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Commentary
9¹THOMPSON made space on the right and dragged the ball to SIMA who fired the ball over.
10¹MOULT headed over the bar.
12¹A corner fell to VOKES who forced an effort over the bar.
25¹MARIO SUÁREZ brought the ball away from McCLEAN and rifled a weak shot wide.
27¹A cross from ETEBO left McCLEAN in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
27¹A strike from BURKE held little difficulty for STEFFEN.
29¹MARIO SUÁREZ was put clear by DAVIES and he raced past STEFFEN but rammed his shot over.
34¹GOAL!! Uncertainty between HUNTINGTON and the 'keeper allowed MARTINS-INDI to fire the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Stoke City)
35¹BURKE chipped the ball to MOULT who forced it inches over.
36¹The 'keeper was able to block a tame shot from SIMA.
40¹A useful ball from ETEBO on the right found McCLEAN who scuffed his shot inches over.
42¹A shot from BERAHINO was nodded off the line by HUNTINGTON.
0²Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled MOULT to thump the ball over.
11²A tame shot from McCLEAN bounced agonisingly wide.
12²GOAL!! With his back to goal McCLEAN wrong-footed the defence and stroked the ball past VIERA. (2-0 Stoke City)
14²A shot from VOKES was smothered by the Preston North End 'keeper.
16²A good effort from McCLEAN scraped the outside of the post.
17²MOULT rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
18²A pin-point pass fell to SMITH and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
25²McCLEAN hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
31²VOKES ran onto a wonderful ball from McCLEAN but hit his shot wide of the righthand post.
35²The 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted strike from BURKE.
35²MARTINS-INDI blasted a left foot shot inches wide from long range.
37²STEFFEN dived to his left to stop a lovely drive from Preston North End's MOULT.
39²The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from MARIO SUÁREZ dropped just over.
45²McCLEAN receives a yellow card for a cynical tackle on DAVIES.

 
Stoke City
 
League position: 12
Home league form: WLXX
Overall league form: LWXLLXWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Zack STEFFEN7½17 Sebastián VIERA(c)
Tom SMITH7 27½Tom CLARKE
(c)Bruno MARTINS-INDI7½37 Ben DAVIES
Peter ETEBO7½47 MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
Nathan COLLINS7½57 Paul HUNTINGTON
Danny BATTH7½66 Henri SAIVET
Abdallah SIMA7 76 Ben PEARSON
James McCLEAN7 87 Daniel JOHNSON
(p)Sam VOKES7 96½Louis MOULT(p)
(f)Jordan THOMPSON6½106 Graham BURKE(f)
Saido BERAHINO6 116 Billy BODIN
Manager
Christian NORTON  12  Josh EARL
Adam DAVIES  13  Declan RUDD
Demeaco DUHANEY  146 Greg CUNNINGHAM
Sam CLUCAS  15  Josh HARROP
Ryan WOODS  16  Brandon BARKER
 
Preston North End
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLXLLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Stoke City 2 Preston North End 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 22,653, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Pavel Novotný 7½)

Martins-Indi 34¹, McClean 12²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 JohnsonóCunningham 39²
  
McClean 45² 
41
88
43
53
116
169
33
55%45%
Man of the match: Danny Batth