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Commentary
1¹GOAL!! With his back to goal SAMMON turned and rattled the ball past the Grimsby Town 'keeper. (1-0 Stoke City)
4¹GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by BABOS, EARDLEY was first to the loose ball and played the ball to McANUFF to slip home. (2-0 Stoke City)
6¹LOURENÇO booked for gamesmanship.
8¹A header from McANUFF was hoofed off the line by McCORMACK.
11¹BENNETT snapped at an easy chance.
15¹CONNOLLY rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
25¹GOAL!! A tackle from CENTURIÓN gave Stoke City a free-kick twenty yards out which JOHNSON slammed past BABOS. (3-0 Stoke City)
26¹EARDLEY receives a yellow card by the ref for a late challenge.
32¹GOAL!! A corner shot into the goalmouth and CENTURIÓN fumbled the ball into his own net. (4-0 Stoke City)
33¹COOPER beat a number of Stoke City players and stroked a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
35¹GOAL!! JOHNSON tried to play the ball out of the Stoke City penalty area but was tackled by STERJOVSKI who touched the ball to CENTURIÓN for an easy goal. (4-1 Stoke City)
37¹A penalty box meleé resulted in IASHVILI tapping a low shot over.
7²SAMMON touched the ball through a crowd of players but BABOS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
7²STEPHENS floated the ball to EARDLEY who forced it just beyond the far post.
9²GRONDIN worked the ball to IASHVILI, COOPER latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
11²JUTKIEWICZ booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
13²GOAL!! A delightful ball from OWEN left THOMAS in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to SAMMON to score. (5-1 Stoke City)
16²The referee cautions BABOS.
20²JUTKIEWICZ beat CENTURIÓN and whacked the ball to THOMAS who fired his effort wide.
21²McCORMACK booked.
26²A weak shot from McANUFF trickled agonisingly wide.
33²The ref books CENTURIÓN for dangerous play against BENNETT.
41²BENNETT shot over.

 
Stoke City
 
League position: 15
Home league form: WWXL
Overall league form: LWWWXLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Steve SIMONSEN6½16½Gábor BABOS(c)
Neal EARDLEY7 26½Matthew CONNOLLY
Joe BENNETT8 35½Emanuel CENTURIÓN
(c)Frédéric THOMAS7½47½Christophe GRONDIN
Wayne THOMAS7 57½Patrik GERRBRAND
Gareth OWEN4½65½Alan McCORMACK
Dale STEPHENS7½77 Mile STERJOVSKI
Jobi McANUFF7½86½Aleksandr IASHVILI
(p)Conor SAMMON7½97 Kenny COOPER(p)
(f)Jermaine JOHNSON7 105½Lukás MAGERA(f)
Lucas JUTKIEWICZ6 116½Luís LOURENÇO
Manager
Gary McSHEFFREY  12  Michael COLLINS
Ryan ROBINSON  13  Yves Makabu MA-KALAMBAY
Paul TAYLOR  14  Leon BARNETT
Gareth ROBERTS  15  Levan KOBIASHVILI
Brian WILSON6½166 Adam ROONEY
 
Grimsby Town
 
League position: 11
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: XWXXWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Stoke City 5 Grimsby Town 1
(Half-time: 4-1, Attendance: 21,913, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Mark Clattenburg 6)

Sammon 1¹, McAnuff 4¹, Johnson 25¹, Centurión 32¹ (og), Sammon 13²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Centurión 35¹
OwenóWilson 20²LourençoóRooney 1²
  
Eardley 26¹Lourenço 6¹, Babos 16², McCormack 21², Centurión 33²
17
1213
86
72
63
135
21
54%46%
Man of the match: Joe Bennett