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Commentary

0¹ The Stoke City 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from COSTLY. 7¹ An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Oldham Athletic 'keeper by McCLEAN. 10¹ A corner was collected by McCLEAN who nodded an effort wide. 12¹ A twenty yard drive from COSTLY caused DAVIES little difficulty. 19¹ A header by PIETERS at the near post was comfortably collected by the Oldham Athletic 'keeper. 24¹ GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Stoke City, after MILLER had fouled NDIAYE which VOKES easily converted. (1-0 Stoke City) 30¹ The Stoke City 'keeper saved a curling effort from COSTLY. 36¹ The bemused DAVIES stared in disbelief as a backpass from SMITH dropped just wide. 41¹ INCE booked by MILLER for a poor tackle. 2² A penalty box scramble resulted in McCLEAN driving the ball wide. 3² COSTLY worked the ball to MILLER, DACK controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of DAVIES. 6² A accurate pass was collected by INCE and his looping shot flew narrowly over. 7² GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by COSTLY. (1-1) 17² GOAL!! A delightful drive from MARTINS-INDI was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as McCLEAN who fired the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (2-1 Stoke City) 30² A tame shot from McCLEAN rolled agonisingly wide. 31² A cross from IMBULA left SMITH in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 32² McCLEAN ran onto a delightful ball from ALLEN but pulled his effort wide of the lefthand post. 33² A shot from McCLEAN seemed a certain goal but BOFFIN managed to force the ball away. 34² VOKES knocked the ball to McCLEAN who nodded it over the bar. 36² GOAL!! An inswinging corner was nodded clear only for PIETERS to hammer the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Stoke City) 42² IMBULA made space on the left and dragged the ball to NDIAYE who fired the ball wide. 45² COSTLY shot over.

Oldham Athletic   League position: 15 Home league form: LOWX Overall league form: XLXOWWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Ruud BOFFIN 6½ 1 5½ Adam DAVIES Liam PALMER 7  2 6½ Tom SMITH Andy TAYLOR 8  3 8  Erik PIETERS(c) Bradley DACK 8½ 4 7½ Giannelli IMBULA Bongani KHUMALO 7  5 7½ Bruno MARTINS-INDI Sohny SEFIL 6½ 6 6  Ryan SHAWCROSS Jay FULTON 7  7 6½ Joe ALLEN Craig CONWAY 6½ 8 7  James McCLEAN (c,p)Carlos COSTLY 7  9 6½ Sam VOKES(p) (f)Ishmael MILLER 5½ 10 6½ Papa NDIAYE(f) Chris KILLEN 6½ 11 6  Tom INCE Manager Gevaro NEPOMUCENO    12    Sam CLUCAS Gary WOODS    13    Danny BATTH Mohamed MAOUCHE    14    Peter ETEBO Ashley SMITH-BROWN 7  15    Josh TYMON Ousmane FANÉ    16    Tyrese CAMPBELL

Stoke City   League position: 5 Away league form: XWOL Overall league form: WXLWOWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Oldham Athletic 1 Stoke City 3 (Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 13,548, Stadium: Boundary Park, Referee: Nigel Miller 5½) Costly 7² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Vokes 24¹ (pen), McClean 17², Pieters 36² SefilóSmith-Brown 5²         Ince 41¹ 3 2 4 20 6 7 6 7 4 11 10 18 5 4 53% 47% ¶ Man of the match: Bradley Dack ¶