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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 8 (setup 5, season 17)
Stoke City
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Lee GRANT81Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian TRÄSCH728Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Bruno MARTINS-INDI738MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Charlie ADAM48NGolo KANTÉ
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada65Gary CAHILL
Ryan SHAWCROSS66Branislav IVANOVIC
Geoff CAMERON677RAMIRES Santos do Nascimento
Xherdan SHAQIRI68Eden HAZARD
Peter CROUCH697DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Saido BERAHINO6107Francesc FABREGAS Soler
BOJAN Krkic Pérez11Robert KENEDY Nunes do Nascimento
Manager
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING12WILLIAN Borges da Silva
Jack BUTLAND13Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Erik PIETERS14Matt MIAZGA
Stephen IRELAND15Marco VAN GINKEL
Kevin WIMMER16Todd KANE

Stoke City 2 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 28,159, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Mark CLATTENBURG 6½, TV: highlights)
3 Crouch, 88 CrouchScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners7
3Fouls7
3Offsides11
2Shots on8
4Shots off7
6Total shots15
0Shots saved7
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
3GOAL!! Uncertainty between AZPILICUETA and COURTOIS allowed CROUCH to tap the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Stoke City)
4A poor shot from RAMIRES bounced agonisingly wide.
6DIEGO COSTA stroked an easy chance past the near post.
8A drive from DIEGO COSTA seemed a certain goal but the Stoke City 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
12Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled HAZARD to volley the ball just wide.
35CAMERON beat two Chelsea players and thundered a shot wide.
37MARTINS-INDI was put clear by SHAQIRI and he stepped inside the 'keeper but struck his shot over.
42KENEDY made space on the left and pulled the ball to DIEGO COSTA who clipped the ball wide.
 
52A corner bobbled toward DIEGO COSTA who forced the ball over.
55A shot from FABREGAS was nodded off the line by SHAWCROSS.
56SHAQIRI headed just wide.
56An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Stoke City 'keeper by DIEGO COSTA.
57A left foot shot from MARCOS ALONSO was blocked by GRANT.
58A shot from MARCOS ALONSO was smothered by the 'keeper.
63A cross from HAZARD left KANTÉ in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
66A twenty yard shot from DIEGO COSTA caused the Stoke City 'keeper little difficulty.
67MARTINS-INDI blasted a deadly shot wide from close range.
72A header by DIEGO COSTA at the near post was easily collected by GRANT.
76The Stoke City 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort.
87A good effort from FABREGAS scraped the outside of the post.
88GOAL!! CROUCH hit a beautiful twenty yard shot past the hapless COURTOIS. (2-0 Stoke City)