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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 39 (setup 4, season 21)
Hartlepool United
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam COWLER41Steve SIMONSEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Michael DUCKWORTH62Neal EARDLEY
James POOLE63Joe BENNETT
Brad WALKER48Frédéric THOMAS
Nathan AKÉ657Tim REAM
Sam HIRD66Michael WALSH
Matt RITCHIE7Dale STEPHENS
Jesse LINGARD88Adam LALLANA
Craig BEATTIE97Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Chris TAYLOR10Conor SAMMON
Eoin DOYLE611Paul TAYLOR
Manager
Jordan RICHARDS12Gareth OWEN
Cameron MASON13Ryan ROBINSON
Scott MALONE14Jermaine JOHNSON
Gary ROBERTS15Brian WILSON
Rhoys WIGGINS616Gary McSHEFFREY

Hartlepool United 1 Stoke City 5
(Half-time: 1-4, Attendance: 7,566, Stadium: Victoria Ground, Referee: Thomas DRAGE 6)
10 BeattieScorers9 Lallana, 18 Lallana, 22 Lallana, 31 Stephens, 61 Jutkiewicz
82 Walker <=> WigginsSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings90+2 Bennett
2Corners2
5Fouls8
4Offsides7
1Shots on5
5Shots off11
6Total shots16
0Shots saved0
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Neal EARDLEY
5A penalty box meleé resulted in DOYLE driving a low shot over.
7TAYLOR beat a number of Hartlepool United players and stroked a golden opportunity over the bar.
9GOAL!! A deep corner left the Hartlepool United 'keeper struggling and LALLANA knocked the ball into the net. (1-0 Stoke City)
10GOAL!! A long goal-kick from DUCKWORTH caught the Stoke City defence square and BEATTIE rushed through to easily score. (1-1)
15A corner was collected by JUTKIEWICZ who forced the ball wide.
18GOAL!! After STEPHENS was bundled over the referee waved play-on and LALLANA went on to easily score. (2-1 Stoke City)
19RITCHIE knocked the ball to BEATTIE who turned it over the bar.
22GOAL!! . (3-1 Stoke City)
25STEPHENS made space on the right and knocked the ball to LALLANA who rasped the ball over.
31GOAL!! An inswinging corner was headed clear only for STEPHENS to fire the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Stoke City)
34LALLANA fluffed a simple chance.
36A good ball from BENNETT on the right bobbled toward LALLANA who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
39RITCHIE ran onto a delightful ball from WALKER but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post.
42DOYLE shot wide.
43A poor shot from SAMMON rolled agonisingly wide.
45+3Uncertainty in the Hartlepool United defence enabled TAYLOR to crack the ball just beyond the near post.
 
51SAMMON hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
61GOAL!! A delightful drive from LALLANA was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as JUTKIEWICZ who slammed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (5-1 Stoke City)
68A good effort from TAYLOR scraped the outside of the post.
70A free-kick from BEATTIE flew inches over.
81STEPHENS beat LINGARD and placed the ball to JUTKIEWICZ who fumbled his effort wide.
84LALLANA fired a looping shot just beyond the near post from thirty yards out.
90+2BENNETT booked for gamesmanship.