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3¹ GOAL!! The Preston North End 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from LAPORTE and KOSTIC was able to scramble the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 WBA) 5¹ GUERREIRO blasted a right foot shot over the bar from close range. 10¹ DAWSON beat two Preston North End players and stroked a shot just beyond the far post. 11¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide FERGUSON managed to force the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-0 WBA) 13¹ A accurate pass was collected by STERGIOU and his looping shot flew narrowly wide. 14¹ A mix up in the Preston North End defence enabled GODFREY to hit the ball over the bar. 31¹ GOAL!! A sliced ACUÑA shot found KOSTIC who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (3-0 WBA) 33¹ MURIEL was put clear by O'SHEA and he beat VÍTEK but rammed his shot wide. 34¹ A free-kick from MATETA went just beyond the far post. 38¹ GOAL!! WBA's MURIEL beat two defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (4-0 WBA) 40¹ A corner bobbled toward SAMUEL COSTA who nodded the ball just beyond the far post. 41¹ NDOYE chipped the ball to VAN BOMMEL who forced it wide. 43¹ GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was cleverly thundered into the top corner by JAVI LÓPEZ. (4-1 WBA) 43¹ VAN BOMMEL receives a yellow card for a clumsy foul on VALENCIA. 2² GOAL!! A strike from MATETA which the 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line by the linesman and the referee awarded the goal. (4-2 WBA) 6² A penalty box meleé resulted in MATETA knocking a low shot over. 7² A useful ball from VALENCIA on the right was collected by KOSTIC who sliced his shot over the bar. 9² GOAL!! A wonderful shot from GUERREIRO was punched clear by the Preston North End 'keeper only as far as GODFREY who placed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (5-2 WBA) 17² MATETA stroked a simple chance past the near post. 23² FRIEDL ran onto a wonderful ball from SAMUEL COSTA but blasted his shot wide. 32² FERGUSON made space on the left and touched the ball to KOSTIC who fired the ball over. 33² GOAL!! A long ball from MURIEL down the middle was collected by the lurking KOSTIC who hit a looping shot into the net. (6-2 WBA)

WBA   League position: 10 Home league form: LXLL Overall league form: LLWXLLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Igor AKINFEEV 5½ 1 6½ Radek VÍTEK Ben GODFREY 6½ 2 6  JAVI LÓPEZ Raphaël GUERREIRO 7  3 7½ Aymeric LAPORTE(c) OKAY Yokuslu 6½ 4 6½ Marco FRIEDL Craig DAWSON 7  5 7  Leonidas STERGIOU Dara O'SHEA 4  6 6  Soungoutou MAGASSA Anthony VALENCIA 7½ 7 7  Dan NDOYE Filip KOSTIC 7  8 6½ Robert ANDRICH(f) (p)Evan FERGUSON 7  9 7½ Jean-Philippe MATETA(p) (f)Marcos ACUÑA 6  10 6  SAMUEL Almeida COSTA Luis MURIEL 7½ 11 6  Ruben VAN BOMMEL Manager Joe Connelly Daniel WASS    12 6  Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS Sam JOHNSTONE    13    Rico HENRY Carel EITING 6  14    Lewis MILEY George CAMPBELL    15    Daniel JAMES Kasey McATEER 6  16    Will LANKSHEAR

Preston North End   League position: 2 Away league form: WXXW Overall league form: WXWXXWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

WBA 6 Preston North End 2 (Half-time: 4-1, Attendance: 26,771, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Neil Swarbrick 7½) Kostic 3¹, Ferguson 11¹, Kostic 31¹, Muriel 38¹, Godfrey 9², Kostic 33² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Javi López 43¹, Mateta 2² O'SheaóMcAteer 20², OkayóEiting 31² FriedlóHarwood-Bellis 30²       van Bommel 43¹ 6 9 6 6 1 2 6 3 7 11 13 14 0 1 43% 57% ¶ Man of the match: Anthony Valencia ¶