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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 9 (setup 4, season 17)
Stoke City
v.
Hereford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve SIMONSEN717Petr BREZOVAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Neal EARDLEY82Ben PURKISS
Joe BENNETT3Stefan STAM
Frédéric THOMAS846Rob PURDIE
Clarke CARLISLE85James TUNNICLIFFE
Wayne THOMAS6Troy ARCHIBALD-HENVILLE
Brian WILSON7Joe COLBECK
Jobi McANUFF86Sam CLUCAS
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ96Nathan ELDER
Bjarni Eggerts GUĐJÓNSSON106Harry PELL
Conor SAMMON11Delroy FACEY
Manager
Gareth ROBERTS12Michael TOWNSEND
Nicky WEAVER13Adam BARTLETT
Gareth OWEN14Sean CANHAM
Gary McSHEFFREY15Will EVANS
Adam LALLANA16James McQUILKIN

Stoke City 5 Hereford United 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 20,785, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 7½)
10 McAnuff, 31og Tunnicliffe, 47 Bennett, 75 McAnuff, 88 SammonScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners3
5Fouls5
18Offsides12
11Shots on5
9Shots off3
20Total shots8
5Shots saved5
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Jobi McANUFF
2JUTKIEWICZ's shot was well saved by the Hereford United 'keeper.
4A penalty box scramble resulted in SAMMON tapping the ball over.
8WILSON headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
10GOAL!! A long clearance by the Stoke City 'keeper beat the Hereford United defence and MCANUFF slammed the ball past the advancing BREZOVAN. (1-0 Stoke City)
22A refined cross from FACEY, was tapped goalbound by CLUCAS only for SIMONSEN to palm clear.
28BREZOVAN did well to hold onto an amazing shot from GUĐJÓNSSON.
30A header by COLBECK at the far post was easily collected by SIMONSEN.
31GOAL!! A corner was fired through the penalty area and TUNNICLIFFE fumbled the ball into his own net.
36PELL made space on the left and pulled the ball to PURDIE who touched the ball wide.
44A corner was collected by ELDER who turned an effort inches over.
 
47GOAL!! A cross from THOMAS was headed away by TUNNICLIFFE only for MCANUFF to drill the ball back into the box for BENNETT to force into the net. (3-0 Stoke City)
53A accurate pass bobbled toward BENNETT and his right foot effort raced narrowly over.
55GUĐJÓNSSON galloped through the Hereford United defence but shot straight at the Hereford United 'keeper.
56An exceptional strike from JUTKIEWICZ was dealt with by a useful block from BREZOVAN.
59The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Stoke City's GUĐJÓNSSON.
62A weak shot from CARLISLE rolled agonisingly wide.
63ELDER beat GUĐJÓNSSON but placed the ball into the arms of the Stoke City 'keeper.
73SAMMON worked the ball to GUĐJÓNSSON, MCANUFF latched onto his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of BREZOVAN.
74MCANUFF dribbled away from TUNNICLIFFE and stroked a weak shot over.
75GOAL!! Unlucky THOMAS hit the upright before MCANUFF rattled the ball into the net as PURKISS failed to clear. (4-0 Stoke City)
84EARDLEY beat two Hereford United players and blasted a great chance wide.
88GOAL!! A tackle from TUNNICLIFFE gave Stoke City a free-kick just outside the area which SAMMON drove past the 'keeper. (5-0 Stoke City)