WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion conquers Stoke City with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Bartley (39′) and a goal from B. Thomas-Asante (50′).
The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was James Bell with the help of Adam Crysell and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Scott Oldham. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 16 Total 13
- 3 On Target 3
- 13 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 86 Attack 97
- 53 Dangerous attack 37
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. West Bromwich Albion was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Stoke City that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
West Bromwich Albion was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Bromwich Albion won the match.
West Bromwich Albion shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Stoke City shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card (C. Townsend). Regarding the opposition, Stoke City received 3 yellow cards (J. Thompson, L. Delap and J. Brown).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, West Bromwich Albion will have 23 points like Wigan Athletic to sit in the 21st place. Regarding the opposition, Stoke City will stay with 25 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away against Swansea City on the 6th of May with a 12-8 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Stoke City will play away agasint Watford on the 6th of May with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Watford (3 draws).
West Bromwich Albion – Formation
West Bromwich Albion started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Alex Palmer
, Darnell Furlong , Kyle Bartley , Dara O’Shea , Conor Townsend , Okay Yokuşlu , Jayson Molumby , Jed Wallace , John Swift , Matt Phillips and Brandon Thomas-Asante .The home team had on the bench: Tom Rogić
, Daryl Dike, Grady Diangana, Erik Pieters , Jake Livermore, Taylor Gardner-Hickman and David Button.West Bromwich Albion could not rely on the presence of E. Pieters (injured).
Substitutions
West Bromwich Albion made 5 changes: J. Swift for E. Pieters (66′), J. Molumby for T. Rogic (80′), M. Phillips for T. Gardner-Hickman (80′), J. Wallace for G. Diangana (81′) and B. Thomas-Asante for D. Dike (90′).
Best player: John Swift
The player that probably impressed the most for West Bromwich Albion was John Swift even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 32 passes (78% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 9 crosses.Stoke City – Formation
Stoke City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Alex Neil played with: Jack Bonham
, Harry Clarke , Phil Jagielka , Ben Wilmot , Josh Tymon , Lewis Baker , Jordan Thompson , Will Smallbone , Tyrese Campbell , Nick Powell and Liam Delap .The following players were sitting on the bench: Connor Taylor, Dwight Gayle
, Aden Flint, Jacob Brown , Josef Bursik, Morgan Fox and Tariqe Fosu-Henry .Substitutions
Stoke City made 4 changes: N. Powell for D. Gayle (22′), T. Campbell for M. Fox (46′), L. Delap for J. Brown (69′) and J. Tymon for T. Fosu (70′).
Best player: Harry Clarke
The player that probably impressed the most for Stoke City was Harry Clarke.
His rating is
with 26 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Blackpool – 2-1
- West Bromwich Albion – Stoke City – 2-0
- Preston North End – Millwall – 2-4
- Norwich City – Middlesbrough – 1-2
- Luton Town – Rotherham United – 1-1
- Hull City – Reading – 1-2
- Huddersfield Town – Swansea City – 0-0
- Coventry City – Queens Park Rangers – 2-0
- Cardiff City – Sheffield United – 0-1
- Bristol City – Watford – 0-0