Burnley have numbers in the box but Paterson sends in an awful cross to waste the chance for the home side

McDonald's shot goes just wide of the post after a strong run forward

Eagles skies the ball over the bar following a great break forward from Burnley. Great chance for Eagles to score there

Mears strides forward and finds Nugent but Collins does well to clear the ball for Stoke

Etherington tries to break forward for Stoke. He cuts inside well and crosses. The ball falls to Tuncay and then Kitson, who forces an easy save from Jensen

Cort volleys the ball up towards the Burnley strikers but Paterson can't keep it in play

The game has become a little scrappy in the last few minutes, which is a shame as Burnley in particular were playing some good football

Jensen sends the ball up towards Nugent but Huth stands firm to win back possession for Stoke

Burnley have a good chance to score through Carlisle but he tries to play in one of his teammates rather than take on the shot himself

Delap is lucky to escape a booking for a full-blooded tackle

Alexander takes the shot on when he maybe should have tried to pick out Eagles. The ball flies wide of the target

Eagles shoots from distance but the ball goes wide of the target

Eagles shoots towards goal and forces an uncomfortable save from Sorensen

Burnley are playing really well in comparison to their first half performance but they need to be careful of Stoke hitting them on the break, as the away side strides forward through Tuncay

Burnley appeal for a penalty after a suspected handball in the box but the referee isn't interested

McDonald, who has played well since coming on, picks out Eagles and he gets past one Stoke player with ease before the ball runs out of play as he tries to get past another

Nugent appeals for a penalty after going down in the box but it would have been a very soft spot kick

Faye skews the ball over the bar from close range but that was never really threatening Brian Jensen

Nugent makes good progress down the right and picks out Fox. The cross in the end from Fox is weak

Paterson sends a thunderbolt of a ball into the box and Mears has a good chance to score after poor play from Sorensen but the ball doesn't quite fall for him

The Burnley fans are in great voice now and getting right behind their team

Wilkinson clips the ball towards Sidibe and Lawrence picks up the resulting loose ball. This is good play from Stoke

Sidibe gets a cross in from a decent position but there's nobody there for Stoke to take advantage. That was sloppy play from Burnley

There's just one minute of added time to play at the end of this first half

Etherington crosses the ball into the box and Cort is forced to clear from virtually under his own crossbar

Stoke hit Burnley on the break again but Mears stays firm and the ball goes out for a Stoke throw

Eagles sends a lovely ball in towards the far post. Paterson's side-footed attempt on the volley is scuffed wide of the target. That was a great chance for Burnley to equalise

Delap gets away from Graham Alexander and picks out Tuncay, who tries to get away from Fox and does well. He picks out Andy Wilkinson but the resultant cross is wasted

Burnley need to get the ball down and stop launching long balls up the pitch. The pace of this game is suiting Stoke down to the ground

Burnley take a short corner and the ball nearly falls to Thompson but Stoke do well to clear the danger before he can bring it down properly

Stoke win a corner through Delap. Liam Lawrence takes the inswinging corner but Burnley clear through Eagles

Clarke Carlisle's attempted clearance only falls to a Stoke player and the Burnley fans let out loud groans. That's the last thing the home side needs right now

Burnley need to recover their composure after conceding that goal against the run of play

Mears gets into a good position but his cross is awful and wastes what should have been a promising piece of build-up play from Burnley

Paterson sprints forward, chased all the time by Danny Collins, but the ball eventually runs out of play

Burnley are piling on the pressure at the moment and have had a succession of corners in the last few minutes. They need to make this pressure count

Stoke try to hit Burnley on the break through Tuncay but Mears is there to win the ball back again for the home side. Great play from Mears

Cork has a good chance to score after being picked out by Eagles but he unselfishly decides to pass the ball to Paterson and the chance goes begging

Burnley win a free kick as Jack Cork is knocked off the ball by Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye. Eagles takes the free kick and the ball bounces around dangerously again before Martin Paterson sends a shot woefully wide

Delap sends in one of his trademark long throws. The ball is headed on and bounces around dangerously in the box before Burnley can clear

Chris Eagles shows off some of his tricks with the ball at his feet but Rory Delap is having none of it and wins possession back for Stoke

Burnley win a free kick on the right. Danny Fox steps up to take it but the ball is headed away

Etherington is picked out well by Sanli Tuncay but Tyrone Mears does very well to keep up with the pace of Etherington and win the ball

Etherington takes a free kick 40 yards from goal. It's a good delivery but with a number of Stoke bodies in the box, Burnley win a free kick

Matthew Etherington and Mamady Sidibe have had some nice touches so far, with the latter pressing in midfield whenever Burnley have the ball

Thomas Sorensen sends a long ball up towards the Stoke strikers but Leon Cort heads the ball clear. Pretty slow start to this game from both sides