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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 2 (setup 5, season 18)
Stoke City
v.
WBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Jack BUTLAND17Geoffrey JOURDREN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Davide ZAPPACOSTA727Allan-Roméo NYOM
Erik PIETERS37Kieran GIBBS
Darren FLETCHER47Gareth BARRY
Bruno MARTINS-INDI757Jonny EVANS
Ryan SHAWCROSS6Ahmed HEGAZY
Ibrahim AFELLAY77Mohamed DIAMÉ
Xherdan SHAQIRI78Matt PHILLIPS
Peter CROUCH896José 'Salomón' RONDÓN Giménez
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING610Grzegorz KRYCHOWIAK
JESÉ Rodríguez Ruiz11Hal ROBSON-KANU
Manager
Geoff CAMERON12Craig DAWSON
Lee GRANT13Boaz MYHILL
Saido BERAHINO147Claudio Ariel YACOB
Kurt ZOUMA15Nacer CHADLI
Glen JOHNSON16Jake LIVERMORE

Stoke City 1 WBA 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 28,041, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Pavel NOVOTNÝ 6½)
82 CrouchScorers
Substitutions82 Phillips <=> Yacob
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
13Fouls3
13Offsides9
8Shots on5
6Shots off10
14Total shots15
7Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Erik PIETERS
2A twenty-five yard shot from CROUCH caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
6PHILLIPS's shot beat BUTLAND but rebounded off the Stoke City upright.
8AFELLAY ran onto a great ball from FLETCHER but pulled his shot wide.
10PIETERS headed wide.
13A good effort from ROBSON-KANU scraped the top of the crossbar.
14A penalty box scramble resulted in NYOM cracking a low shot wide.
17A cross from FLETCHER left SHAQIRI in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
18RONDÓN drilled a right foot shot wide from long range.
28A shot from ROBSON-KANU was hoofed off the line by PIETERS.
36The 'keeper managed to block an amazing shot.
39GIBBS dribbled round SHAQIRI and stroked a poor shot over.
39A useful ball from AFELLAY on the left was collected by CROUCH who mishit his shot over.
44A drive from CROUCH seemed a certain goal but JOURDREN managed to force the ball clear.
 
54The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from CROUCH.
56The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from PHILLIPS.
60PHILLIPS was put clear by EVANS and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
62JESÉ worked the ball to AFELLAY, SHAQIRI controlled his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of JOURDREN.
69A pin-point pass was collected by RONDÓN and his looping effort floated narrowly over.
77EVANS fluffed an easy chance.
82GOAL!! A mishit PIETERS shot fell to CROUCH who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-0 Stoke City)
87CROUCH stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post.
88PIETERS clipped the ball through a crowd of players but JOURDREN was a match for it as he dived to his right.