English FA Cup

FT Saturday, February 14, 2015
Stoke City WWWDL 1
–
Blackburn Rovers WLWLW 4
1st2ndT
STK101
BLK224
Ewood Park · 13,934 att.

Match Report

Dave Thompson/PA Wire

Stoke knocked out of FA Cup as Josh King scores Blackburn hat trick

Ten-man Stoke suffered FA Cup embarrassment at Ewood Park as they were torn apart 4-1 by a second-string Blackburn side with Josh King, one of those fringe players, scoring a hat trick.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
0
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
2
55
Possession
45
8
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
15
Crosses
19
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
41
Clearances
55

Head to Head

STK leads series 5-0

Lineups

BLK

  1. 13Simon EastwoodG
  2. 2Adam HenleyD
  3. 22Shane DuffyD
  4. 4Matthew KilgallonD
  5. 14Marcus OlssonD
  6. 19Chris TaylorM
  7. 10Tom CairneyM
  8. 17Lee WilliamsonM
  9. 12Ben MarshallM
  10. 39Rudy GestedeF
  11. 7Joshua KingF

Substitutes

  1. 30Jason SteeleG
  2. 3Thomas SpurrD
  3. 5Grant HanleyD
  4. 29Corry EvansM
  5. 32Craig ConwayM
  6. 11Jordan RhodesF
  7. 16Luke VarneyF

STK

  1. 22Jack ButlandG
  2. 20Geoff CameronD
  3. 5Marc MuniesaD
  4. 26Philipp WollscheidD
  5. 2Phil BardsleyD
  6. 10Marko ArnautovicM
  7. 15Steven N'ZonziM
  8. 6Glenn WhelanM
  9. 13Victor MosesM
  10. 18Mame Biram DioufM
  11. 25Peter CrouchF

Substitutes

  1. 29Thomas SorensenG
  2. 23Dionatan TeixeiraD
  3. 28Andy WilkinsonD
  4. 8Wilson PalaciosM
  5. 16Charlie AdamM
  6. 21Steve SidwellM
  7. 34Oliver ShentonM

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal!! Peter Crouch hits a right footed shot high through the middle from the centre 6 yard and scores!! Stoke City now leads 1 - 0
  2. 11' Blackburn Rovers makes a sub: Craig Conway enters for Ben Marshall. Reason: Injury
  3. 18' Lee Williamson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: persistent infringement
  4. 22' Mame Diouf is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 36' Goal!! Joshua King hits a header to the upper left corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  6. 41' Philipp Wollscheid is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 45'+6' Geoff Cameron has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  8. 45'+7' Rudy Gestede hits the penalty kick with his right foot low through the middle and scores!!
  9. 46' Stoke City makes a sub: Andy Wilkinson enters for Marko Arnautovic. Reason: Tactical
  10. 46' Blackburn Rovers makes a sub: Corry Evans enters for Lee Williamson. Reason: Tactical
  11. 50' Goal!! Joshua King hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the left penalty area and scores!! Blackburn Rovers now leads 3 - 1
  12. 52' Stoke City makes a sub: Steve Sidwell enters for Marc Muniesa. Reason: Injury
  13. 55' Goal!! Joshua King hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Blackburn Rovers now leads 4 - 1
  14. 60' Corry Evans is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  15. 67' Stoke City makes a sub: Charlie Adam enters for Victor Moses. Reason: Tactical
  16. 78' Blackburn Rovers makes a sub: Luke Varney enters for Joshua King. Reason: Tactical
  17. 81' Tom Cairney is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  18. 84' Phillip Bardsley is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  19. 86' Glenn Whelan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  20. 90' End of the game

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