English FA Cup

FT Sunday, January 4, 2015
Wrexham WDWLW 1
–
Stoke City DLWWD 3
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WXM011
STK033
bet365 Stadium · 19,423 att.

Match Report

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Stoke rally to avoid FA Cup upset against Wrexham

Substitute Stephen Ireland scored twice as Stoke pulled off a late comeback to beat Wrexham 3-1 at the Britannia Stadium and avoid being the victims of an FA Cup giant-killing.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
0
5
Saves
2
42
Possession
58
7
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
5
Crosses
19
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
19
Clearances
10

Head to Head

STK leads series 2-0

Lineups

STK

  1. 22Jack ButlandG
  2. 2Phil BardsleyD
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossD
  4. 4Robert HuthD
  5. 12Marc WilsonD
  6. 20Geoff CameronM
  7. 21Steve SidwellM
  8. 10Marko ArnautovicM
  9. 16Charlie AdamM
  10. 24Oussama AssaidiM
  11. 18Mame Biram DioufF

WXM

  1. 27Jonathan FlattG
  2. 30James PearsonD
  3. 4Emmanuele SmithD
  4. 5Blaine HudsonD
  5. 3Neil AshtonD
  6. 2Mark CarringtonM
  7. 8Jay HarrisM
  8. 26Johnny HuntM
  9. 15Rob EvansM
  10. 24Connor JenningsF
  11. 16Wes YorkF

Timeline

  1. 61' Stoke City makes a sub: Jonathan Walters enters for Mame Diouf. Reason: Tactical
  2. 62' Stoke City makes a sub: Peter Crouch enters for Steve Sidwell. Reason: Tactical
  3. 71' Wrexham makes a sub: Andy Bishop enters for Wesley York. Reason: Tactical
  4. 73' Goal!! Mark Carrington hits a header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Wrexham now leads 1 - 0
  5. 75' Rob Evans is awarded a yellow card. Reason: persistent infringement
  6. 76' Stoke City makes a sub: Stephen Ireland enters for Geoff Cameron. Reason: Tactical
  7. 80' Goal!! Marko Arnautovic hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  8. 82' Wrexham makes a sub: Joel Clarke enters for Rob Evans. Reason: Tactical
  9. 86' Jonathan Flatt is awarded a yellow card. Reason: time wasting
  10. 88' Goal!! Stephen Ireland hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Stoke City now leads 2 - 1
  11. 90' Wrexham makes a sub: Louis Moult enters for Mark Carrington. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game
  13. 90'+4' Goal!! Stephen Ireland hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the right penalty area and scores!! Stoke City now leads 3 - 1

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