FOOTBALL Live

Saturday March 14, 2009 Finished Goodison Park

3 - 1

Everton

  • Jo 18’
  • Lescott 24’
  • Fellaini 88’

Stoke City

  • Shawcross 51’

88 comments | Write your comment

  1. Everton hold off Stoke

    Everton hold off Stoke

    Everton survived a second-half scare to win 3-1 against Stoke City in the Premier League at Goodison Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Stoke City
    • 90' It's all over, and Stoke look like they're going to drop into the relegation zone on goal difference.
    • 89' Four minutes of added time to come, but it's all over now.
    • 88' GOAL! Game over! Fellaini scores Everton's third with a deflected effort that gives Sorensen no chance.
    • 86' So close to a third for Everton! Sorensen spilled a long-range Osman effort. Pienaar got to the rebound first - but the Danish stopper makes a great second save to keep Stoke in it.
    • 84' Everton make their second change. Rodwell comes on for Jo.
    • 82' Stoke are still chasing this equaliser. Diao crosses deep into the Everton box from the right, but Howard collects with nobody pressurising him.
    • 80' Stoke make a third and final change. Camara comes on for Lawrence.
    • 79' Pienaar is fed in space just outside the area by Saha - but he shoots over the bar when he should have at least tested the keeper.
    • 77' Everton are back in control now after withstanding that 15-minute spell of pressure from Stoke.
    • 76' Pienaar wastes the corner, curling it over everyone and into touch.
    • 75' Saha tries a pot-shot from the edge of the area. It deflects behind for a corner.
    • 72' Fuller sets up Whelan on the edge of the box...and the Irishman sends a piledriver marginally wide. Great effort from Whelan.
    • 70' Saha almost gets on to the cross from the free kick, but Sorensen collects.
    • 69' Lawrence fouls Baines to the left of the Stoke area. A great chance for Everton to get an effort on goal.
    • 68' Those long Delap throws haven't really been working today so it makes sense to try something a bit different with Etherington.
    • 67' Stoke make another change. Etherington comes on for Delap.
    • 65' Lawrence takes the corner. It comes to Whelan on the edge of the box. He shoots but Jagielka blocks. Diao heads back into the box but Everton clear again.
    • 64' Stoke are well on top. They force another corner.
    • 61' The corner's headed out to Higginbotham on the edge of the box. He shoots - but it's well wide of Howard's right-hand post.
    • 60' Diao unleashes a dipping half-volley from 20 yards out, which is deflected behind for another Stoke corner.
    • 58' So close for Stoke! Lawrence swings the corner into the box, Higginbotham bundles it on and Shawcross is inches from getting a touch to turn the ball in at the far post. As it is, the ball squirms behind for a goal kick.
    • 57' Liam Lawrence wins Stoke a corner on the right.
    • 56' Yobo gets a great head on the Delap throw to clear Everton's lines. But where's this recovery from Stoke come from? They didn't create a single chance in the first half.
    • 55' Now Stoke force a throw on the right. Delap will take it long once again.
    • 54' Stoke win a throw-in on the left in Everton's half. Delap takes it long, but Everton head away.
    • 53' Stoke are going for it. Fuller comes on for Sidibe. Could this be Villa Park all over again?
    • 53' Tim Howard claims this one though. The Everton keeper probably should have done better with the Stoke goal. It was a looping header from Shawcross that wasn't exactly in the corner of the net...Howard made a dramatic dive, but missed the ball completely.
    • 52' And Stoke immediately win another corner. What's going on? Shawcross is trotting up from the back again.
    • 51' GOAL!! Stoke are back in it! Shawcross heads the corner home to cut the deficit for the visitors.
    • 50' Stoke force a corner on the right.
    • 49' Beattie crosses from the right towards Lawrence at the near post. But Howard just gets there first.
    • 48' Jo is up on his feet and seems to be OK.
    • 47' Oooh... Diao catches Jo badly on the ankle with a late tackle. The striker is down. Is Everton's injury hoodoo happening again?
    • 46' Everton have made a change at the break. Louis Saha is on...for Tim Cahill, who presumably had a knock.
    • 46' We're up and running again at Goodison Park.
    • - The teams are out for the second half. There doesn't look to be any chance of Stoke getting back into this, but you never know in football, as Tony Pulis' side proved in their unlikely late comeback at Villa Park recently.
    • 45' Nothing comes from the corner and Andre Marriner brings the first half to an end. Everton are well in control thanks to goals from Jo and Lescott. A great day for David Moyes so far - the Toffees' boss is celebrating seven years in charge at Goodison today.
