	[10]
Bolton Wanderers	40	21	7	12	40	8	12	20	80	29	19	32	126	117	36%	[11]
Bootle	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	50%	[1]
Bournemouth	11	8	2	1	11	3	4	4	22	11	6	5	27	22	50%	[12]
Bradford City	20	14	4	2	20	4	5	11	40	18	9	13	57	49	45%	[13]
Bradford Park Avenue	7	4	2	1	7	1	2	4	14	5	4	5	22	19	36%	[14]
Brentford	11	8	3	0	11	3	4	4	22	11	7	4	38	21	50%	[15]
Brighton & Hove Albion	19	9	7	3	19	6	7	6	38	15	14	9	52	36	39%	[16]
Bristol City	23	16	4	3	23	6	9	8	46	22	13	11	69	56	48%	[17]
Bristol Rovers	14	8	1	5	14	2	3	9	28	10	4	14	43	50	36%	[18]
Burnley	46	26	9	11	46	13	12	21	92	39	21	32	144	125	42%	[19]
Bury	32	20	4	8	32	10	6	16	64	30	10	24	103	82	47%	[20]
Cambridge United	5	2	1	2	5	3	1	1	10	5	2	3	17	12	50%	[21]
Cardiff City	20	9	5	5	20	6	4	9	40	16	9	15	48	50	40%	[22]
Carlisle United	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	7	5	50%	[23]
Charlton Athletic	29	17	7	5	29	7	5	17	58	24	12	22	87	88	41%	[24]
Chelsea	42	17	8	17	42	7	11	24	84	24	19	40	105	127	27%	[25]
Chester City	3	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	6	1	3	2	8	6	17%	[26]
Chesterfield	7	5	2	0	7	5	2	0	14	10	4	0	29	13	71%	[27]
Colchester United	6	4	2	0	6	4	0	2	12	8	2	2	21	12	67%	[28]
Coventry City	27	16	3	8	27	9	5	13	54	25	8	21	82	76	46%	[29]
Crewe Alexandra	6	4	1	1	6	4	0	2	12	8	1	3	15	10	67%	[30]
Crystal Palace	26	9	8	9	26	7	4	15	52	16	12	24	59	74	31%	[31]
Darlington	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	12	2	100%	[32]
Darwen	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	3	1	2	21	19	33%	[33]
Derby County	62	29	21	12	62	10	16	36	124	39	37	48	163	208	31%	[34]
Doncaster Rovers	6	2	4	0	6	2	1	3	12	4	5	3	18	16	33%	[35]
Everton	60	22	20	18	60	10	12	38	120	32	32	55	129	205	27%	[36]
Exeter City	3	2	1	0	3	0	2	1	6	2	3	1	10	8	33%	[37]
Fulham	36	17	8	11	36	10	7	19	72	27	15	30	102	100	38%	[38]
Gainsborough Trinity	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	2	50%	[39]
Gillingham	5	1	4	0	5	0	1	4	10	1	5	4	6	14	10%	[40]
Glossop North End	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	7	3	75%	[41]
Grimsby Town	26	16	6	4	26	6	10	10	52	22	16	14	84	55	42%	[42]
Halifax Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	7	3	50%	[43]
Hartlepool United	3	2	0	1	3	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	12	7	67%	[44]
Huddersfield Town	33	15	12	6	33	9	9	15	66	24	21	21	95	80	36%	[45]
Hull City	29	14	10	5	29	9	9	11	58	23	19	16	75	62	40%	[46]
Ipswich Town	34	15	11	8	34	9	7	18	68	24	18	26	91	101	35%	[47]
Leeds City	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	50%	[48]
Leeds United	42	21	7	14	42	6	11	25	84	27	18	39	124	132	32%	[49]
Leicester City	41	22	11	8	41	6	15	20	82	28	26	28	103	110	34%	[50]
Leyton Orient	20	11	2	7	20	7	1	12	40	18	3	19	57	49	45%	[51]
Lincoln City	13	10	2	1	13	7	2	4	26	17	4	5	63	29	65%	[52]
Liverpool	61	27	20	14	61	3	12	46	122	30	32	60	130	197	25%	[53]
Luton Town	19	8	7	4	19	8	6	5	38	16	13	9	57	53	42%	[54]
Macclesfield Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	50%	[55]
Manchester City	47	25	11	11	47	7	11	29	94	32	21	39	105	128	34%	[56]
Manchester United	43	17	13	13	43	5	13	25	86	22	26	37	102	138	26%	[57]
Mansfield Town	3	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	13	4	50%	[58]
Middlesbrough	44	25	9	10	44	7	10	27	88	32	19	37	115	130	36%	[59]
Millwall	20	11	4	5	20	6	5	9	40	17	9	14	46	45	43%	[60]
Nelson	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	8	4	50%	[61]
New Brighton	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	6	0%	[62]
Newcastle United	40	22	10	8	40	4	9	27	80	26	19	35	95	129	33%	[63]
Northampton Town	4	3	1	0	4	1	2	1	8	4	3	1	18	9	50%	[64]
Norwich City	25	15	6	4	25	3	10	12	50	18	16	16	61	60	36%	[65]
Nottingham Forest	49	17	16	16	49	12	12	25	98	29	28	31	119	146	30%	[66]
Notts County	37	16	10	11	37	10	11	16	74	26	21	27	91	90	35%	[67]
Oldham Athletic	26	9	8	9	26	6	5	15	52	15	13	24	62	74	29%	[68]
Oxford United	7	3	2	2	7	0	2	5	14	3	4	7	16	24	21%	[69]
Peterborough United	4	3	1	0	4	2	2	0	8	5	3	0	18	6	63%	[70]
Plymouth Argyle	19	13	6	0	19	5	6	8	38	18	12	8	49	44	47%	[71]
Preston North End	47	24	12	11	47	9	8	30	94	33	20	41	133	163	35%	[72]
Portsmouth	30	16	6	8	30	5	8	17	60	21	14	25	73	86	35%	[73]
Port Vale	22	9	6	7	22	7	9	6	44	16	15	13	44	39	36%	[74]
Queens Park Rangers	17	8	2	7	17	3	5	9	34	11	7	16	37	47	32%	[75]
Reading	22	12	4	6	22	4	8	10	44	16	11	16	59	55	36%	[76]
Rochdale	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	5	50%	[77]
Rotherham United	20	11	3	6	20	6	8	6	40	17	11	12	62	46	43%	[78]
Scunthorpe United	7	5	0	2	7	2	5	0	14	7	5	2	24	18	50%	[79]
Sheffield United	49	21	13	15	49	11	14	24	98	32	27	39	142	137	33%	[80]
Sheffield Wednesday	39	18	9	12	39	10	8	21	78	28	17	33	104	115	36%	[81]
Shrewsbury Town	6	2	3	1	6	2	0	4	12	4	3	5	12	15	33%	[82]
Southampton	34	18	8	8	34	8	5	21	68	26	11	31	98	103	38%	[83]
Southend United	6	3	1	2	6	1	1	4	12	4	2	6	18	15	33%	[84]
Southport	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	0	100%	[85]
South Shields	4	2	4	1	7	1	3	3	14	2	7	4	13	19	21%	[86]
Stockport County	10	7	2	1	10	2	3	5	20	9	5	6	24	20	45%	[87]
Sunderland	68	33	16	19	68	7	17	44	136	40	32	63	139	198	29%	[88]
Sunderland Albion	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0%	[1]
Swansea City	28	17	7	4	28	5	11	12	55	22	18	16	103	71	39%	[89]
Swindon Town	8	5	2	1	8	3	0	5	16	8	2	6	20	19	50%	[90]
Torquay United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	1	50%	[91]
Tottenham Hotspur	41	18	9	14	41	3	9	29	82	21	18	43	90	135	26%	[92]
Tranmere Rovers	8	3	2	3	8	2	4	2	16	5	6	5	15	17	31%	[93]
Walsall	8	6	1	1	8	2	2	4	16	8	3	5	22	20	50%	[94]
Watford	14	6	2	6	14	5	3	6	28	11	5	12	32	35	36%	[95]
West Bromwich Albion	67	35	21	11	67	24	12	31	134	59	32	42	201	181	44%	[96]
West Ham United	38	21	7	10	38	7	13	18	76	28	19	28	92	103	37%	[97]
Wigan Athletic	14	6	6	2	14	3	6	5	28	9	12	7	38	39	32%	[98]
Wigan Borough	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	100%	[99]
Wimbledon	3	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	6	4	50%	[100]
Wrexham	6	5	0	1	6	6	0	0	12	11	0	1	26	9	92%	[101]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	70	35	14	21	70	14	19	37	140	49	33	58	195	217	35%	[102]
Wycombe Wanderers	4	1	3	0	4	3	0	1	8	4	3	1	14	5	50%	[103]
York City	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	2	50%	[104]

