STOKE. Sunderland tops Stoke City 1-0 after R. Stewart scored just 1 goal (45′). Stoke City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Bet365 Stadium stadium in Stoke on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Langford with the assistance of Akil Howson and Daniel Leach. The 4th official was Sunny Sukhvir Gill. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.7 degrees Celsius or 71.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Stoke City was in firm control of the ball 58% while Sunderland was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Stoke City was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sunderland succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Stoke City shot 17 times, 3 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sunderland shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Stoke City received 3 yellow cards (C. Taylor, L. Delap and J. Brown). Regarding the opposition, Sunderland received 6 yellow cards (L. O’Nien, J. Matete, E. Embleton, B. Wright, J. Clarke and A. Pritchard).

Standings

After this match, Stoke City will stay with 3 points like Sheffield United, Watford, Queens Park Rangers, Cardiff City, Millwall, Reading and Blackpool to hold in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Sunderland will have 4 points like Birmingham City, Burnley and Hull City to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Stoke City will host Birmingham City on the 5th of November with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Birmingham City (6 draws).

Sunderland will host Cardiff City on the 5th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (1 draw).

Stoke City – Formation

Stoke City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Michael O\’Neill decided to play with the following team: Josef Bursik (6.5), Connor Taylor (6.8), Phil Jagielka (7.0), Ben Wilmot (6.5), Tariqe Fosu-Henry (7.1), Gavin Kilkenny (7.3), Lewis Baker (6.6), Will Smallbone (7.1), Jordan Thompson (7.3), Jacob Brown (7.0) and Liam Delap (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Aden Flint, Sam Clucas (6.8), Morgan Fox, Tyrese Campbell (6.7), Dwight Gayle (6.8), Jack Bonham and D’Margio Wright-Phillips (6.4).

Substitutions

Stoke City made 4 changes: J. Brown for D. Gayle (60′), W. Smallbone for T. Campbell (69′), G. Kilkenny for S. Clucas (69′) and L. Delap for D. Wright-Phillips (75′).

Best player: Jordan Thompson​

The most impressive player for Stoke City was Jordan Thompson.

His rating is (7.3) with 55 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Sunderland – Formation

Sunderland started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Alex Neil played with: Anthony Patterson (7.7), Luke O’Nien (7.1), Danny Batth (7.1), Dennis Cirkin (7.1), Lynden Gooch (6.2), Elliot Embleton (6.6), Jay Matete (6.2), Jack Clarke (7.1), Alex Pritchard (6.8), Ross Stewart (7.3) and Ellis Simms (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Patrick Roberts, Jack Diamond, Ajibola-Joshua Alese, Alex Bass, Corry Evans (7.1), Trai Hume (6.8) and Bailey Wright (6.8).

Substitutions

Sunderland made 3 changes: J. Matete for C. Evans (46′), L. O’Nien for B. Wright (46′) and A. Pritchard for T. Hume (88′).

Best player: Anthony Patterson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sunderland was the goalkeeper: Anthony Patterson. His rating is 7.71. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Hull City – 5-2
• Swansea City – Luton Town – 0-2
• Stoke City – Sunderland – 0-1
• Sheffield United – Blackburn Rovers – 3-0
• Reading – Middlesbrough – 1-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Rotherham United – 1-1
• Preston North End – Watford – 0-0
• Burnley – Blackpool – 3-3
• Birmingham City – Wigan Athletic – 0-1