Stoke City 0 - West Bromwich Albion 1

Date: Saturday 9th February 2019 Live on Sky Sports
Competition: Sky Bet Championship
Stoke:
4.2
WBA:
6.9
Johnstone 6.0, Holgate 6.8, Dawson 7.4, Hegazi 8.1, Gibbs 6.5, Barry 7.7, Livermore 6.0, Johansen 6.6 (Harper, 81 5.7), Murphy 5.0 (Montero, 74 5.5), Gayle 7.1 (Bartley, 93 5.2), Rodriguez 6.2
Unused subs: Bond, Mears, Hoolahan, Field
Manager: Darren Moore 7.2
Scorers: Gayle (25)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson 5.7
Attendance: 26,828   Home Fans 3.8   Away Fans 7.7

Brendan Clegg:

A solid away victory that wasn’t particularly pretty but didn’t really look in doubt.

I felt it generally followed the similar pattern of us being the better team up to about 50-60 minutes, then us looking really leggy for an in comfortable spell - the difference being this time that Moore was able to introduce pace fresh legs to see the game out and give us an out ball.

Overall the back 4 were good, the midfield 3 solid and strong with Johansen giving us a bit more forward intent and the front 3 did okay - Gayle and Murphy offering pace and JRod dropping deep.

  • SJ - 6 Not a lot to do. No presence, doesn’t seem to talk either.
  • Holgate - 7 Good player, rapid, one or two errors.
  • Daws - 8 On top all game.
  • Hegazi - 8 Same as Daws, lovely touch for the goal, overplayed a couple of times.
  • Gibbs - 7 Dependable. No lapses.
  • Barry - 6 Did get caught a few times and had trouble keeping up but decent on the ball.
  • Livermore- 6 Brought his power and kept his passing simple. Good away performance.
  • Johansen - 7 Tried to make things happen. Took risks and was rusty but did well.
  • Gayle - 7 Still think he’s wasted out wide but another goal. Can lose it cheaply.
  • JRod - 6 Marks are mostly for effort. Didn’t offer much.
  • Murphy - 6 Rusty, erratic but quick. Hopefully will improve with games.
  • Jeff - 6 Decent option off the bench, Gave them a problem, not sure about end product.
  • Harper & Bartley were on too late to judge.

Let’s hope we can get a run of wins together.