Stoke City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Stoke City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Stoke City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Stoke City beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Joe Allen opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Joe Allen (19'), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (45+2') and Ramadan Sobhi (90+5'). West Bromwich Albion scored through S. Rondón (51').

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 17th on 16 points from 18 and West Bromwich Albion 19th on 14 points from 18. Stoke City went on to finish that season 19th with 33 points, and West Bromwich Albion 20th with 31.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting of Stoke City (8.8), ahead of Joe Allen (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 5 draws and 4 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Joe AllenStoke City · 1-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingStoke City · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · S. RondónWest Bromwich Albion · 2-1
  • 90+5'Goal · Ramadan SobhiStoke City · 3-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ramadan SobhiStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 5, West Bromwich Albion 4.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Butland, Tom Edwards, Ryan Shawcross, Kurt Zouma, Kevin Wimmer, Darren Fletcher, Geoff Cameron, Xherdan Shaqiri, Joe Allen, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Peter Crouch

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Allan Nyom, Ahmed Hegazy, Jonny Evans, Kieran Gibbs, Jake Livermore, Gareth Barry, Chris Brunt, James McClean, Salomón Rondón, Hal Robson-Kanu