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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 44 (setup 1, season 29)
Stoke City
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
David OSPINA Ramírez717Tom HEATON
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Dusan BASTA2Martin KELLY
Aaron CRESSWELL37Jonny EVANS
MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO4Darren FLETCHER
Robert HUTH57Ryan SHAWCROSS
Wes MORGAN767Mark NOBLE
NGolo KANTÉ7Michail ANTONIO
Rolando AARONS8Christian PULISIC
Peter CROUCH79Brown IDEYE Aide
Karim BELLARABI107Clinton N'JIE
Dan GOSLING7117Chris BRUNT
Steve PerryManagerPer Magnusson
Kieran TRIPPIER12Craig CATHCART
Tim KRUL13Etrit BERISHA
Federico FERNÁNDEZ14Joe LEDLEY
Muhamed BESIC156Wayne ROUTLEDGE
Etienne CAPOUE16Isaac SUCCESS Ajayi

Stoke City 3 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 53,844, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Andre MARRINER 6½, TV: highlights)
19 Cresswell, 35 Crouch, 70 BellarabiScorers79 Ideye
Substitutions66 Brunt <=> Routledge, 66 N'Jie <=> Success
Sendings off
81 MorganBookings
4Corners9
5Fouls16
3Offsides5
4Shots on8
9Shots off7
13Total shots15
1Shots saved6
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Dusan BASTA
10A thirty yard drive from PULISIC caused the Stoke City 'keeper no problem.
12The 'keeper managed to block an amazing shot.
19GOAL!! A cross from BASTA was touched away by NOBLE only for BELLARABI to fire the ball back into the box for CRESSWELL to force over the line. (1-0 Stoke City)
20N'JIE beat HUTH and drove the ball to ANTONIO who toe-poked his shot wide.
24A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing HEATON.
28PULISIC fired the ball through a crowd of players but OSPINA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
32BELLARABI blasted a left foot shot just wide from just outside the area.
35GOAL!! A neat one-two left CROUCH clear and he made no mistake by flicking the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-0 Stoke City)
37Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled IDEYE to fire the ball wide.
39BELLARABI ran onto a great ball from KANTÉ but fired his effort wide.
42IDEYE worked the ball to PULISIC, N'JIE gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
43MIGUEL VELOSO shot over.
45+1A fine ball from KELLY on the right found IDEYE who mishit his shot wide.
 
59MIGUEL VELOSO played the ball to BELLARABI who touched it wide.
62A penalty box scramble resulted in BELLARABI tapping a low shot over.
65A wonderful save prevented IDEYE from scoring an exceptional goal.
66NOBLE was put clear by EVANS and he turned OSPINA but drilled his shot inches wide.
70GOAL!! A tackle from ANTONIO gave Stoke City a free-kick thirty yards out which BELLARABI drove past HEATON. (3-0 Stoke City)
71A poor shot from SUCCESS bounced agonisingly wide.
75KANTÉ snapped at a simple chance.
79GOAL!! An energetic NOBLE ran down the right wing and dragged the ball back for IDEYE to crack home. (3-1 Stoke City)
81MORGAN booked for a bad tackle on EVANS.