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Commentary
SIERRA snapped at a simple chance.
INAMOTO booked by the ref.
SMITH's shot beat the Rotherham United 'keeper but rebounded off the Rotherham United post.
11¹The hapless Rotherham United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from McNAMARA fell just over.
14¹SMITH made space on the left and touched the ball to GRAVESEN who rasped the ball wide.
16¹GOAL!! A delightful shot from VOGEL was punched clear by FILIMONOV only as far as SMITH who hit the ball past the stranded FILIMONOV. (1-0 Stoke City)
24¹A poor shot from SIERRA trickled agonisingly wide.
26¹McNAMARA stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post.
29¹GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed FERGUSON to play the ball to SMITH who blasted a deadly shot into the net. (2-0 Stoke City)
35¹A corner was collected by SIERRA who nodded an effort wide.
37¹TOMASSON headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
39¹A fine ball from GRAVESEN on the left bobbled toward TOMASSON who scuffed his shot wide.
40¹UJFALUSI shot over.
43¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from TOMASSON who beat four defenders before firing the ball into the net. (3-0 Stoke City)
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Rotherham United 'keeper.
GRAVESEN chipped the ball to LAHM who turned it just beyond the far post.
An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of the Stoke City 'keeper by BAKHARYEV.
A shot from SIERRA was smothered by the Stoke City 'keeper.
13²A pin-point pass fell to SIERRA and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
15²Uncertainty in the Rotherham United defence enabled SMITH to thump an effort wide.
21²SMITH headed wide.
24²HARTE booked for gamesmanship.
26²INAMOTO's shot was well saved by the Stoke City 'keeper.
37²A free-kick from SIERRA floated just wide.
39²A cross from GRAVESEN left SMITH in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
39²BAKHARYEV hit a left foot shot just wide from just outside the area.

 
Stoke City
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWXWXWWW
Formation: 5-3-2
Line-ups
Ivan PELIZZOLI1Aleksandr FILIMONOV
Massimo ODDO2John O'SHEA
Philipp LAHM3José SIERRA
Kolo TOURÉ4Vassilis ZIKOS
Daniel VAN BUYTEN5Gary DOHERTY
Tomás UJFALUSI6Boris ZIVKOVIC(c)
(c)Thomas GRAVESEN7Jackie McNAMARA
Johann VOGEL8Junichi INAMOTO
Jon Dahl TOMASSON9Ian HARTE
(p,f)Alan SMITH10Oleksiy BAKHARYEV(f)
Barry FERGUSON11Scott BROUGH(p)
Steve PERRYManagerAntony BILSLAND
Mikael FORSSELL12  Jacky PEETERS
Marco AMELIA  13  Andy MARSHALL
Gary SPEED14  Leroy LITA
Matthew UPSON  15  Steve SCHUMACHER
Ray PARLOUR  16  Richard DUFFY
 
Rotherham United
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LWLW
Overall league form: WLLXWWWL
Formation: 4-5-1

Statistics
Stoke City 3 Rotherham United 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 27,920, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Alan Butler 8)

Smith 16¹, Smith 29¹, Tomasson 43¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
TomassonóForssell 35², VogelóSpeed 40² 
  
 Inamoto 6¹, Harte 24²
63
1312
53
53
97
1410
23
46%54%
Man of the match: Kolo Touré