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Commentary
MAURI brought the ball round HANGELAND and poked a weak shot wide.
10¹MAURI stormed through the Sheffield United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
11¹A fine ball from AFELLAY on the left fell to STANKOVIC who scuffed his shot over.
13¹SCHWARZER was able to block an amazing shot.
18¹A shot from AFELLAY held little difficulty for the Stoke City 'keeper.
22¹MARCELLIS beat a number of Stoke City players and stroked an effort wide.
24¹A clever pass from HEITINGA was flicked goalbound by AFELLAY only for the 'keeper to block.
27¹A penalty box meleé resulted in VAN NISTELROOY driving the ball wide.
31¹The Stoke City 'keeper saved a glorious shot from VAN NISTELROOY.
34¹A shot from AFELLAY seemed a certain goal but SCHWARZER managed to fist the ball clear.
36¹A corner fell to MAURI who fired an effort just beyond the near post.
41¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and MAURI knocked the ball into the net. (1-0 Stoke City)
VAN NISTELROOY clipped the ball through a ruck of players but SCHWARZER was a match for it as he dived to his left.
A twenty yard shot from TROCHOWSKI caused the Sheffield United 'keeper little difficulty.
A header by CANELLA at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
11²A poor strike from TROCHOWSKI bounced agonisingly wide.
28²SIMUNIC ran onto a great ball from HEITINGA but toe-poked his effort wide of the goal.
29²AMAURI was put clear by OSMAN and he beat the Sheffield United 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
31²MAURI shot over.
33²GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Stoke City 'keeper enabled VAN NISTELROOY to head the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
42²HEITINGA's shot beat the Stoke City 'keeper but rebounded off the Stoke City woodwork.

 
Sheffield United
 
League position: -
Home league form: LXXX
Overall league form: LLXXXLLX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Manuel NEUER1Mark SCHWARZER
Dirk MARCELLIS2Andy WILKINSON
Vurnon ANITA3Bart GOOR
John HEITINGA4Hedwiges MADURO(c,f)
(c)Brede HANGELAND5Stephen IRELAND
Josip SIMUNIC6Ryan SHAWCROSS
Andoni IRAOLA7Stefano MAURI
Dejan STANKOVIC8Leon OSMAN
(p)Ruud VAN NISTELROOY9Carvalha AMAURI(p)
(f)Ibrahim AFELLAY10Danny COLLINS
Roberto CANELLA11Piotr TROCHOWSKI
Dan BULLOCKManagerDavid LILLEY
André-Pierre GIGNAC12  Michal SVEC
Thomas SØRENSEN  13  Steve SIMONSEN
Francesco SIGNORI  14  Rory DELAP
Leroy FER  15  Ricardo FULLER
Andrea LUSSARDI  16  Glenn WHELAN
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 9
Away league form: WWWX
Overall league form: LWWWLWXW
Formation: 4-1-3-2

Statistics
Sheffield United 1 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 42,552, Stadium: Bramall Lane, Referee: Steve Tanner 7½)

van Nistelrooy 33²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mauri 4²
CanellaóGignac 20² 
  
  
47
1915
106
126
58
1714
95
46%54%
Man of the match: Brede Hangeland