English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 5, 2008
Stoke City LLDDL 1
–
Portsmouth WLLWD 2
Fratton Park · 19,248 att.

Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
7
Saves
2
37.6
Possession
62.4
9
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
173
Accurate Passes
332
255
Passes
423
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
22
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
59
37
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
26
55
Clearances
46

Head to Head

POR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 15Sylvain DistinCD-L
  3. 23Sol CampbellCD-R
  4. 39Nadir BelhadjLB
  5. 5Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 22Richard HughesCM-L
  7. 28Sean DavisCM-R
  8. 30Armand TraoreLM
  9. 8Papa Bouba DiopRM
  10. 14Jermain DefoeCF-L
  11. 9Peter CrouchCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Noe PamarotSUB
  2. 27KanuSUB
  3. 7Hermann HreidarssonSUB
  4. 25Glen LittleSUB
  5. 3Younes KaboulSUB
  6. 21Jamie AshdownSUB
  7. 18Arnold MvuembaSUB

STK · 4-4-2

  1. 29Thomas SorensenG
  2. 1Steve SimonsenG
  3. 25Abdoulaye FayeCD-L
  4. 5Leon CortCD-R
  5. 3Danny HigginbothamLB
  6. 2Andy GriffinRB
  7. 4Seyi OlofinjanaCM-L
  8. 19Amdy FayeCM-R
  9. 23Michael TongeLM
  10. 24Rory DelapRM
  11. 12Dave KitsonCF-L
  12. 10Ricardo FullerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Richard CresswellSUB
  2. 33Ibrahima SonkoSUB
  3. 8Tom SoaresSUB
  4. 28Andy WilkinsonSUB
  5. 6Glenn WhelanSUB
  6. 17Ryan ShawcrossSUB
  7. 11Mamady SidibeSUB

Timeline

  1. 25'
  2. 48'
  3. 51'
  4. 61'
  5. 65'
  6. 74'
  7. 90'+1'

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