| 1¹ | The ref books BROWN for dangerous play against WILMOT. |
| 7¹ | MARTINS-INDI placed a right foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out. |
| 8¹ | LANGSTAFF ran onto a great ball from KALINAUSKAS but dragged his shot wide. |
| 10¹ | A cross from SHAQIRI left WILMOT in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. |
| 14¹ | A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Stoke City 'keeper. |
| 15¹ | A delightful shot from IKPEAZU was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper. |
| 17¹ | A good ball from SHAQIRI on the right fell to CAMPBELL who sliced his effort over. |
| 21¹ | A shot from BECH was smothered by BUTLAND. |
| 25¹ | BECH stroked an easy chance past the far post. |
| 25¹ | ALLEN shot over. |
| 32¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in CAMPBELL cracking a low shot wide. |
| 35¹ | TÓTH was able to claw away a poor shot from SHAQIRI. |
| 36¹ | GOAL!! A strike from BATTH was hoofed off the line only for SHAQIRI to slide the ball home. (1-0 Stoke City)| 12² | GOAL!! ETEBO made space for CAMPBELL who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, glanced the ball past the Grimsby Town 'keeper. (2-0 Stoke City)| 23² | The hapless Stoke City 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from SHAQIRI fell just over. | | 27² | GOAL!! An imaginative JOHNSTON played a wonderful ball down the left to SHAQIRI who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (3-0 Stoke City)| 31² | A delightful save prevented JOHNSTON from scoring a great goal. | | 35² | GOAL!! A long goal-kick from SANDERSON caught the Stoke City defence napping and BECH nipped in to easily score. (3-1 Stoke City)| 43² | A mix up in the Grimsby Town defence enabled CAMPBELL to blast an effort just beyond the near post. | | | | |