English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 4, 2014
Stoke City WLDWW 1
–
Sunderland LDDLD 3
1st2ndT
STK101
SUN213
Stadium of Light · 42,713 att.

Match Report

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Steven Fletcher double sinks Stoke to give Sunderland first victory

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
4
60.5
Possession
39.5
11
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
379
Accurate Passes
198
458
Passes
285
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
53
32
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
19
20
Tackles
28
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
18
25
Clearances
18

Head to Head

STK leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Vito MannoneG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD-L
  3. 27Santiago VerginiCD-R
  4. 6Lee CattermoleDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 2Billy JonesRB
  7. 14Jordi GómezCM-L
  8. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  9. 10Connor WickhamLM
  10. 30William BuckleyRM
  11. 9Steven FletcherF

Substitutes

  1. 5Wes BrownSUB
  2. 18Charalampos MavriasSUB
  3. 8Jack RodwellSUB
  4. 4Liam BridcuttSUB
  5. 1Costel PantilimonSUB
  6. 11Adam JohnsonSUB
  7. 17Jozy AltidoreSUB

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Asmir BegovicG
  2. 12Marc WilsonCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 5Marc MuniesaLB
  5. 2Phil BardsleyRB
  6. 16Charlie AdamAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 15Steven N'ZonziRM
  9. 25Peter CrouchF
  10. 13Victor MosesAM-L
  11. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Bojan KrkicSUB
  2. 29Thomas SorensenSUB
  3. 3Erik PietersSUB
  4. 19Jonathan WaltersSUB
  5. 4Robert HuthSUB
  6. 24Oussama AssaidiSUB
  7. 7Stephen IrelandSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Sunderland 1, Stoke City 0. Connor Wickham (Sunderland) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Fletcher with a cross.
  2. 15' Goal! Sunderland 1, Stoke City 1. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Moses.
  3. 18' Substitution, Stoke City. Oussama Assaidi replaces Victor Moses because of an injury.
  4. 23' Goal! Sunderland 2, Stoke City 1. Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Gómez with a cross following a corner.
  5. 27' Marc Muniesa (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Johnson replaces William Buckley.
  7. 62' Oussama Assaidi (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Billy Jones (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 66' Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 70' Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 70' Substitution, Stoke City. Bojan replaces Glenn Whelan.
  13. 71' Substitution, Sunderland. Liam Bridcutt replaces Jordi Gómez.
  14. 71' Substitution, Sunderland. Jack Rodwell replaces Sebastian Larsson.
  15. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Jonathan Walters replaces Peter Crouch.
  16. 79' Goal! Sunderland 3, Stoke City 1. Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Connor Wickham following a fast break.
  17. 90'+1' Bojan (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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