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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Britannia Stadium
  • Attendance: 17135
  • Referee: Mason, L

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

86 mins

Mamady Sidibe is being taken off, John Eustace has come on in his place.

85 mins

Freddy Eastwood is replaced by Stephen Elliott.

79 mins

Stoke are replacing Liam Lawrence with Jon Parkin.

46 mins

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

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by L Mason

45 mins

Liam Lawrence goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

35 mins

The referee has booked Stephen Ward.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 1st, the match has kicked off.

0 mins

Stoke face Wolverhampton at 3pm on Saturday, September 1st.

Match Report

No lack of endeavour, but quality was in very short supply as these West Midlands rivals battled to a stalemate.

Defences were well on top in a fiercely contested first half and the only real chance came in stoppage time.

Ricardo Fuller was too strong and too quick for Kevin Foley before he rolled the ball into the path of Liam Lawrence.

Lawrence struck his shot well enough, but it came at a comfortable height for Wayne Hennessey who was not seriously extended.

Wolves did give as good as they got in that first period and their best opening was struck high and wide by Stephen Ward.

Both sides showed a greater desire to win the game in the second half and Lawrence again shot too close to Hennessey.

And Fuller was presented with the best opportunity of the match in the 63rd minute following a mistake by Darren Ward.

The centre-back's poor header dropped straight into Fuller's path but his left-foot shot drifted inches wide.

It was then Wolves' turn to build up a head of steam as Steve Simonsen saved a header from Ward and Michael Kightly shot wide.

Stoke threw on Jon Parkin for Lawrence 11 minutes from time to see if the former Hull striker could score as a substitute for a third successive game.

But Wolves, who had just a touch of extra zip about their play, also had ambitions of victory with Andy Keogh threatening to burst clear.

Rory Delap had one last chance to win it for Stoke two minutes from time but he lost his footing as he attempted to round Hennessey from Parkin's pass.

The best performances on the field came from defenders with Stoke's Clint Hill and Wolves skipper Gary Breen both outstanding.

Stoke City Team

Wolverhampton Wanderers Team

Stoke City

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Corners

4 13

Fouls

13 15

Goal attempts

7 11

Shots off target

2 6

Offsides

3 2

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