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Saturday November 22, 2008 Finished Britannia Stadium

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Stoke City

  • Sidibe 84’

West Bromwich

  1. Stoke keep West Brom bottom

    Stoke keep West Brom bottom

    Stoke City kept fellow Premier League new boys West Brom bottom of the table after beating them 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Stoke City
    • West Bromwich
    • 90 Full-time is called at the Britannia Stadium, and Stoke take the spoils from this proverbail 'six-pointer'.
    • 90 Miller has a blast, but it's over the bar. West Brom will be gutted if they go home with nothing.
    • 84' GOAL!! Higginbotham's cross from the left is headed in by Mamady Sidibe and - against the run of play - Stoke may well have consigned West Brom to another week rock-bottom of the table!
    • 79' Teixeira can size up a shot from the edge of the box... Ove the bar!
    • 73' West Brom are the ones with all the chances now, as Miller sees another effort saved by Sorensen.
    • 66' Tonge has only been on the pitch a few seconds, but he gets the ball and tries to curl a shot round Carson, but the keeper catches with ease.
    • 66' Soares comes off for Michael Tonge for Stoke.
    • 57' Kim comes off to be replaced by Filipe Teixeira as Tony Mowbray goes searching for a vital away win.
    • 55' Miller fires left-footed with a curling shot... GOOD SAVE SORENSEN! The big keeper then punches Greening's corner away but only as far as KOREN WHO HEADS WIDE! This game has come to life now!
    • 51' Stoke come forward and Soares has room to shoot... Parried away by Carson! The keeper has had a good game so far.
    • 46' Second half is underway at the Britannia!
    • 45' Half time, goalless in Stoke.
    • 42' Cresswell goes down in the box but no penalty says Lee Mason!
    • 40' Sidibe with a header but straight at Carson.
    • 38' Carson tries to clear a back-pass but it's blocked by Cresswell! Handball says the ref, Carson is let off.
    • 30' Delap is played through but he gets the finish all wrong, sending it well over.
    • 28' Miller with a left-foot volley, which flies over.
    • 13' Stoke are piling on the pressure as only they know how. Delap's throws haven't caused any problems yet though.
    • 11' Sidibe has a pop from range but tipped over by Carson!
    • 10' Kitson is forced off with that injury, Cresswell on in his place.
    • 7' Kitson seems to have picked up a calf injury for Stoke.
    • 1' Match underway in Stoke!
    • - Hello and welcome to the clash between the new boys, Stoke and West Brom, from 15:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Stoke City Stats West Bromwich
    42% Possession 57%
    10 Shots 9
    7 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 3
    4 Corners 1
    8 Fouls 9
    5 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 24
    177 Accurate passes 269
    57 Bad passes 77

  • 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
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 2
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 12 0
      2 Andy Griffin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 1 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 4
      18 Salif Diao 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 1
      19 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 2 2
      8 Tom Soares 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 1 0
      24 Rory Delap 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 16 8 5
      11 Mamady Sidibe 1 3 3 3 2 0 0 12 5 0
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 14 11 0
      23 Michael Tonge 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 7 1
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      23 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15 1 3
      3 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 35 25 2
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 28 0 2
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 4
      28 Borja Valero 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 43 10 1
      11 Chris Brunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 18 1
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 40 14 2
      7 Robert Koren 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 1 3
      10 Ishmael Miller 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 5 2 1
      5 Leon Barnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Marek Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 8 2 4
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Luke Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

  • Summary

    • 90 Miller has a blast, but it's over the bar. West Brom will be gutted if they go home with nothing.
    • 84' GOAL!! Higginbotham's cross from the left is headed in by Mamady Sidibe and - against the run of play - Stoke may well have consigned West Brom to another week rock-bottom of the table!
    • 55' Miller fires left-footed with a curling shot... GOOD SAVE SORENSEN! The big keeper then punches Greening's corner away but only as far as KOREN WHO HEADS WIDE! This game has come to life now!
    • 51' Stoke come forward and Soares has room to shoot... Parried away by Carson! The keeper has had a good game so far.
    • 42' Cresswell goes down in the box but no penalty says Lee Mason!
    • 38' Carson tries to clear a back-pass but it's blocked by Cresswell! Handball says the ref, Carson is let off.
    • 11' Sidibe has a pop from range but tipped over by Carson!
    • - Hello and welcome to the clash between the new boys, Stoke and West Brom, from 15:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Andy Griffin

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Griffin
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • R. Shawcross
    • D. Higginbotham
    • T. Soares
    • S. Diao
    • A. Faye
    • R. Delap
    • M. Sidibe Goal
    • D. Kitson Substitution Out (10′)

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • R. Cresswell Substitution In10′
    • M. Tonge
    • S. Olofinjana
    • G. Whelan
    • A. Wilkinson
    • L. Cort

    Injured

    • A. Davies
    • L. Lawrence

    Suspended

    • R. Fuller

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • A. Meite
    • J. Olsson
    • P. Robinson
    • C. Brunt
    • J. Greening
    • R. Koren
    • V. Borja
    • D. Kim Substitution In (57′)
    • I. Miller

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • F. Teixeira Substitution In57′
    • L. Moore
    • R. Bednar
    • M. Cech
    • L. Barnett
    • R. Donk

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • J. Morrison

    Suspended

    None