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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Britannia Stadium
  • Attendance: 14482
  • Referee: Walton, P

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

79mins

Stoke are replacing Lee Hendrie with Dave Brammer.

69mins

Dean Whitehead is replaced by Chris Brown.

69mins

Ross Wallace is replaced by Daryl Murphy.

68mins

Mamady Sidibe is replaced by Ricardo Fuller.

54mins

Goal!! Vincent Pericard scores for Stoke.

50mins

Goal!! Stoke have scored with Lee Hendrie putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

Sunderland are replacing Robbie Elliott with Clive Clarke.

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.

37mins

The referee has booked Salif Diao.

36mins

Nyron Nosworthy goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

34mins

Robbie Elliott goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

28mins

Goal!! Dwight Yorke scores for Sunderland.

12mins

Rory Delap is replaced by Luke Chadwick.

Match Report

Sunderland boss Roy Keane called for a reaction from his players following a drubbing at Preston at the weekend but the display at the Britannia Stadium would not have been what he was expecting.

Second-half strikes from Lee Hendrie and Vincent Pericard cancelled out Dwight Yorke's opener and left the Black Cats with only one win from their last five outings.

In the opening exchanges, Stoke were showing the form that earned them four goals at Leeds, while Sunderland still looked shaken after leaking four in their weekend exploits.

Pericard should have made the most of the jitters but spurned three gilt-edged chances in the opening nine minutes.

The best of the early chances arrived with only seven minutes gone, but after shrugging off Nyron Nosworthy's escort, the striker steered wide.

After their rocky start, the Wearsiders gained some composure and with it some possession and in the 28th minute they also got a reward.

Yorke, making his first start, pounced on some calamitous set-piece defending and in typical fashion slammed the ball past the decked Steve Simonsen.

Yorke's first strike in Sunderland colours was almost cancelled out as quickly as it was scored were it not for some last-ditch defending from Stanislav Varga.

Mamady Sidibe had all but broke into celebration after chipping Darren Ward when Varga threw himself into the line of fire to make a spectacular goal-line clearance.

But it wasn't long before City levelled and then took the lead in quick succession.

Hendrie steered in his second goal in four days after latching on to Sidibe's through ball.

And the second oozed with the class of its on-loan Premiership instigators. Hendrie's back-heel was followed by an inch-perfect centre from Andy Griffin which Pericard couldn't help but nod home.

A nervy finale followed but an 89th minute stop from Simonsen off Chris Brown's low drive earned back-to-back wins for the Potters for the first time this season.

Stoke City Team

Sunderland Team

Stoke City

Sunderland

Corners

38

Fouls

1117

Goal attempts

109

Shots off target

55

Offsides

23

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