References

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29. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Coventry City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
30. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Crewe Alexandra". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
31. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Crystal Palace". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
32. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Darlington". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
33. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Darwen". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
34. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Derby County". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
35. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Doncaster Rovers". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
36. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Everton". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
37. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Exeter City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
38. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Fulham". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
39. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Gainsborough Trinity". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
40. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Gillingham". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
41. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Glossop". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
42. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Grimsby Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
43. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Halifax Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
44. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Hartlepool United". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
45. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Huddersfield Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
46. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Hull City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
47. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Ipswich Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
48. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Leeds City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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50. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Leicester City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
51. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Leyton Orient". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
52. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Lincoln City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
53. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Liverpool". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
54. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Luton Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
55. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Macclesfield Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
56. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Manchester City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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58. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Mansfield Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
59. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Middlesbrough". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
60. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Millwall". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
61. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Nelson". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
62. "Stoke City Head-to-head v New Brighton". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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65. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Norwich City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
66. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Nottingham Forest". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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68. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Oldham Athletic". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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71. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Plymouth Argyle". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
72. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Preston North End". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
73. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Portsmouth". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
74. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Port Vale". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
75. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Queens Park Rangers". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
76. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Reading". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
77. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Rochdale". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
78. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Rotherham United". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
79. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Scunthorpe United". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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82. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Shrewsbury". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
83. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Southampton". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
84. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Southend United". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
85. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Southport". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
86. "Stoke City Head-to-head v South Shields". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
87. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Stockport County". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
88. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Sunderland". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
89. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Swansea City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
90. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Swindon Town". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
91. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Torquay United". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
92. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Tottenham Hotspur". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
93. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Tranmere Rovers". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
94. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Walsall". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
95. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Watford". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
96. "Stoke City Head-to-head v West Brom". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
97. "Stoke City Head-to-head v West Ham". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
98. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Wigan Athletic". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
99. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Wigan Borough". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
100. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Wimbledon". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
101. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Wrexham". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
102. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Wolves". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
103. "Stoke City Head-to-head v Wycombe Wanderers". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
104. "Stoke City Head-to-head v York City". SoccerBase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

External links

• Stoke City official website