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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Britannia Stadium
  • Attendance: 18420
  • Referee: Halsey, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

90 mins

Ricardo Fuller is replaced by Jon Parkin.

84 mins

Mamady Sidibe is being taken off, Carl Dickinson has come on in his place.

72 mins

Goal!! AS Roman Bednar scores for West Brom.

68 mins

West Brom are replacing Bostjan Cesar with Martin Albrechtsen.

66 mins

Goal!! Stoke have scored with Ricardo Fuller putting it in the back of the net.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.

46 mins

West Brom are replacing Chris Brunt with Ishmael Miller.

46 mins

Felipe Teixeira is being taken off, Kevin Phillips has come on in his place.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by M Halsey

38 mins

Goal!! Ricardo Fuller scores for Stoke.

37 mins

The referee has booked Bostjan Cesar.

17 mins

Chris Brunt is booked for unsporting behaviour.

5 mins

Goal!! Stoke have scored with Ricardo Fuller putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

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

Match Report

Ricardo Fuller celebrated signing a new contract with a brilliant hat-trick as Stoke City won the Championship's match of the day against West Bromwich Albion.

Stoke took the lead from the first chance of the match and it was Fuller who applied the expert finish. John Eustace's pass was flicked on by Mamady Sidibe and Fuller burst clear to place a low shot past the advancing Dean Kiely.

Albion dominated most of the possession and forced Stoke back as AS Roman Bednar and Zoltan Gera fired shots off-target.

But the visitors struggled to create a clear opportunity as Stoke's occasional raids carried much more potency.

Sidibe and Fuller were proving a real handful and it was no surprise when the latter notched a second seven minutes before the break.

Liam Lawrence's right-wing free-kick found its way to the far post, where Fuller, who had spun off his marker, turned to hammer an unstoppable shot past Kiely.

Albion made a double substitution at the interval, bringing on Kevin Phillips and Ishmael Miller for the ineffective Chris Brunt and Felipe Teixeira.

Wave after wave of attacks were soon raining on the Stoke goal and Albion almost pulled one back in the 63rd minute when Leon Cort cleared Miller's header off the line.

But Stoke were in the comfort zone after Fuller completed his treble with a magnificent individual effort four minutes later.

The Jamaican international picked the ball up on the left flank and tore infield to leave Bostjan Cesar and Pele stranded, before rolling his shot past Kiely.

Albion grabbed a consolation goal 18 minutes from time when Bednar headed in from six yards from Martin Albrechtsen's cross.

Stoke City Team

West Bromwich Albion Team

Stoke City

West Bromwich Albion

Corners

3 10

Fouls

13 9

Goal attempts

9 20

Shots off target

3 8

Offsides

1 0

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