English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 19, 2016
Stoke City WWWDL 2
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Watford WDLLW 1
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STK112
WAT011
Vicarage Road · 20,759 att.

Match Report

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Jon Walters and Joselu give Stoke City win over Watford

Jonathan Walters and Joselu kept Stoke's European hopes alive and brought Watford's FA Cup heroes back down to earth.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
4
47.9
Possession
52.1
9
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
315
Accurate Passes
327
432
Passes
454
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.1
81
Long Balls
67
40
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
15
18
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
9
38
Clearances
16

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 4Mario SuárezCM-L
  7. 8Valon BehramiCM-R
  8. 29Étienne CapoueLM
  9. 7José Manuel JuradoRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Almen AbdiSUB
  2. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  4. 23Ben WatsonSUB
  5. 18Costel PantilimonSUB
  6. 11Nordin AmrabatSUB
  7. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 26Philipp WollscheidCD-L
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-R
  4. 5Marc MuniesaLB
  5. 2Phil BardsleyRB
  6. 14Ibrahim AfellayAM
  7. 21Giannelli ImbulaLM
  8. 6Glenn WhelanRM
  9. 11JoseluF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 19Jonathan WaltersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Charlie AdamSUB
  2. 29Jakob HaugaardSUB
  3. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  4. 27Bojan KrkicSUB
  5. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  6. 23Dionatan TeixeiraSUB
  7. 18Mame Biram DioufSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Watford 0, Stoke City 1. Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Phil Bardsley with a cross.
  2. 41' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Nyom (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Goal! Watford 0, Stoke City 2. Joselu (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Walters with a through ball.
  5. 55' Substitution, Watford. Nordin Amrabat replaces Jurado.
  6. 55' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Valon Behrami.
  7. 76' Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Nathan Aké.
  9. 83' Adlène Guédioura (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Substitution, Stoke City. Mame Biram Diouf replaces Ibrahim Afellay.
  11. 84' Substitution, Stoke City. Stephen Ireland replaces Marko Arnautovic.
  12. 86' Goal! Watford 1, Stoke City 2. Troy Deeney (Watford) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ikechi Anya with a cross.

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