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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 25 (setup 4, season 28)
WBA
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Marc-André TER STEGEN1Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig DAWSON2Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Nicolai Møller BOILESEN73Giorgio CHIELLINI
Mario GÖTZE4Samir NASRI
Jonny EVANS856Mario GOMEZ
Kieran GIBBS6John BOSTOCK
Jonathan LEKO67Stevan JOVETIC
Sam FIELD688Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Darren FLETCHER69Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
Mauro Emanuel ICARDI610Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Matt PHILLIPS117Danny WELBECK
Manager
OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior12Federico MACHEDA
Ben FOSTER13Jon FLATT
Gareth BARRY14Thomas VERMAELEN
Jay RODRIGUEZ15Dean PARRETT
Claudio Ariel YACOB16MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior

WBA 1 Darlington 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 40,303, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Steve TANNER 5½, TV: live)
87 EvansScorers14 Di María, 70 Welbeck
Substitutions
Sendings off
88 FieldBookings31 Di María
2Corners8
17Fouls8
8Offsides7
4Shots on7
2Shots off9
6Total shots16
3Shots saved5
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Jonny EVANS
1FLETCHER rushed an easy chance.
14GOAL!! On the left wing JOVETIC collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for DI MARÍA to tuck it into the back of the net. (1-0 Darlington)
17A header by DI MARÍA at the near post was comfortably collected by the WBA 'keeper.
27BALOTELLI fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
31Uncertainty in the WBA defence enabled CHIELLINI to thump the ball inches wide.
31The referee books DI MARÍA for a bad challenge.
34CHIELLINI ran onto a great ball from DI MARÍA but dragged his effort wide.
38TER STEGEN did well to hold onto a powerful strike from DI MARÍA.
40A lovely effort from CHIELLINI scraped the upright.
41LLORIS dived to his left to stop a lovely drive from WBA's FLETCHER.
45+2DI MARÍA brought the ball away from FIELD and stroked a poor shot past the post.
 
50An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by BOILESEN.
51A cross from NASRI left JOVETIC in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
55DI MARÍA rattled an easy chance past the far post.
56DI MARÍA nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
57A deadly shot from FLETCHER was stopped by LLORIS.
60A shot from PACO ALCÁCER was headed off the line by DAWSON.
63DI MARÍA shot wide.
64DI MARÍA's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
70GOAL!! WELBECK hit a curling twenty-five yard shot past the hapless TER STEGEN. (2-0 Darlington)
80A penalty box meleé resulted in WELBECK cracking the ball over.
82ICARDI was put clear by FIELD and he turned the Darlington 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide.
87GOAL!! A one-handed save from LLORIS enabled EVANS to force the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Darlington)
88FIELD booked.