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Commentary

0¹ GOAL!! A deep corner left DAVIES struggling and LAWRENCE knocked the ball over the line. (1-0 Derby County) 2¹ A useful ball from BATTH on the right found NGOY who scuffed his effort wide. 3¹ A delightful shot from NGOY was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper. 7¹ A free-kick from SHAQIRI went over the bar. 12¹ A refined pass from ALLEN was placed goalbound by CLUCAS only for the 'keeper to palm clear. 21¹ LAWRENCE nutmegged BATTH but lashed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 26¹ JOHNSTONE was able to claw away a poor shot from NGOY. 29¹ NGOY's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Derby County crossbar. 32¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide NGOY managed to force the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-1) 37¹ GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled SHAQIRI to run through the Derby County defence and score. (2-1 Stoke City) 43¹ LAWRENCE stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post. 46¹ A shot from WILMOT was smothered by the 'keeper. 1² NGOY clipped the ball through a ruck of players but JOHNSTONE was a match for it as he dived to his left. 3² A weak shot from DOBBIN trickled agonisingly wide. 9² A shot from LAWRENCE was booted off the line by MARTINS-INDI. 19² GOAL!! A shot from LAWRENCE rolled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Stoke City 'keeper. (2-2) 21² A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Stoke City 'keeper. 22² GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly thundered into the net by SHAQIRI. (3-2 Stoke City) 26² CLUCAS knocked the ball to ETEBO who nodded it inches wide. 33² The motionless JOHNSTONE was all agog as a backpass from LAWRENCE dropped just over. 37² A penalty box meleé resulted in LAWRENCE driving a low shot over. 44² A good effort from LAWRENCE scraped the top of the crossbar.

Stoke City   League position: 20 Home league form: ---- Overall league form: L------- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Adam DAVIES 6  1 6½ Sam JOHNSTONE(c) Tom EDWARDS 6  2 6½ James CHESTER Bruno MARTINS-INDI 5½ 3 7½ Max LOWE Peter ETEBO 7½ 4 7  Jason KNIGHT Ben WILMOT 8  5 7  Eiran CASHIN Danny BATTH 6  6 7½ Craig FORSYTH Joe ALLEN 7  7 6½ Max BIRD (c)Xherdan SHAQIRI 7½ 8 7½ Tom LAWRENCE (p)Julien NGOY 6½ 9 6  Jack STRETTON(p) (f)Sam CLUCAS 6  10 5½ Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING(f) Tyrese CAMPBELL 5½ 11 6  Lewis DOBBIN Manager Scott HOGAN    12    Louie SIBLEY Jack BONHAM    13    Ben HAMER Nick POWELL 7  14    Korey SMITH Alex MIGHTEN    15    Liam THOMPSON James McCLEAN    16    George EVANS

Derby County   League position: 12 Away league form: X--- Overall league form: X------- Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Stoke City 3 Derby County 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 21,406, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Mark Haywood 7½) Ngoy 32¹, Shaqiri 37¹, Shaqiri 22² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Lawrence 0¹, Lawrence 19² Martins-IndióPowell 13²           1 6 11 4 3 2 9 5 9 8 18 13 5 3 44% 56% ¶ Man of the match: Ben Wilmot ¶