STOKE. Stoke City managed to turn the table against Huddersfield Town to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Huddersfield Town to strike first with an own goal of H. Toffolo at the 47′. Then it was an own goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Pearson gave the win to Stoke City in the 63′ minute with a penalty. Stoke City took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Bet365 Stadium stadium in Stoke on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Joshua Smith that was helped by Matt McGrath and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.3 degrees Celsius or 64.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Stoke City started with a 3-5-2 line-up. On the other side, Huddersfield Town adopted for an extremely aggressive formation (3-4-3).
Stoke City – Formation
Stoke City
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Michael O’Neill decided to play with the following team: Josef Bursik , Leo Østigård , Harry Souttar , Ben Wilmot , Tommy Smith , Sam Clucas , Romaine Sawyers , Mario Vrančić , Josh Tymon , Jacob Brown and Sam Surridge .
The home team had on the bench: Morgan Fox, Joe Allen , Thomas Ince, Adam Davies, Jordan Thompson, Alfie Doughty and Steven Fletcher .
Best player: Mario Vrančić
The player that probably impressed the most for Stoke City was Mario Vrančić even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 0 goals, 31 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
On the other side, Carlos O’Neill played with: Lee Nicholls , Matthew Pearson , Tom Lees , Naby Sarr , Sorba Thomas , Jonathan Hogg , Lewis O’Brien , Harry Toffolo , Duane Holmes , Fraizer Campbell and Josh Koroma .
They had on the bench: Josh Ruffels, Ademipo Odubeko , Alex Vallejo, Nicholas Bilokapic, Oliver Turton , Levi Colwill and Danel Sinani .
Best player: Sorba Thomas
The player that probably impressed the most for Huddersfield Town was Sorba Thomas.
His rating is with 0 goals, 14 passes (57% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 15 crosses.
Match report
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 7 Total 14
- 3 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 112
- 36 Dangerous attack 38
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Stoke City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Huddersfield Town was extremely more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Stoke City managed to find the solution to win this match.
Stoke City shoot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Huddersfield Town shoot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Stoke City received 2 yellow cards (M. Vrancic and J. Allen). On the other side, Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards (T. Lees, F. Campbell and D. Holmes).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Stoke City will have 13 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Huddersfield Town will stay with 10 points to stay in the 8th place.
In the next match in the Championship, Stoke City will host Barnsley on the 15th of September with a 0-0 head to head record. Huddersfield Town will play away Blackpool on the 14th of September with a 2-2 head to head record.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- AFC Bournemouth – Barnsley – 3-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Luton Town – 2-2
- Blackpool – Fulham – 1-0
- Bristol City – Preston North End – 0-0
- Coventry City – Middlesbrough – 2-0
- Reading – Queens Park Rangers – 3-3
- Sheffield United – Peterborough United – 6-2
- Stoke City – Huddersfield Town – 2-1
- Swansea City – Hull City – 0-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Millwall – 1-1
