Stoke City v Charlton — live commentary
Bet365 Stadium, 12.30pm. Charlton arrive unbeaten on ten points from four matches; Stoke have three.
Stoke lost their first three — at home to Swansea, then at Southampton and Wolves, shipping nine goals in the process — before beating Norwich 1-0 last time out. Charlton have won at West Ham, beaten Derby and Preston at The Valley, and drawn at West Brom, conceding three all season.
Before kick-off: how the two teams stand
Stoke City 1W 0D 3L · 3 points
| LH v Swansea | 1-2 |
| LA v Southampton | 1-3 |
| LA v Wolves | 1-4 |
| WH v Norwich | 1-0 |
Charlton 3W 1D 0L · 10 points
| WH v Derby | 2-1 |
| WA v West Ham | 2-1 |
| WH v Preston | 1-0 |
| DA v West Brom | 1-1 |
League matches completed before this fixture. Figures are correct as at kick-off and are not updated during the match.
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Live commentary
ARCHIVE Match commentary archive · 70 updates
SCORE4·0HT'
90+5'fulltimeFull-time
90+1'comment4 added
82'commentShot — Stoke City, Ben Johnson does well down the right, he crosses one in towards Galbraith who takes a touch and volleys but Okonkwo comfortably saves
82'commentThis game has been ruined by the ref in my opinion Stoke player dives at one end , called a dive by the linesman , gives free kick to Stoke . Next minute gives a penalty to Stoke after a clear dive . The sending off was also stupid , he should not referee another game in this league .
79'sub🔄 Djibril Soumaré replaced by Ben Pearson
79'sub🔄 Karlan Grant replaced by Rob Apter
72'sub🔄 Miles Leaburn and Joe Rankin-Costello make way for Micah Mbick and Millenic Alli
68'commentShot — Charlton, Lloyd Jones looked to loop the ball over Viktor Johansson but he easily claims
63'card🟨 Yellow card Conor Coventry for nudging Bocat
59'commentShot — Charlton, Ball in from Joe Rankin-Costello. Tyler Bindon goes for a spectacular bicycle kick which loops over
58'sub🔄 Lamine Cissé, Maksym Talovierov, Jack McGlynn all come on for Hirst, Devenny and the injured Lawal
51'card🟨 RED CARD FOR Danny McNamara. Its a second yellow card for something he said to the referee. He goes off.
51'commentridiculous sending off Danny McNamara send off by this town of a referee
50'commentFree kick — Charlton, on the far left after Wilmot fouls Leaburn
48'card🟨 Free kick — Stoke City, Danny McNamara yellow card for stopping Stoke advancing down the left
HTscore4-0
HTkickoffKick-off for the second half
HTsub🔄 Conor Coventry comes in for Timothy Ouma
HTscore4-0
45+8'halftimeHalf-time, 4-0
45+5'card🟨 For Ethan Galbraith after flying late into a challenge.
45+3'card🟨 For Miles Leaburn after crashing into Luke Graham. Frustration on show there
45+3'commentShot — Charlton, Skipp shoots over from outside the box as the ball dropped to him
45+2'commentFree kick — Charlton, won by Miles Leaburn on the far right
45+1'comment7 added on
41'goalGood work from Bozenik as he gets away from his man, then Galbraith plays it into Ben Johnson down the right. He cuts it back to Bocat which is going off target but Devenny flicks it on target
41'goal⚽ 4-0, Devenny scores his second after he deflected Eric Bocat's shot on target
40'score4-0
39'commentCorner — Charlton, Karlan Grant wins a corner off Graham
38'commentPeriod of pressure from Charlton. A few good claims from Viktor Johansson
37'commentCorner — Charlton, won by Mesik
35'sub🔄 Bozenik on for Sam Gallagher who is injured
30'commentShot — Stoke City, Opens up for Devenny, he shoots from distance just wide
28'commentShot — Stoke City, Wilmot runs across the near post and just can't guide it into the net
28'commentCorner — Stoke City, first corner was headed behind for another corner
27'commentCorner — Stoke City
26'sub🔄 Tyreece Campbell replaced by Danny McNamara, tactical change this early on by Nathan Jones tells you everything
25'goalBrilliant cross by Eric Bocat and it is headed in by George Hirst. His first goal for Stoke
25'commentWheels have come off for the addicks
25'score3-0
25'goal3-0, scored by George Hirst
24'score3-0
22'goal⚽ Ouma clears Eric Bocat's cross but it ricochets off of Karlan Grant into the path of Ethan Galbraith who fires into the near bottom corner. Okonkwo unsighted. His 3rd goal in 4
22'goal⚽ What a goal by Ethan Galbraith! 2-0
21'score2-0
20'commentShot — Stoke City, Devenny shoots from the free kick and it is way too high
19'commentFree kick — Stoke City, Decent range, given away by Tyler Bindon
16'commentCorner — Stoke City, Devenny's cross is headed behind by Amari'i Bell
15'goal⚽ Summer signing Justin Devenny slots it home! 1-0 Stoke
14'score1-0
14'commentStoke diving about clear dive for the pen referee is not good so far .
