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Commentary
1¹GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled SHAQIRI to slip the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Stoke City)
2¹A fine ball from SHAQIRI on the left found CAMPBELL who scuffed his effort just wide.
4¹The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SMITH dropped just wide.
5¹NGOY beat two Newport County players and blasted a golden opportunity wide.
9¹WILMOT ran onto a wonderful ball from SHAQIRI but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
10¹JOHNSTON's shot beat WARD but rebounded off the Newport County crossbar.
28¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from SHAQIRI.
32¹GOAL!! A mishit clearance dropped to NELSON who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily JAMES was on hand to blast the ball into the net. (1-1)
36¹A strike from BOGLE held little difficulty for BUTLAND.
37¹A delightful save prevented WILMOT from scoring a great goal.
43¹A left foot effort from SHAQIRI was pushed over by the Newport County 'keeper.
43¹SHAQIRI stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
3²McCLEAN made space on the right and touched the ball to SHAQIRI who fired the ball over.
6²GOAL!! A tackle from NELSON gave Stoke City a free-kick thirty yards out which CAMPBELL stroked past WARD. (2-1 Stoke City)
11²A free-kick from NGOY flew over the bar.
14²NGOY played the ball to JOHNSTON who flicked it just beyond the far post.
15²A corner fell to SHAQIRI who turned an effort just beyond the near post.
18²A cross from LOWE left SHAQIRI in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
21²GOAL!! The Newport County 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from NELSON and SHAQIRI managed to squeeze the ball home. (3-1 Stoke City)
26²SHAQIRI drilled a left foot shot just beyond the far post from close range.
31²SHAQIRI shot over.
35²JAMES touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Stoke City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
40²An exceptional effort from CAMPBELL scraped the top of the crossbar.
43²A accurate pass was collected by BOGLE and his looping effort went narrowly wide.
46²JAMES kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.

 
Stoke City
 
League position: 6
Home league form: WXWO
Overall league form: XWLWXXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Jack BUTLAND7 17 Danny WARD
Max JOHNSTON7 26½Sam CURTIS
Bruno MARTINS-INDI7 38 Lukas ENGEL
Peter ETEBO8 48½Henri SAIVET
Ben WILMOT6½58 Semi AJAYI
Danny BATTH5½67 Ben NELSON
James McCLEAN6 77 Jonny SMITH
Xherdan SHAQIRI8 87½Daniel JAMES(c)
(p)Tyrese CAMPBELL6½96 Omar BOGLE(p)
(f)Nathan LOWE7 106 Ryan HEDGES(f)
Julien NGOY5½115½Makhtar GUEYE
Manager
Alex MIGHTEN  12  Tyler ROBERTS
Daniel PERETZ  13  Jonny WILLIAMS
Tom SPARROW  14  Rhys WILLIAMS
Louis THOMPSON6 15  Jordan WILLIAMS
Connor TAYLOR6½16  Morgan FOX
 
Newport County
 
League position: 24
Away league form: LOLL
Overall league form: WLOLXXLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Stoke City 3 Newport County 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,907, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Aris Galanopoulos 7½)

Shaqiri 1¹, Campbell 6², Shaqiri 21²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
James 32¹
BatthóTaylor 8², LoweóThompson 28² 
  
  
62
1110
53
73
132
205
32
50%50%
Man of the match: Henri Saivet