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1¹	JOHNSON made space on the left and knocked the ball to GONÇALO RAMOS who clipped the ball over.
1¹	GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was headed in at the near post by NICO. (1-0 Stoke City)
7¹	A shot from MITOMA seemed a certain goal but ALTAY managed to force the ball away.
7¹	JOHNSON hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
11¹	GOAL!! A patient Stoke City side were rewarded with a lovely shot from JOHNSON. (2-0 Stoke City)
19¹	JOHNSON ran onto a great ball from NICO but toe-poked his effort wide.
23¹	DIALLO beat CRESSWELL and blasted the ball to JOHNSON who fumbled his effort wide.
29¹	DIALLO brought the ball round PACK and rifled a tame shot past the post.
31¹	GONÇALO RAMOS flicked a deadly shot just beyond the near post from thirty yards out.
32¹	A corner found NICO who flicked the ball over.
33¹	JOHNSON rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
34¹	STROUD books DIALLO for violent conduct against CRESSWELL.
36¹	CHUKI booked by the ref.
39¹	JOHNSON headed over.
5²	GONÇALO RAMOS was put clear by JOHNSON and he raced past the 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
6²	GOAL!! A long clearance by the Stoke City 'keeper beat the Portsmouth defence and JOHNSON fired the ball beyond the oncoming GRIFFITHS. (3-0 Stoke City)
9²	A mix up in the Portsmouth defence enabled DIALLO to crack the ball inches wide.
12²	The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ROBERTSON fell just over.
16²	GLOUKH shot wide.
18²	GOAL!! A strike from DIALLO was scuffed off the line only for GONÇALO RAMOS to slip the ball in. (4-0 Stoke City)
21²	ALTAY dived to his right to block a lovely drive from Portsmouth's MITOMA.
23²	GOAL!! An outswinging corner headed out by CLARKE was flicked into the back of the net by GONÇALO RAMOS. (5-0 Stoke City)
29²	ALTAY did well to hold onto a fierce strike from HACKETT-FAIRCHILD.
32²	A great shot from MITOMA was dealt with by a useful block from ALTAY.
45²	A accurate pass found MILEY and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.

Stoke City

League position:

Home league form:

WWOW

Overall league form:

WWWWWOWW

Formation:

4-2-3-1

Line-ups

ALTAY Bayindir	7½	1	7½	Josh GRIFFITHS
JAVI MANQUILLO	7½	2	7	Zak SWANSON^(c)
Ben JOHNSON	8	3	7	Aaron CRESSWELL
NICO	7	4	7	Bobby CLARK
Sven BOTMAN	8	5	5½	Matt CLARKE
^(c)Nathan COLLINS	6½	6	6½	Connor OGILVIE
Brennan JOHNSON	7½	7	6½	Marlon PACK
Jacob RAMSEY	7	8	6½	Kaoru MITOMA
^(p)GONÇALO Matias RAMOS	4½	9	6	Zack NELSON^(p)
^(f)Oscar GLOUKH	6	10	5½	CHUKI^(f)
Amad DIALLO	5½	11	5½	Reeco HACKETT-FAIRCHILD
Luke MURRAY	Manager
James McATEE		12		Joe MORRELL
Oscar BOBB		13		Alex BASS
Lewis MILEY	7	14		Jordan HUGILL
SEMIH Kiliçsoy		15	7	Clark ROBERTSON
Orri ÓSKARSSON	7½	16		Sean RAGGETT

Portsmouth

League position:

Away league form:

XXWW

Overall league form:

XXXWLXWL

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Stoke City 5 Portsmouth 0

(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 27,853, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Keith Stroud 6)

Nico 1¹, Johnson 11¹, Johnson 6², Gonçalo Ramos 18², Gonçalo Ramos 23²

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Shots saved

Possession

Gonçalo RamosóÓskarsson 25², RamseyóMiley 25²

ClarkóRobertson 5²

Diallo 34¹

Chuki 36¹

58%

42%

¶ Man of the match: Sven Botman ¶