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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 38 (setup 4, season 27)
Stoke City
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack BUTLAND71Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Kurt ZOUMA72Nicolas MARIN
Scott MALONE837Patrick VAN AANHOLT
Charlie ADAM47Rhys WILLIAMS
Christian KABASELE85Vegard FORREN
Ryan SHAWCROSS86Joost VAN AKEN
John OSTER77Felipe TEIXEIRA
Dale STEPHENS887Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Adama DIOMANDE97Sjoerd ARS
Saido BERAHINO6106Danny GRAHAM
BOJAN Krkic Pérez7116Stefan MOORE
Manager
Conor SAMMON12Peter WHITTINGHAM
Lee GRANT13David RAYA Martin
Nikolay BODUROV14Keith TREACY
Stephen IRELAND15JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Paul TAYLOR16MIKEL ALONSO Olano

Stoke City 3 Blackburn Rovers 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 21,533, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Lee PROBERT 6½)
13 Oster, 45 Adam, 59 KabaseleScorers68 Ars
Substitutions
Sendings off
19 BojanBookings
4Corners4
3Fouls8
9Offsides3
7Shots on4
5Shots off4
12Total shots8
4Shots saved3
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Charlie ADAM
1TEIXEIRA nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
9The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from STEPHENS.
10A deadly shot from BOJAN was tipped over by SAMASSA.
11A shot from SHAWCROSS held little difficulty for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
13GOAL!! A strike from MALONE was booted off the line only for OSTER to slip the ball in. (1-0 Stoke City)
17BUTLAND did well to hold onto a wicked shot from ARS.
19PROBERT books BOJAN for a late challenge.
23ZOUMA's shot beat SAMASSA but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers woodwork.
39STEPHENS stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
40A corner bobbled toward SHAWCROSS who nodded the ball inches wide.
45GOAL!! . (2-0 Stoke City)
 
55A shot from MOORE seemed a certain goal but the Stoke City 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
59GOAL!! KABASELE dribbled forward, looked up and slammed a shot into the Blackburn Rovers net. (3-0 Stoke City)
60A shot from ARS was smothered by the 'keeper.
67DIOMANDE made space on the right and knocked the ball to STEPHENS who touched the ball over.
68GOAL!! ADAM tried to play the ball out of the Stoke City penalty area but was tackled by GRAHAM who fired the ball to ARS for an easy goal. (3-1 Stoke City)
69A good effort from DIOMANDE scraped the woodwork.
75A weak strike from OVIEDO rolled agonisingly wide.
79Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled TEIXEIRA to crack the ball just wide.
80ARS dribbled round MALONE and poked a weak shot over.
81A free-kick from STEPHENS floated over.