    • 45' Baines takes the free-kick - and it flies off the wall and behind for a corner.
    • 45' We're into injury time.
    • 45' Diao hauls down Osman on the very edge of the Stoke box on the right. Great chance to score a third here for Everton.
    • 44' Jo curls it towards goal - but it's straight into the wall. Disappointing.
    • 43' Higginbotham foul Jo 30 yards out in the centre of the pitch. It's another shooting opportunity.
    • 40' Everton go close again. Osman was fed inside the box by Jo, and the midfielder tricked his marker Faye to work a yard of space before curling a shot marginally over the crossbar. Good play from Osman - it would have been a lovely goal.
    • 37' Stoke win another throw inside the home side's half. Delap takes it long again, but Everton deal with it no problem. David Moyes' team are one side you'd expect to deal well with Stoke's infamous long throws, and they're doing just that.
    • 34' Baines curls the free-kick straight into Stoke's wall. Phil Neville has a go from the rebound - but it flies way, way over the crossbar.
    • 33' Everton win a free-kick 30 yards from goal in the middle of the pitch. They'll shoot at goal here.
    • 30' Stoke launch a rare attack. Diao crosses from the right byline but Howard reaches it first.
    • 28' Jo and Fellaini link up nicely with a one-two on the edge of the Stoke box - but the Brazilian is just offside.
    • 26' Sorensen was probably at fault for both goals. The first goal from Jo squirmed underneath him, and he really should have caught Cahill's header for the second.
    • 25' Stoke's woeful away form doesn't look like changing today.
    • 24' GOAL!! Lescott pokes home for Everton to make it 2-0 in no time! The initial free-kick into the Stoke box was cleared, but the second ball was whipped in from wide on the right. It was headed goalwards by Cahill, Sorensen palmed it out... but straight to Lescott, who was following in to score.
    • 22' Everton win a free-kick 40 yards out on the left after a foul on Baines by Lawrence. Retribution for the Stoke man perhaps - and he's booked for the foul. Everton will cross this into the Stoke box.
    • 20' He's bleeding, but Lawrence is OK to carry on.
    • 19' Stoke's Liam Lawrence is receiving treatment after Leighton Baines accidentally stood on his head.
    • 18' GOAL!! Jo scores for Everton! The Brazilian was put through on goal by Fellaini, and he shot low and left-footed. Sorensen got a hand to it, but not quite enough, and the ball bobbled over the line.
    • 17' The corner is cleared away.
    • 16' Stoke win another throw inside the Everton half on the right. Delap hurls it into the box - and it's headed behind for a corner.
    • 14' Stoke head the corner clear.
    • 13' Everton break. Pienaar crosses from the left, and Faye heads behind for an Everton corner.
    • 11' Howard collects this one.
    • 10' Stoke win a corner. Lawrence takes it, and Tim Cahill heads out for another corner to te visitors.
    • 9' Stoke win their first throw-in inside the Everton half. That means a long one will be chucked into the box from Rory Delap. Here it comes... but Everton head clear.
    • 8' Fans of Fellaini's massive afro will be disappointed to know that the lookalike for Screech from Saved By The Bell has braided his hair.
    • 7' Chance for Everton! Pienaar crosses from the left byline to Osman - who fires over when well placed.
    • 6' Fellaini tries to play Pienaar in but Stoke clear from the box.
    • 5' Stoke have an absolutely shocking record away from home in the league - no wins, four draws and ten defeats, so anything they get out of this game will be a massive bonus.
    • 4' But Stoke deal with it easily enough.
    • 3' And Everton force an early corner.
    • 2' Everton are seven points behind 4th-placed Villa, and of course all the talk has been about Arsenal nabbing that final Champions League place. But with Villa and Arsenal both in dodgy form in the league, Everton will believe there's a chance of finishing 4th.
    • 1' Ref Andre Marriner blows his whistle to get us under way.
    • - The teams are out and we're seconds away from kick-off.
    • - Stoke stick with the same XI who won 2-0 at home to Bolton in their last outing. That means that Matty Etherington is left on the bench after returning from suspension and Ricardo Fuller - who scored the decisive second from the bench against Bolton - starts among the replacements again.
    • - Team news: Everton bring Jo in up front, meaning Louis Saha starts on the bench again despite his FA Cup heroics last weekend.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Everton vs. Stoke in the Premier League. With their local rivals Liverpool securing a barnstorming win at Old Trafford in the early kick-off, Everton will look to register their own victory this afternoon in their fight for a UEFA Cup place or even, who knows, a Champions League spot.

