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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 1 (setup 4, season 27)
Stoke City
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Jack BUTLAND717Mario 'Sebastián' VIERA Galaín
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Brian WILSON26Tony HIBBERT
Scott MALONE83Javier GARRIDO Behobide
Darren FLETCHER46MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
Ryan SHAWCROSS5Marvin MATIP
Kurt ZOUMA76Ricardo Manuel Ferriera Sousa, CADÚ
Charlie ADAM76Gastón Exequiel RAMÍREZ Pereyra
Adam LALLANA78Henri SAIVET
Adama DIOMANDE79Morten Duncan RASMUSSEN
Dale STEPHENS10Alexander TETTEY
BOJAN Krkic Pérez11Salomon KALOU
Manager
Paul TAYLOR12Luka VUCKO
Steve SIMONSEN13Bryan BERGOUGNOUX
Stephen IRELAND14Aiden McGEADY
Nikolay BODUROV15Ilias KYRIAKIDIS
Gary McSHEFFREY16Ryan SMITH

Stoke City 2 Preston North End 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 27,977, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 6½)
5 Diomande, 24 MaloneScorers78 Rasmussen
Substitutions
Sendings off
80 LallanaBookings
4Corners4
7Fouls18
5Offsides4
6Shots on4
8Shots off6
14Total shots10
2Shots saved3
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Scott MALONE
4DIOMANDE beat MATIP and drilled the ball to LALLANA who fumbled his shot wide.
5GOAL!! A swerving inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by DIOMANDE. (1-0 Stoke City)
13A cross from STEPHENS left LALLANA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
16DIOMANDE's shot was well held by the Preston North End 'keeper.
18VIERA dived to his right to block a lovely drive from Stoke City's SHAWCROSS.
20BOJAN headed inches wide.
22A penalty box scramble resulted in RASMUSSEN cracking a low shot wide.
24GOAL!! On the right wing DIOMANDE collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for MALONE to nudge it home. (2-0 Stoke City)
44RASMUSSEN hit a deadly shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
45Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled CADÚ to blast an effort wide.
45+1RASMUSSEN shot wide.
 
49A weak strike from KALOU rolled agonisingly wide.
54TETTEY ran onto a wonderful ball from RAMÍREZ but fired his shot wide of the righthand post.
63A wonderful save prevented GARRIDO from scoring an exceptional goal.
64A header by MALONE at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
65A accurate pass was collected by ZOUMA and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
66LALLANA headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
69ADAM knocked the ball to LALLANA who turned it over.
71STEPHENS worked the ball to BOJAN, DIOMANDE controlled his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
75A fine ball from SHAWCROSS on the left fell to BOJAN who scuffed his effort wide.
76RASMUSSEN's header was well saved by the Stoke City 'keeper.
78GOAL!! A brilliant ball from GARRIDO left RAMÍREZ in the clear, he made BUTLAND commit himself before touching the ball to RASMUSSEN to score. (2-1 Stoke City)
80DRYSDALE books LALLANA.
82The Stoke City 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from RASMUSSEN.
84BOJAN made space on the right and knocked the ball to DIOMANDE who rasped the ball wide.