Everton 3-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009
Result
Everton 3-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Everton 3-1 Stoke City: match report
Everton defeated Stoke City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 March 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Jô opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Everton's goals came from Jô (18'), Joleon Lescott (24') and Marouane Fellaini (90'). Stoke City scored through Ryan Shawcross (52').
Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Everton were 6th on 45 points from 28 and Stoke City 16th on 29 points from 28. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.
Everton lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Everton win, 0 draws and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Everton's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Stoke City's W-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Jô
- 24'Yellow card · Liam Lawrence
- 24'Goal · Joleon Lescott
- 52'Goal · Ryan Shawcross
- 90'Goal · Marouane Fellaini
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Joleon Lescott, Leighton Baines, Leon Osman, Phil Neville, Tim Cahill, Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini, Joseph Yobo, Jô
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap