Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 14342
Referee: Woolmer, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

79mins

Patrick Agyemang is replaced by Alan McCormack.

78mins

Peter Sweeney is being taken off, Martin Paterson has come on in his place.

74mins

Simon Whaley is being taken off, Lewis Neal has come on in his place.

72mins

Ricardo Fuller is being taken off, Sambegou Bangoura has come on in his place.

63mins

Goal!! Patrick Agyemang scores for Preston.

62mins

Preston are replacing Matt Hill with Daniele Dichio.

60mins

Dave Brammer is booked for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by A Woolmer

41mins

Goal!! Ricardo Fuller scores for Stoke.

30mins

The referee has booked David Nugent.

29mins

The referee has booked Liam Chilvers.

12mins

The referee has booked Darel Russell.

6mins

The referee has booked Michael Duberry.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 30th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Patrick Agyemang's fourth goal in five games gave Preston a hard-earned point and denied Stoke their first win in eight games.

Agyemang kept a cool head to finish with aplomb after impressive performances by new boys Lee Hendrie and Ricardo Fuller had inspired City to produce a much-improved display.

The signing of Hendrie, on loan from Aston Villa, had persuaded a group of disenchanted Stoke fans to abandon their plan to dish out 10,000 red cards in protest against manager Tony Pulis.

But there was still an uneasy atmosphere among the home support as Preston made a confident start with David Nugent threatening with an early header from Graham Alexander's free-kick.

Stoke gradually began to find their feet however and Hendrie and Fuller were to the fore as the Preston goal game under strong pressure.

Hendrie had an eight-yard volley blocked on the line from Peter Sweeney's 15th minute corner, and then the former England midfielder struck the bar with a 20-yard free-kick.

And it was no more than Stoke deserved when Fuller opened the scoring against one of his former clubs four minutes before the interval.

Sweeney made the telling pass and Fuller took advantage of a lack of concentration in the visitors defence to race clear and place a low shot past Carlo Nash.

Fuller had a chance to add a second in the 55th minute, but this time skewed his shot horribly off target after hunting down Michael Duberry's punt upfield.

Stoke continued to boss most of the play and Preston manager Paul Simpson had seen enough by the 63rd minute when he introduced Danny Dichio to beef up his ineffective forward line.

And the visitors were level within seconds as the home defence, which had been rock solid until then, switched off completely.A long ball from Chris Sedgwick found Agyemang in acres of space and he sprinted away and beat Steve Simonsen with a confident chip.

Fuller's last piece of the action before limping off with a strained hamstring was a clever pass which invited Hendrie to restore Stoke's lead.

But the debutant, who was tiring badly by this stage, dallied over his shot for too long and an excellent chance had gone.

Stoke City Team

Preston North End Team

Stoke City

Preston North End

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

Shots off target

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