Stoke City 0-1 Valencia: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 16 February 2012
Result
Stoke City 0-1 Valencia
Europa League · Thursday 16 February 2012, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-1
Stoke City 0-1 Valencia: match report
Stoke City were beaten by Valencia 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 16 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Mehmet Topal of Valencia in the 36th minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received 5 yellow cards; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-4-2.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Mehmet Topal
- 54'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 73'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 83'Yellow card · Matthew Etherington
- 84'Yellow card · Jonathan Walters
- 85'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 85'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 90+3'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-3-3)
Asmir Begović, Danny Higginbotham, Robert Huth, Matthew Upson, Andy Wilkinson, Salif Diao, Wilson Palacios, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome, Rory Delap
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Vicente Guaita, Bruno Saltor, Adil Rami, Dealbert, Jérémy Mathieu, Sofiane Feghouli, Tino Costa, Jonas, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Piatti, Mehmet Topal