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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Britannia Stadium
  • Attendance: 18432
  • Referee: Webb, H

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Liam Lawrence takes a penalty for Stoke and scores!.

84mins

Stoke are replacing Salif Diao with Jon Parkin.

81mins

Burnley are replacing Ade Akinbiyi with Andrew Cole.

78mins

Kyle Lafferty is replaced by John Spicer.

70mins

Stoke are replacing Mamady Sidibe with Paul Gallagher.

69mins

The referee has booked Liam Lawrence.

63mins

Burnley are replacing Mark Randall with Alan Mahon.

60mins

Richard Cresswell goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

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

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

36mins

Jon Harley goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

35mins

Salif Diao is booked for unsporting behaviour.

32mins

The referee has booked Kyle Lafferty.

3mins

Goal!! Burnley have scored with Kyle Lafferty putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Liam Lawrence tucked away a last minute penalty to rescue a point for Stoke City and deny Burnley a sixth win in eight visits to the Britannia Stadium.

Lawrence placed his shot inside Gabor Kiraly's left-hand post for his 14th goal of the season after Jon Harley had tripped Richard Cresswell.

Burnley got off to a cracking start with Kyle Lafferty giving them the lead from their first attack in the third minute.

A swift counter-attack involved former Stoke players Ade Akinbiyi and James O'Connor, before the unmarked Lafferty fired home from six yards.

Stoke looked momentarily stunned and Akinbiyi should have added a second when he mis-directed a close-range shot in the eighth minute.

A strong and swirling wind made conditions difficult and City struggled to build up a head of steam with a couple of wayward shots from Mamady Sidibe the best they could muster.

They finally threatened the Burnley goal a minute before the interval when Richard Cresswell's cross-cum-shot just evaded Lawrence's lunge at the far post.

Stoke had the elements more in their favour after the break and they attempted to up the ante as they attacked the Boothen End which was hosting their most vociferous fans.

Ricardo Fuller's shot was aimed too close to Kiraly and the Burnley defence did well to withstand a series of corners and the long throws of Rory Delap.

Stoke's assault continued and they finally created a real chance on the hour when Fuller latched onto Delap's pass only to guide his shot a foot wide of Kiraly's left-hand post.

Kiraly then did well to block a fierce free-kick from Danny Pugh and the visitors looked set to hold out until the late drama.

Stoke City

Burnley

Corners

64

Fouls

826

Goal attempts

177

Shots off target

73

Offsides

12

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