English League Championship

Stoke City vs Bolton Wanderers, 2018-19 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Stoke City
  • 10': Bruno Martins Indi
  • 74': Tom Ince
FT
2 - 0
Bolton Wanderers

    About

    Stoke City are hosting Bolton Wanderers at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Jason Lowe (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 6': Foul by Cuco Martina (Stoke City).
    • 6': William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cuco Martina.
    • 8': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Remi Matthews.
    • 9': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by William Buckley.
    • 10': Goal! Stoke City 1, Bolton Wanderers 0. Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross following a corner.
    • 11': Erik Pieters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 14': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 14': Tom Ince (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Benik Afobe (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 19': Bojan (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Bojan (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 22': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Craig Noone.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Allen following a corner.
    • 23': Foul by William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 23': Tom Ince (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
    • 25': Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
    • 27': Foul by Erhun Oztumer (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 27': Ryan Woods (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Saido Berahino (Stoke City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Ince.
    • 28': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 28': Foul by Saido Berahino (Stoke City).
    • 28': Remi Matthews (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benik Afobe.
    • 35': Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
    • 37': Benik Afobe (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 37': Foul by Marc Wilson (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 38': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 38': Tom Ince (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 38': Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Foul by Tom Ince (Stoke City).
    • 39': Joe Williams (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 40': Tom Ince (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Hand ball by Cuco Martina (Stoke City).
    • 44': Benik Afobe (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 45': Erhun Oztumer (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Bojan (Stoke City).
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Stoke City 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Stoke City 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
    • 47': Foul by Erhun Oztumer (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 47': Tom Ince (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 48': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jason Lowe.
    • 50': Foul by Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 50': Ryan Woods (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
    • 54': Foul by Benik Afobe (Stoke City).
    • 54': Joe Williams (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Hand ball by Benik Afobe (Stoke City).
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cuco Martina.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erhun Oztumer.
    • 56': Foul by Joe Williams (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 56': Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
    • 57': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Ashley Williams (Stoke City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Allen with a cross following a corner.
    • 58': Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Bojan (Stoke City).
    • 59': Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Erhun Oztumer (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 59': Foul by Benik Afobe (Stoke City).
    • 59': Marc Wilson (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 60': Saido Berahino (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 60': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Yanic Wildschut replaces William Buckley.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Benik Afobe (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erik Pieters.
    • 65': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
    • 66': Foul by Yanic Wildschut (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 66': Jack Butland (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Bojan (Stoke City).
    • 67': Joe Williams (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Erhun Oztumer (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Foul by Bojan (Stoke City).
    • 68': Substitution, Stoke City. James McClean replaces Bojan.
    • 69': Foul by Tom Ince (Stoke City).
    • 69': Jason Lowe (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Erhun Oztumer (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 71': Foul by Cuco Martina (Stoke City).
    • 71': Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Cuco Martina (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 72': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Clayton Donaldson replaces Craig Noone.
    • 72': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Christian Doidge replaces Josh Magennis.
    • 74': Goal! Stoke City 2, Bolton Wanderers 0. Tom Ince (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James McClean with a cross.
    • 77': Offside, Stoke City. Bruno Martins Indi tries a through ball, but Benik Afobe is caught offside.
    • 78': Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Christian Doidge (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 79': Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 79': James McClean (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Yanic Wildschut (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 82': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ashley Williams.
    • 88': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 89': Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Benik Afobe.
    • 89': Substitution, Stoke City. Darren Fletcher replaces Saido Berahino.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Jack Hobbs (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pawel Olkowski with a cross.
    • 90'+4': Foul by James McClean (Stoke City).
    • 90'+4': Pawel Olkowski (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.
    • 90'+5': Match ends, Stoke City 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.

    Statistics

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    17 Fouls 16
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    3 Corner Kicks 9
    5 Saves 1
    41.8 Possession 58.2
    6 SHOTS 15
    1 ON GOAL 7
    0.2 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    278 Accurate Passes 436
    379 Passes 532
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    15 Crosses 21
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    66 Long Balls 64
    33 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
    1 Blocked Shots 3
    6 Effective Tackles 10
    10 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    11 Interceptions 9
    25 Effective Clearances 20
    25 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: bet365 Stadium
    Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
    Attendance: 22,116

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Birmingham City 0 0 0
    2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0
    3 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0
    4 Bristol City 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    STK Stoke City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Jack Butland (GK)
    15 Bruno Martins Indi
    5 Ashley Williams
    3 Erik Pieters
    23 Cuco Martina Yellow Card
    38 Ryan Woods
    4 Joe Allen
    27 Bojan Krkic
    9 Benik Afobe
    19 Saido Berahino
    7 Tom Ince
    Stoke City Substitutes:
    James McClean, Peter Etebo, Darren Fletcher, Thomas Edwards, Ryan Shawcross, Adam Federici, Peter Crouch.

    BOL Bolton Wanderers (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    20 Remi Matthews (GK)
    18 Marc Wilson
    14 Jack Hobbs
    29 Jonathan Grounds Yellow Card
    16 Pawel Olkowski
    7 Erhun Oztumer
    4 Jason Lowe
    21 Joe Williams
    28 Josh Magennis
    11 William Buckley
    12 Craig Noone Yellow Card
    Bolton Wanderers Substitutes:
    Christian Doidge, Joshua Vela, Gary O'Neil, Clayton Donaldson, David Wheater, Ben Williams, Yanic Wildschut.

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