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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 13 (setup 1, season 27)
Walsall
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Arran LEE-BARRETT1Chris KIRKLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón27RÔMULO Souza Orestes Caldeira
Robert HUTH637Luke GARBUTT
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA747Jorrit HENDRIX
MAICON Pereira Roque57Niklas SÜLE
Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE68Alberto LOPO García
Gabriel TORJE76Daley SINKGRAVEN
José Antonio REYES Calderón8Jamie MACKIE
Billel OMRANI97John Chukwridi UTAKA
Konstantin ZYRYANOV7107Kalu UCHE
Diego Martín FORLÁN Corazo11Jamie VARDY
ManagerBen Gray
Alejandro POZUELO Melero12Solomon MARCH
Jordan PICKFORD13Jak ALNWICK
WELLINGTON Aparecido Martins14TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI
Alain TRAORÉ15Shane FERGUSON
Timo GEBHART16George SAVILLE

Walsall 1 Stoke City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 23,101, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Russell BOOTH 6½)
52 ReyesScorers45+2 Vardy, 64 Rômulo
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings47 Mackie
4Corners5
4Fouls9
1Offsides13
6Shots on6
9Shots off7
15Total shots13
5Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Alberto LOPO García
1A cross from HENDRIX left UCHE in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
5MACKIE ran onto a wonderful ball from HENDRIX but pulled his shot wide.
7JAVI GARCÍA was put clear by REYES and he turned KIRKLAND but drilled his shot inches wide.
8UCHE beat MAICON and blasted the ball to RÔMULO who blasted his shot wide.
11JAVI GARCÍA worked the ball to FORLÁN, HUTH latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of KIRKLAND.
15Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled REYES to hit the ball inches over.
18JAVI GARCÍA booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
19The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from GARBUTT dropped just wide.
24ZYRYANOV snapped at an easy chance.
27TORJE made space on the left and knocked the ball to REYES who touched the ball wide.
30REYES charged through the Stoke City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
38An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Stoke City 'keeper by ZYRYANOV.
45ZYRYANOV's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Stoke City crossbar.
45+2GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was skillfully stroked into the roof of the net by VARDY. (1-0 Stoke City)
 
47MACKIE receives a yellow card by the ref.
52GOAL!! An energetic TORJE ran down the left wing and pulled the ball back for REYES to hammer home. (1-1)
56A penalty box scramble resulted in ZYRYANOV tapping a low shot wide.
58LEE-BARRETT dived to his left to stop a lovely drive from Stoke City's UTAKA.
64GOAL!! UTAKA drove an amazing shot against the post with RÔMULO knocking in the rebound. (2-1 Stoke City)
81A shot from ZYRYANOV held no problem for KIRKLAND.
88A great effort from THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
89VARDY flicked a right foot shot inches wide from just outside the area.