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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 45 (setup 4, season 28)
Stoke City
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack BUTLAND1Mario 'Sebastián' VIERA Galaín
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom EDWARDS2Pablo Javier ZABALETA
Nikolay BODUROV638Ben DAVIES
Giannelli IMBULA Wanga48MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
Ryan SHAWCROSS57Marvin MATIP
Ashley WILLIAMS666Paul HUNTINGTON
Joe ALLEN7Ben PEARSON
Dale STEPHENS87Henri SAIVET
Peter CROUCH9Morten Duncan RASMUSSEN
Papa Alioune NDIAYE10Josh HARROP
BOJAN Krkic Pérez11Salomon KALOU
Manager
Charlie ADAM12Luka VUCKO
Joe BURSIK13Paul GALLAGHER
Adama DIOMANDE14Ricardo Manuel Ferriera Sousa, CADÚ
Paul TAYLOR15Brandon BARKER
Fontaine Ndanu 'Julien' NGOY Bin Cibambi16Connor SIMPSON

Stoke City 3 Preston North End 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 27,831, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7)
22 Stephens, 52 Imbula, 74 NdiayeScorers35 Mario Suárez
59 Edwards <=> NgoySubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners1
4Fouls3
3Offsides11
12Shots on5
7Shots off7
19Total shots12
7Shots saved3
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Ben DAVIES
1CROUCH shot wide.
5A neatly crafted pass from BOJAN, was lashed goalbound by IMBULA only for VIERA to claw away.
8A delightful shot from CROUCH was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
10A cross from ALLEN left NDIAYE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
12The Preston North End 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked effort.
22GOAL!! Stoke City's STEPHENS beat three defenders before firing just inside the Preston North End 'keeper's far post. (1-0 Stoke City)
27A strike from ALLEN held no problem for VIERA.
33BOJAN stroked an easy chance past the near post.
35GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from RASMUSSEN gave KALOU space on the left and MARIO SUÁREZ stroked in his pin-point pass. (1-1)
37CROUCH's shot was well saved by the Preston North End 'keeper.
41STEPHENS rushed through the Preston North End defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
45+2ZABALETA ran onto a wonderful ball from HARROP but toe-poked his effort wide.
 
49BOJAN made space on the left and touched the ball to ALLEN who clipped the ball wide.
50HARROP drilled a deadly shot over from close range.
52GOAL!! A neat one-two left IMBULA clear and he made no mistake by expertly chipping the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Stoke City)
52A good effort from RASMUSSEN scraped the upright.
56EDWARDS's shot was well held by VIERA.
63A shot from BODUROV was smothered by the Preston North End 'keeper.
64A useful ball from BODUROV on the right found IMBULA who scuffed his shot wide.
66BUTLAND saved a lovely strike from RASMUSSEN.
74GOAL!! Uncertainty between DAVIES and the 'keeper allowed NDIAYE to tap the ball into the empty net. (3-1 Stoke City)
87HARROP's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Stoke City woodwork.