Match Report
| Stoke City | Stoke City |  |  | West Ham United | West Ham United | ||||||||||||||||
| Slobodan Dalkaoua | Slobodan Dalkaoua | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Appiah | M. Appiah |  | 76 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 |  | Albert Flores | A. Flores | |||||||||
| Anthony Midgley | A. Midgley |  | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 72 | | Warren Higginbotham | W. Higginbotham | |||||||||
| Thomas Spengler | T. Spengler |  | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 69 |  | Stephen Sterjovski | S. Sterjovski | |||||||||
| Bruno Dzodic | B. Dzodic |  | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 68 | | Hugo Montero | H. Montero | |||||||||
| Mervin Cort | M. Cort | | 64 | M | | 5 | | D | 68 | | Neil Power | N. Power | |||||||||
| Kevin Kahn | K. Kahn | | 61 | M | | 6 | | D | 66 | | Mark Benjamin | M. Benjamin | |||||||||
| Eduardo Gainza | E. Gainza | | 68 | M | | 7 | | M | 77 | | Robbie Christie | R. Christie | |||||||||
| Cristiano Alves | C. Alves |  | 61 | M | | 8 | | M | 71 | | Simon Gray | S. Gray | |||||||||
| Oscar Monti | O. Monti |  | 70 | A | | 9 | | M | 71 |  | Kyle Videira | K. Videira | |||||||||
| Eric Gargo | E. Gargo | | 66 | A | | 10 | | A | 71 | | Billy Bridges | B. Bridges | |||||||||
| Eben Amoah | E. Amoah | | 68 | A | | 11 | | A | 71 | | Pablo Garrido | P. Garrido | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Bet 365 Stadium where Stoke City play host to West Ham United. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Stoke City are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while West Ham United appear to be shaped for 5-3-2.
Stoke City are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while West Ham United appear to be shaped for 5-3-2.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with West Ham United kicking off!
3.39
0-0Anthony Midgley kicks a strong pass forward to Eduardo Gainza. Eduardo Gainza controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Eric Gargo. Eric Gargo shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
4.43
0-0Anthony Midgley controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Kevin Kahn. Kevin Kahn knocks the ball to his team mate, Oscar Monti. Oscar Monti threads the ball through to Eric Gargo but he's offside!
6.37
0-0Eduardo Gainza clumsily knocks into Robbie Christie. The referee calls over Eduardo Gainza and warns him to calm down! Robbie Christie stretches but gets up unharmed.
8.07
0-1Warren Higginbotham passes the ball forward to Simon Gray. Simon Gray flicks the ball to his team mate, Pablo Garrido. Pablo Garrido whips in a cross ball towards Billy Bridges. Billy Bridges is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Billy Bridges!
20.15
0-1Neil Power makes a simple pass to Simon Gray. Simon Gray makes a beautiful solo run. Simon Gray knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Mark Appiah who gathers it comfortably.
22.35
0-1Kevin Kahn chips the ball to his team mate, Eric Gargo. Eric Gargo tries a spectacular long range effort but it is tipped over by Albert Flores.
27.14
Robbie Christie deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Billy Bridges. Billy Bridges shoots from 25 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
30.49
Anthony Midgley makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Cristiano Alves. Cristiano Alves chips the ball to his team mate, Oscar Monti. Oscar Monti shoots from outside the area but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
34.16
Neil Power sees space and advances. Neil Power makes a simple pass to Pablo Garrido. Pablo Garrido lofts in a cross ball towards Billy Bridges. Billy Bridges flicks the ball with his head but it goes wide for a goal kick.
36.10
Kevin Kahn flicks the ball to his team mate, Oscar Monti. Oscar Monti shoots from long range but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
42.46
Kevin Kahn makes a simple pass to Eben Amoah. Eben Amoah passes the ball forward but Eric Gargo is offside!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Stoke City kick off!
51.35
0-1The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
57.24
Bruno Dzodic makes a probing pass to Cristiano Alves. Cristiano Alves threads the ball through to Eric Gargo. Eric Gargo controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
60.35
Kyle Videira makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Billy Bridges. Billy Bridges knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
65.26
Cristiano Alves knocks the ball to his team mate, Eben Amoah. Eben Amoah controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is miles over!
71.43
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
72.51
Kyle Videira passes the ball forward to Pablo Garrido. Pablo Garrido controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
75.27
Eduardo Gainza controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Oscar Monti. Oscar Monti knocks in a cross ball towards Eric Gargo. Eric Gargo heads the ball goalwards. It's miles wide!
78.55
Warren Higginbotham decides to run forward with the ball. Warren Higginbotham knocks the ball to his team mate, Billy Bridges. Billy Bridges whips in a cross ball towards Pablo Garrido. Pablo Garrido is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but Mark Appiah is on top of it.
81.03
Robbie Christie kicks a strong pass forward to Pablo Garrido. Pablo Garrido shoots from distance. It curls slightly but Mark Appiah manages to gather it comfortably.
85.35
Simon Gray brings the ball forward. Simon Gray knocks the ball forward to Billy Bridges but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
87.16
Anthony Midgley makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mervin Cort. Mervin Cort kicks a strong pass forward to Oscar Monti. Oscar Monti whips in a cross ball towards Eric Gargo. Eric Gargo powers a header at goal. It's there!! Albert Flores has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
90.00
Mervin Cort controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Eben Amoah. Eben Amoah plays a perfect one-two with Eric Gargo and rushes in on goal... Eben Amoah rockets a shot on goal but Albert Flores is on top of it.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
3
3
Shots off Target
6
3
Offsides
2
1
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60.6%
39.4%
Play Area
28.2%
46.5%
25.4%
Scorers