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Stoke City
    62% Possession 37%
    18 Shots 11
    8 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 3
    4 Corners 9
    14 Fouls 7
    1 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    10 Tackles 19
    347 Accurate passes 167
    84 Bad passes 47

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 35 23 0
      6 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 3
      5 Joleon Lescott 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 32 6 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 5 1
      17 Tim Cahill 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 7 0
      21 Leon Osman 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 35 1 1
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 29 11 1
      25 Marouane Fellaini 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 31 9 2
      18 Philip Neville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 53 14 0
      11 João Alves de Assis Silva 1 4 2 2 3 1 0 19 4 0
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      15 Lars Jacobsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Louis Saha 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2
      38 James Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Segundo Castillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 4 0
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 11 11 0
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 2 5
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1
      17 Ryan Shawcross 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 8 0 1
      18 Salif Diao 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 6 4
      7 Liam Lawrence 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 13 3 2
      24 Rory Delap 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 5 3
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 25 7 0
      20 James Beattie 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 10 2 0
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Matthew Etherington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      19 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Danny Pugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 2 0

  • Summary

    • 88' GOAL! Game over! Fellaini scores Everton's third with a deflected effort that gives Sorensen no chance.
    • 86' So close to a third for Everton! Sorensen spilled a long-range Osman effort. Pienaar got to the rebound first - but the Danish stopper makes a great second save to keep Stoke in it.
    • 79' Pienaar is fed in space just outside the area by Saha - but he shoots over the bar when he should have at least tested the keeper.
    • 72' Fuller sets up Whelan on the edge of the box...and the Irishman sends a piledriver marginally wide. Great effort from Whelan.
    • 60' Diao unleashes a dipping half-volley from 20 yards out, which is deflected behind for another Stoke corner.
    • 58' So close for Stoke! Lawrence swings the corner into the box, Higginbotham bundles it on and Shawcross is inches from getting a touch to turn the ball in at the far post. As it is, the ball squirms behind for a goal kick.
    • 51' GOAL!! Stoke are back in it! Shawcross heads the corner home to cut the deficit for the visitors.
    • 40' Everton go close again. Osman was fed inside the box by Jo, and the midfielder tricked his marker Faye to work a yard of space before curling a shot marginally over the crossbar. Good play from Osman - it would have been a lovely goal.
    • 24' GOAL!! Lescott pokes home for Everton to make it 2-0 in no time! The initial free-kick into the Stoke box was cleared, but the second ball was whipped in from wide on the right. It was headed goalwards by Cahill, Sorensen palmed it out... but straight to Lescott, who was following in to score.
    • 18' GOAL!! Jo scores for Everton! The Brazilian was put through on goal by Fellaini, and he shot low and left-footed. Sorensen got a hand to it, but not quite enough, and the ball bobbled over the line.
    • 7' Chance for Everton! Pienaar crosses from the left byline to Osman - who fires over when well placed.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Andre Marriner

