2025-10-18 14:00
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Bet365 Stadium - Stoke on Trent
This will be the first Football League meeting between Stoke City and Wrexham since a 1-0 win for the Potters in April 2002, with Andy Cooke scoring the winner in that third tier encounter.
In the Football League, Wrexham have lost 11 of their 12 games against Stoke City, with their only win coming on the road in February 1999 (3-1).
Stoke’s 92% win ratio against Wrexham in the Football League (11 wins in 12 meetings) is the second-best of any side in Football League history against an opponent they’ve faced 10+ times – only Man Utd vs Wigan (94%, 15 wins in 16 games) have a better ratio.
Wrexham have drawn each of their last three games, drawing all of them 1-1 against Derby, Leicester and Birmingham. They last had a longer run of draws in the Football League in November/December 1999 (6 in a row).
Stoke’s Sorba Thomas has created the most chances in the Championship this season (25), also creating the most chances in open play (19). He’s assisted four of Stoke’s 11 league goals in 2025-26.