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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 11 (setup 1, season 33)
Stoke City
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Timo HORN717Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
James TOMKINS27Rasmus Nissen KRISTENSEN
MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO837Chris BRUNT
Jake LIVERMORE748Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Wes MORGAN5Dario MARESIC
Federico FERNÁNDEZ67Kik PIERIE
Dan GOSLING676Moses Daddy SIMON
Rolando AARONS87Jason PUNCHEON
Graziano PELLÉ97Nils PETERSEN
Sam VOKES10Glenn WHELAN
Jay RODRIGUEZ116Collin QUANER
Manager
Peter CROUCH12Gary GARDNER
Tim KRUL13Connal TRUEMAN
Britt ASSOMBALONGA14Daniel DE SILVA
Giuseppe ROSSI15Reece BURKE
Robert HUTH616Faitout MAOUASSA

Stoke City 3 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,894, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 6½)
5 Gosling, 51 Pellé, 82 RodriguezScorers47 Petersen
51 Tomkins <=> HuthSubstitutions
Sendings off
17 Rodriguez, 45 Vokes, 59 Pellé, 83 MorganBookings
4Corners2
21Fouls16
2Offsides1
6Shots on5
8Shots off9
14Total shots14
3Shots saved4
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
2AARONS's shot beat KUSZCZAK but rebounded off the Birmingham City woodwork.
5GOAL!! The Birmingham City 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from MARESIC and GOSLING managed to stab the ball home. (1-0 Stoke City)
6LIVERMORE knocked the ball to GOSLING who fired it inches wide.
9PUNCHEON headed just beyond the near post.
17RODRIGUEZ receives a yellow card for a poor tackle on QUANER.
19A weak strike from SIMON rolled agonisingly wide.
28WHELAN fluffed an easy chance.
29A shot from MIGUEL VELOSO was smothered by KUSZCZAK.
34A twenty-five yard drive from PUNCHEON caused the Stoke City 'keeper little difficulty.
43A corner fell to RODRIGUEZ who forced the ball over.
45VOKES cautioned by KETTLE for a poor challenge.
45+2A perfect strike from PETERSEN was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
 
47GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from MARESIC gave WHELAN space on the right and PETERSEN rattled in his pin-point pass. (1-1)
50QUANER waltzed past AARONS and poked a tame shot wide.
51GOAL!! A deep corner left KUSZCZAK struggling and PELLÉ knocked the ball over the line. (2-1 Stoke City)
54A cross from LIVERMORE left PELLÉ in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
59KETTLE books PELLÉ.
61Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled HUTH to hit the ball over the bar.
63A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
82GOAL!! A poor shot from RODRIGUEZ seemed to hold no problem for the Birmingham City 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (3-1 Stoke City)
83MORGAN booked.
86WHELAN beat MORGAN and flicked the ball to MARESIC who fumbled his effort wide.