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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 21 (setup 4, season 28)
Stoke City
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack BUTLAND17Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Brian WILSON62Lee TOMLIN
Josh TYMON3Joe BENNETT
Joe ALLEN74Ibrahim AFELLAY
Christian KABASELE85Loïc DAMOUR
Kurt ZOUMA766Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Papa Alioune NDIAYE7Matty KENNEDY
Dale STEPHENS8Joe RALLS
Adama DIOMANDE79Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
Charlie ADAM10Peter CROUCH
Saido BERAHINO7116Danny WARD
Manager
Ryan SHAWCROSS12Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING
Joe BURSIK13Jonas LÖSSL
Nikolay BODUROV14Kenneth ZOHORE
CHO Won-hee15Lee CAMP
Fontaine Ndanu 'Julien' NGOY Bin Cibambi16Gary MADINE

Stoke City 2 Cardiff City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,424, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 6½)
31 Kabasele, 50 StephensScorers16 Decordova-Reid
Substitutions77 Tomlin <=> Zohore
Sendings off
12 Stephens, 32 Wilson, 54 Ndiaye, 90+2 BerahinoBookings19 Crouch, 63 Ward
4Corners2
13Fouls19
8Offsides6
7Shots on4
4Shots off8
11Total shots12
5Shots saved3
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Christian KABASELE
4The bemused KARIUS stared in disbelief as a backpass from CROUCH dropped just over.
12STEPHENS receives a yellow card by WHITESTONE for a clinical foul.
15KARIUS saved a neatly crafted shot from STEPHENS.
16GOAL!! A shot from DECORDOVA-REID flew through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted BUTLAND. (1-0 Cardiff City)
17DIOMANDE beat GUNNARSSON but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
19A high tackle gets CROUCH a yellow card.
24A shot from WARD was kicked off the line by WILSON.
26A brilliant strike from TYMON was dealt with by a fine parry from KARIUS.
28A good ball from WARD on the left fell to CROUCH who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
31GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled KABASELE to crack the ball into the net. (1-1)
32The ref yellow cards WILSON for a clumsy challenge.
41NDIAYE charged through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
44A good effort from DECORDOVA-REID scraped the top of the crossbar.
 
48CROUCH brought the ball away from WILSON and rifled a weak shot well wide.
50GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly slammed in off the post by STEPHENS. (2-1 Stoke City)
54NDIAYE receives a yellow card for a late tackle on TOMLIN.
58The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Cardiff City's DECORDOVA-REID.
63A clinical tackle on ZOUMA by WARD results in a booking.
80An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Cardiff City 'keeper by STEPHENS.
82A corner found DAMOUR who nodded the ball over.
88ZOHORE blasted a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
90+2BERAHINO booked.