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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 1 (setup 1, season 28)
Stoke City
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Sean JOHNSON17YOEL Rodríguez Oterino
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Kieran TRIPPIER827Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno
Ashley COLE735Philippe SENDEROS
Steven GERRARD47Jeff HENDRICK
Joleon LESCOTT85Jores OKORE
Alberto LOPO García66Ander MURILLO García
RÔMULO Souza Orestes Caldeira77Phil McGRATH
Shane FERGUSON886Junior HOILETT
Peter CROUCH89GÖKHAN Ünal
MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO610Zakarya BERGDICH
Jamie VARDY11Dudley CAMPBELL
Manager
Georginio WIJNALDUM12Alexander MERKEL
Chris KIRKLAND13RENAN Brito Soares
Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI14Joe CARDLE
Solomon MARCH156Lee LUCAS
Kalu UCHE16Jack COLLISON

Stoke City 1 Cardiff City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 36,523, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Steve BRATT 6½)
89p CrouchScorers
Substitutions90 McGrath <=> Lucas
Sendings off
Bookings43 Senderos
7Corners2
4Fouls17
0Offsides0
9Shots on1
8Shots off3
17Total shots4
7Shots saved1
65%Possession35%
Man of the match: RÔMULO Souza Orestes Caldeira
2A pin-point pass found CROUCH and his looping effort went narrowly over.
13COLE beat four Cardiff City players and slammed an effort just beyond the near post.
14The Cardiff City 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
17CROUCH turned HOILETT but slammed the ball into the arms of YOEL.
19FERGUSON rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Cardiff City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
26RÔMULO floated the ball to MIGUEL VELOSO who touched it inches wide.
37HOILETT's shot was well held by the Stoke City 'keeper.
43A poor challenge on MIGUEL VELOSO by SENDEROS results in a booking.
 
49CROUCH dribbled away from OKORE and rifled a tame shot over the bar.
54GERRARD hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
57Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled GÖKHAN to thump the ball just wide.
66The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Stoke City's FERGUSON.
67MCGRATH stabbed a simple chance past the far post.
71GERRARD worked the ball to FERGUSON, VARDY collected his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
75A good ball from VARDY on the left bobbled toward MIGUEL VELOSO who scuffed his shot wide.
77The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from VARDY.
78A delightful save prevented VARDY from scoring a lovely goal.
82A penalty box meleé resulted in SENDEROS tapping the ball over.
85An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of YOEL by FERGUSON.
89GOAL!! A foul on FERGUSON inside the area gave Stoke City a penalty which CROUCH made look easy.
90+3FERGUSON shot over.
90+4FERGUSON headed just beyond the far post.