English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 12, 2017
Stoke City DLWLW 0
–
Everton WLWWD 1
1st2ndT
STK000
EVE101
Goodison Park · 39,045 att.

Match Report

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Wayne Rooney goal gives Everton victory over Stoke

Wayne Rooney's first goal back in blue inspired boyhood club Everton to a narrow opening-weekend victory against Stoke.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
1
38.4
Possession
61.6
9
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
211
Accurate Passes
392
292
Passes
497
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
9
27
Crosses
18
0.0
Cross %
0.5
58
Long Balls
67
19
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
43
24
Clearances
43

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

EVE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5Ashley WilliamsCD
  3. 6Phil JagielkaCD-L
  4. 4Michael KeaneCD-R
  5. 17Idrissa GueyeCM-L
  6. 2Morgan SchneiderlinCM-R
  7. 3Leighton BainesLM
  8. 29Dominic Calvert-LewinRM
  9. 9SandroF
  10. 20Davy KlaassenCF-L
  11. 10Wayne RooneyCF-R

STK · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-L
  4. 6Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  5. 24Darren FletcherCM-L
  6. 4Joe AllenCM-R
  7. 3Erik PietersLM
  8. 18Mame Biram DioufRM
  9. 9Saido BerahinoF
  10. 27Bojan KrkicCF-L
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Joe Allen (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Everton 1, Stoke City 0. Wayne Rooney (Everton) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin with a cross.
  3. 45' Substitution, Everton. Cuco Martina replaces Ashley Williams.
  4. 60' Substitution, Everton. Tom Davies replaces Davy Klaassen.
  5. 72' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Saido Berahino.
  6. 72' Substitution, Stoke City. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting replaces Bojan.
  7. 77' Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Sandro Ramírez.
  8. 85' Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton) is shown the yellow card.

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