English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 9, 2015
Liverpool WWWDW 1
–
Stoke City WDWWL 0
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bet365 Stadium · 27,654 att.

Match Report

AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF

Philippe Coutinho magic fires Liverpool to victory at Stoke

Stoke City were unable to repeat their heroics of May as Liverpool stole the points at the Britannia Stadium.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
53
Possession
47
8
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
378
Accurate Passes
301
478
Passes
412
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
68
22
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
20
19
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
12
33
Clearances
16

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 5Marc MuniesaCD-L
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 8Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 16Charlie AdamAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 15Marco van GinkelRM
  9. 18Mame Biram DioufF
  10. 14Ibrahim AfellayAM-L
  11. 19Jonathan WaltersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Shay GivenSUB
  2. 21Steve SidwellSUB
  3. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  4. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  5. 11JoseluSUB
  6. 26Philipp WollscheidSUB
  7. 9Peter OdemwingieSUB

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 6Dejan LovrenCD-L
  3. 37Martin SkrtelCD-R
  4. 12Joe GomezLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 10Philippe CoutinhoAM
  7. 14Jordan HendersonLM
  8. 7James MilnerRM
  9. 9Christian BentekeF
  10. 20Adam LallanaAM-L
  11. 33Jordon IbeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Alberto MorenoSUB
  2. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  3. 34Adam BogdanSUB
  4. 4Kolo TouréSUB
  5. 23Emre CanSUB
  6. 28Danny IngsSUB
  7. 11Roberto FirminoSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Philipp Wollscheid replaces Erik Pieters because of an injury.
  5. 50' Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Liverpool. Emre Can replaces Adam Lallana.
  7. 63' Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Charlie Adam (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 78' Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Jordon Ibe.
  10. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Odemwingie replaces Ibrahim Afellay.
  11. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Steve Sidwell replaces Charlie Adam.
  12. 86' Goal! Stoke City 0, Liverpool 1. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joseph Gomez.

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