WEST BROMWICH. Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion draw 1-1. L. Gooch scored the first goal (12′) for Stoke City. B. Thomas-Asante made it even (35′). West Bromwich Albion was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%)
The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrew Kitchen with the help of Richard Wild and Craig Taylor. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.31 degrees Celsius or 48.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 16 Total 9
- 7 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 94 Attack 85
- 59 Dangerous attack 25
- 108 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 11
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
West Bromwich Albion was in firm control of the ball 65% while Stoke City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
West Bromwich Albion was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough West Bromwich Albion to win the match.
West Bromwich Albion shot 16 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Stoke City shot 9 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards (Tom Fellows, Okay Yokuşlu and Kyle Bartley). Regarding the opposition, Stoke City received 1 yellow card (Wouter Burger).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, West Bromwich Albion has 36 points like Hull City to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Stoke City will has 23 points to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away with Middlesbrough on the 23rd of December with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of West Bromwich Albion (7 draws).
Stoke City will host Millwall on the 23rd of December with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Millwall (3 draws).
West Bromwich Albion – Formation
West Bromwich Albion adopted the 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 , Cédric Kipré , Conor Townsend , Okay Yokuşlu , Alex Mowatt , Grady Diangana , Jed Wallace , Jeremy Sarmiento and Brandon Thomas-Asante .
The home team had on the bench: Jayson Molumby, Semi Ajayi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Erik Pieters, Adam Reach, Pipa , Tom Fellows , Joshua Griffiths and Caleb Taylor.
Substitutions
West Bromwich Albion made 3 changes: Grady Diangana for Tom Fellows (72′), Jeremy Sarmiento for Pipa (77′) and Alex Mowatt for Jayson Molumby (87′).
Player of the match: Darnell Furlong
The player that probably impressed the most for West Bromwich Albion was Darnell Furlong.
His rating is with 57 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Stoke City – Formation
Also Stoke City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alex Neil played with: Ben Pearson, Jack Bonham , Ki-Jana Hoever , Luke McNally , Michael Rose , Jordan Thompson , Josh Laurent , Wouter Burger , Lynden Gooch , Joon-ho Bae and Daniel Johnson , Ryan Mmaee .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Junior Tchamadeu, André Vidigal , Lewis Baker, Wesley Moraes , Nikola Jojić, Ciaran Clark, Mehdi Léris, Nathan Lowe and Tommy Simkim.
Substitutions
Stoke City made 2 changes: Joon-ho Bae for Wesley Moraes (68′) and Ryan Mmaee for André Vidigal (69′).
Player of the match: Ki-Jana Hoever
The most impressive player for Stoke City was Ki-Jana Hoever.
His rating is with 26 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.