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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 5 (setup 4, season 27)
Stoke City
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack BUTLAND516Jon FLATT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Brian WILSON27Kyle WALKER
Scott MALONE3MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior
CHO Won-hee74Luka MODRIC
Ryan SHAWCROSS75Giorgio CHIELLINI
Kurt ZOUMA6Daniele DE ROSSI
John OSTER7Danny WELBECK
Gary McSHEFFREY68Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Adama DIOMANDE79Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Stephen IRELAND6106Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
BOJAN Krkic Pérez11Stevan JOVETIC
Manager
Jobi McANUFF12Samir NASRI
Lee GRANT13Aleksei BEREZUTSKY
Paul TAYLOR14Thomas VERMAELEN
Conor SAMMON15Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Aaron McLEAN16John BOSTOCK

Stoke City 3 Darlington 3
(Half-time: 3-3, Attendance: 27,809, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Clive PENTON 5½)
14 McSheffrey, 30 Diomande, 40 DiomandeScorers11 Welbeck, 19 Balotelli, 43 Balotelli
Substitutions
Sendings off
57 Zouma, 71 Bojan, 71 Butland, 86 Malone, 90 McSheffreyBookings87 Welbeck
1Corners3
14Fouls7
0Offsides0
5Shots on8
4Shots off7
9Total shots15
2Shots saved5
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
11GOAL!! A mishit JOVETIC shot was collected by WELBECK who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Darlington)
14GOAL!! A tackle from PACO ALCÁCER gave Stoke City a free-kick twenty yards out which MCSHEFFREY fired past FLATT. (1-1)
19GOAL!! With his back to goal BALOTELLI turned and poked the ball past BUTLAND. (2-1 Darlington)
21DI MARÍA waltzed away from ZOUMA and rattled a weak shot over the bar.
24A free-kick from BALOTELLI raced inches wide.
28BUTLAND dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Darlington's DI MARÍA.
30GOAL!! A great solo effort from DIOMANDE who beat four defenders before firing the ball into the net. (2-2)
35JOVETIC floated the ball to PACO ALCÁCER who touched it wide.
39OSTER booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
40GOAL!! A mix up between CHIELLINI and the 'keeper allowed DIOMANDE to tap the ball into the empty net. (3-2 Stoke City)
43GOAL!! A patient Darlington side were rewarded with a lovely strike from BALOTELLI. (3-3)
45A cross from MCSHEFFREY left DIOMANDE in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
 
54A brilliant shot from DI MARÍA was dealt with by a useful stop from the Stoke City 'keeper.
56MODRIC beat a number of Stoke City players and blasted an effort over the bar.
57ZOUMA booked.
71BOJAN booked by the ref.
71A bad foul gets BUTLAND a yellow card.
77WELBECK shot wide.
86MALONE booked for arguing with the referee.
87WELBECK cautioned for a clumsy tackle.
89A lovely effort from MCSHEFFREY scraped the outside of the post.
90The ref yellow cards MCSHEFFREY.