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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 37 (setup 5, season 17)
Stoke City
v.
WBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack BUTLAND716Geoffrey JOURDREN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Davide ZAPPACOSTA26Craig DAWSON
Erik PIETERS73Kieran GIBBS
Darren FLETCHER4Grzegorz KRYCHOWIAK
Bruno MARTINS-INDI5Jonny EVANS
Ryan SHAWCROSS6Ahmed HEGAZY
Ibrahim AFELLAY77James MORRISON
Xherdan SHAQIRI887Nacer CHADLI
Peter CROUCH97José 'Salomón' RONDÓN Giménez
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING107Gareth BARRY
JESÉ Rodríguez Ruiz611Matt PHILLIPS
Manager
Geoff CAMERON12Gareth McAULEY
Lee GRANT13Boaz MYHILL
Saido BERAHINO14Mohamed DIAMÉ
Kurt ZOUMA15Chris BRUNT
Glen JOHNSON16Jake LIVERMORE

Stoke City 3 WBA 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 28,108, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Anthony TAYLOR 5½)
14 Shaqiri, 35 Pieters, 38 ZappacostaScorers10 Morrison, 55 Rondón
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners0
10Fouls3
2Offsides3
7Shots on5
4Shots off9
11Total shots14
3Shots saved3
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Xherdan SHAQIRI
1The bemused JOURDREN stared in disbelief as a backpass from MORRISON dropped just over.
10PIETERS rushed through the WBA defence but shot straight at JOURDREN.
10GOAL!! After being forced wide MORRISON managed to hammer the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 WBA)
14GOAL!! An imaginative MARTINS-INDI played a wonderful ball down the left to SHAQIRI who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)
15A free-kick from MORRISON raced over.
16BUTLAND did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BARRY.
21JOURDREN saved a lovely strike from AFELLAY.
23EVANS snapped at a simple chance.
24MORRISON floated the ball to CHADLI who forced it just wide.
35GOAL!! MARTINS-INDI drove a wicked shot against the upright with PIETERS knocking in the rebound. (2-1 Stoke City)
38GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by JESÉ who setup ZAPPACOSTA with a simple chance. (3-1 Stoke City)
 
49SHAQIRI ran onto a wonderful ball from FLETCHER but pulled his shot wide.
49KRYCHOWIAK beat PIETERS and hit the ball to BARRY who fumbled his shot wide.
52The WBA 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Stoke City's SHAQIRI.
54RONDÓN shot wide.
55GOAL!! A GIBBS run down the middle resulted in a lovely cross for RONDÓN to volley in. (3-2 Stoke City)
63BUTLAND was able to block a weak header from PHILLIPS.
67A mix up in the WBA defence enabled AFELLAY to volley the ball inches over.
68A penalty box meleé resulted in CROUCH driving a low shot wide.
74GIBBS headed over the bar.
75GIBBS was put clear by HEGAZY and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
79A deadly shot from JESÉ was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
83CHADLI fired the ball through a ruck of players but BUTLAND was a match for it as he dived to his left.
86PHILLIPS made space on the left and touched the ball to CHADLI who fired the ball wide.
90+1A tame shot from RONDÓN bounced agonisingly wide.