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • P. Jagielka
    • J. Yobo
    • J. Lescott Goal
    • L. Baines
    • L. Osman
    • P. Neville
    • M. Fellaini Goal
    • S. Pienaar
    • T. Cahill Substitution Out (46′)
    • .. Jo Goal Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • L. Saha Substitution In46′
    • C. Nash
    • L. Jacobsen
    • S. Castillo
    • D. Gosling
    • J. Rodwell Substitution In84′
    • J. Wallace

    Injured

    • M. Arteta
    • T. Hibbert
    • A. Yakubu
    • J. Vaughan
    • V. Anichebe

    Suspended

    None

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Danny Higginbotham

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Wilkinson
    • R. Shawcross Goal
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • D. Higginbotham
    • L. Lawrence Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
    • G. Whelan
    • S. Diao
    • R. Delap Substitution Out (67′)
    • J. Beattie
    • M. Sidibe Substitution Out (53′)

    Subs

    • A. Faye
    • S. Simonsen
    • M. Etherington Substitution In67′
    • I. Sonko
    • D. Pugh
    • R. Fuller Substitution In53′
    • H. Camara Substitution In80′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

Comment 69 - 88 of 88

Sort comments by: Most recent

  1. sound lids.. i was rotten in thee upper gladzzzz.. an i­ was mad coz i had a ciggie in the bogs LOL... oh i am­ an evertonian

    From Jasoptimum851, on Sun 15 Mar 12:43PM

  2. i hate everton

    From RYAN, on Sun 15 Mar 12:35PM

  3. 3-1 home team

    From Angela, on Sat 14 Mar 7:12PM

  4. come on liverpool

    From GEOFFREY, on Sat 14 Mar 6:59PM

  5. hope stoke stay up they played well today and got good­ support

    From mark, on Sat 14 Mar 6:54PM

  6. COMMENT 75 would never want to do it liverpools way­ they just cheat... and as 4 fluke ha most of the games­ you win r flukes
    now go get a life this page was 4­ everton and stoke supporters.
    oh yeah was it fluke that­ u couldnt beat us 3 times this season hehehehe i think­ not.
    EVERTON are the proudest team on merseyside and­ always will be.

    From PaulaK, on Sat 14 Mar 5:57PM

  7. WELL DONE THE TOFFEE.S KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

    From warner.malcolm, on Sat 14 Mar 5:22PM

  8. GET IN!!!!!!!!!!

    From SARAH, on Sat 14 Mar 5:03PM

  9. well done everton.......

    From mand_73, on Sat 14 Mar 5:01PM

  10. up the toffees

    From simonwilkinson197, on Sat 14 Mar 4:59PM

  11. well done everton.........

    From mand_73, on Sat 14 Mar 4:59PM

  12. Looks like your stay in the top flight is ending you­ are now in the relegation zone

    From Derek R, on Sat 14 Mar 4:59PM

  13. c'mon everton....

    From mand_73, on Sat 14 Mar 4:57PM

  14. well done everton....

    From mand_73, on Sat 14 Mar 4:56PM

  15. Game over blue boys do it again!!!

    From Derek R, on Sat 14 Mar 4:55PM

  16. well done u blues............

    From mand_73, on Sat 14 Mar 4:55PM

  17. took a fluke........... you'll never do it­ Livepool's way

    From roberto.simpson, on Sat 14 Mar 4:55PM

  18. everton ave 1 ye

    From angusandbetty, on Sat 14 Mar 4:55PM

  19. YES YES YES YES Come on you blue boys

    From dirk pitt, on Sat 14 Mar 4:54PM

  20. c'mon everton.

    From mand_73, on Sat 14 Mar 4:51PM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account