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Commentary

0¹ JATTA pulled away from PAVLOVIC but flicked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 1¹ VAN DE VEN beat three Bradford City players and blasted an effort inches over. 4¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed SESKO to touch the ball to DOUÉ who drove a left foot shot into the net. (1-0 Stoke City) 13¹ GABRIEL brought the ball round COLWILL and poked a weak shot well wide. 14¹ SARMIENTO was put clear by ANGELIÑO and he beat HRÁDECKÝ but glanced his shot over. 16¹ The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from FLORENZI fell just wide. 21¹ GOAL!! A long ball from SESKO down the middle found the lurking YAMAL who whacked a right foot shot into the net. (2-0 Stoke City) 21¹ An exceptional effort from JATTA scraped the top of the crossbar. 26¹ GABRIEL ran onto a great ball from SMITH ROWE but dragged his shot wide of the righthand post. 28¹ The Stoke City 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from JATTA. 33¹ ZAÏRE-EMERY knocked the ball to SESKO who flicked it over. 38¹ A free-kick from ALEX SANDRO went over the bar. 39¹ A twenty-five yard shot from ALEX SANDRO caused the 'keeper little difficulty. 41¹ GOAL!! A terrible backpass by ALEX SANDRO enabled YAMAL to run in and fire the ball past BOUNOU. (3-0 Stoke City) 43¹ SARMIENTO beat PAVLOVIC and flicked the ball to ZAKARIA who fired his shot wide. 44¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in BAKAYOKO driving a low shot over. 47¹ A mix up in the Bradford City defence enabled YAMAL to volley an effort over the bar. 5² A cross from SARMIENTO left SMITH ROWE in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 6² ALEX SANDRO headed the ball wide from just inside the area. 20² SIMONS made space on the left and pulled the ball to SESKO who fired the ball over. 25² A header from SMITH ROWE was hoofed off the line by COLWILL. 26² ANGELIÑO stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post. 40² LE NORMAND shot wide.

Bradford City   League position: - Home league form: LWOL Overall league form: LXWOLLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Yassine BOUNOU 5½ 1 6  Lukás HRÁDECKÝ Alessandro FLORENZI 7½ 2 7  Levi COLWILL ANGELIÑO 7  3 6  Aleksandar PAVLOVIC Denis ZAKARIA 8½ 4 7  Warren ZAÏRE-EMERY ALEX SANDRO Lobo 7  5 6½ Robin LE NORMAND(c) Owen WIJNDAL 7  6 7  Mickey VAN DE VEN Jeremy SARMIENTO 6½ 7 7  Johan BAKAYOKO(f) Emile SMITH ROWE 6½ 8 6½ Désiré DOUÉ (p)Alassana JATTA 6½ 9 6  Benjamin SESKO (f)Hákon HARALDSSON 7  10 6½ Xavi SIMONS GABRIEL Barbosa 7½ 11 7  Lamine YAMAL(p) Manager Anthony ABBEY Hugo GUILLAMÓN    12    Luka VUSKOVIC Senne LAMMENS    13    Michele DI GREGORIO Marco VERRATTI    14    Sverre NYPAN Bobby POINTON 7  15    Malick FOFANA Linus GECHTER    16    Alexander ISAK

Stoke City   League position: 7 Away league form: WWLO Overall league form: WLWLWLLO Formation: 4-4-2

Stoke City go through to the next round

Statistics

Bradford City 0 Stoke City 3 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 25,026, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 7½)   Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Doué 4¹, Yamal 21¹, Yamal 41¹ WijndalóPointon 15²           6 11 4 9 3 17 4 3 9 7 13 10 4 0 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Denis Zakaria ¶