13'penalty⚪ Penalty — For Stoke, as the corner comes in, Timothy Ouma pulls down Ben Wilmot, looked soft
13'commentShot — Stoke City, Good play from Stoke into Ethan Galbraith, he gets it onto his left foot outside the box. He shoots which is deflected behind
8'commentShot — Charlton, Ball in the box from Charlton that isn't cleared but Lloyd Jones's flick goes just wide
3'commentAfternoon, should be a Good match Charlton unbeaten drawing last time out Stoke starting with three loses but grabbing a win last time out against Norwich
1'kickoffKick-off at the bet365 stadium
12:30commentThis is 3rd bottom vs 3rd top today, can Stoke hand Charlton their first loss of the season?
12:29commentTyreece Campbell has scored three goals in four league games for Charlton this season, already as many as he netted in 45 appearances last season.
12:29commentCharlton Athletic have 10 points from their four Championship games so far this season, their most at this stage of a second-tier campaign since 1992-93 (12).
12:28commentCharlton have won four of their last seven league games against Stoke (L3), as many as their previous 20 beforehand (D5 L11).
12:28commentCharlton have won four of their last seven league games against Stoke (L3), as many as their previous 20 beforehand (D5 L11).
12:28commentStoke have only lost one of their last 14 home league games against Charlton (W11 D2), winning seven of their last eight, including three in a row since a 1-2 defeat in February 1998.
12:27commentCHARLTON TEAM NEWS: 4 changes from the side who drew to West Brom midweek. Oliver Skipp, Timothy Ouma, Joe Rankin-Costello and Ivan Mesik all come in for Conor Coventry, Alan Mwamba, Danny McNamara and Millenic Alli who all drop to the bench. Oliver Skipp will make his Charlton debut after signing from Leicester on loan, as there is also a full league debut for Kenyan international Timothy Ouma. Signings Tyler Bindon on loan from Nottingham Forest, Ivan Mesik signed from Heracles and Arthur Okonkwo on loan from Wrexham all also start.
12:20commentCharlton Bench: Conor Coventry, Harvey Knibbs, Sonny Carey, Millenic Alli, Danny McNamara, Tiernan Brooks, Rob Apter, Alan Mwamba, Micah Mbick
12:19commentLinups
12:16fulltimeLineups
12:14commentSTOKE TEAM NEWS: 2 changes from the team who beat Norwich 1-0 midweek. Recent signing Justin Devenny comes straight in ahead of Bae Junho, aswell as Sam Gallagher coming in to replace Million Manhoef who is injured. Maksym Talovierov comes back into the squad as a result, Jack McGlynn is also in the squad after joining from Houston Dynamo
12:07commentStoke Bench: Ben Pearson, Jack McGlynn, Robert Bozenik, Bae Junho, Lamine Cissé, Tomáš Rigo, Luca Bombino, Josh Griffiths, Maksym Talovierov
12:05commentStoke Starting XI
11:57score0-0
What the model says
The probabilities below come from goals_logreg_v1_cal, the 1X2 model, refreshed each morning. The separate Poisson goals model, goals_poisson_v1, is producing output again this season after a fix to how it carries form across the summer, and it expects a low-scoring game — a shade over one goal apiece.
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Match commentary timeline
Auto-generated from live commentary. 70 entries between kickoff and full-time.
1′ kickoff Kick-off at the bet365 stadium
3′ comment Afternoon, should be a Good match Charlton unbeaten drawing last time out Stoke starting with three loses but grabbing a win last time out against Norwich
8′ comment Shot — Charlton, Ball in the box from Charlton that isn’t cleared but Lloyd Jones’s flick goes just wide
13′ comment Shot — Stoke City, Good play from Stoke into Ethan Galbraith, he gets it onto his left foot outside the box. He shoots which is deflected behind
13′ penalty ⚪ Penalty — For Stoke, as the corner comes in, Timothy Ouma pulls down Ben Wilmot, looked soft
14′ comment Stoke diving about clear dive for the pen referee is not good so far .
14′ score 1-0
15′ goal ⚽ Summer signing Justin Devenny slots it home! 1-0 Stoke
16′ comment Corner — Stoke City, Devenny’s cross is headed behind by Amari’i Bell
19′ comment Free kick — Stoke City, Decent range, given away by Tyler Bindon
20′ comment Shot — Stoke City, Devenny shoots from the free kick and it is way too high
21′ score 2-0
22′ goal ⚽ What a goal by Ethan Galbraith! 2-0
22′ goal ⚽ Ouma clears Eric Bocat’s cross but it ricochets off of Karlan Grant into the path of Ethan Galbraith who fires into the near bottom corner. Okonkwo unsighted. His 3rd goal in 4
24′ score 3-0
25′ goal 3-0, scored by George Hirst
25′ score 3-0
25′ comment Wheels have come off for the addicks
25′ goal Brilliant cross by Eric Bocat and it is headed in by George Hirst. His first goal for Stoke
26′ sub 🔄 Tyreece Campbell replaced by Danny McNamara, tactical change this early on by Nathan Jones tells you everything
27′ comment Corner — Stoke City
28′ comment Corner — Stoke City, first corner was headed behind for another corner
28′ comment Shot — Stoke City, Wilmot runs across the near post and just can’t guide it into the net
30′ comment Shot — Stoke City, Opens up for Devenny, he shoots from distance just wide
35′ sub 🔄 Bozenik on for Sam Gallagher who is injured
37′ comment Corner — Charlton, won by Mesik
38′ comment Period of pressure from Charlton. A few good claims from Viktor Johansson
39′ comment Corner — Charlton, Karlan Grant wins a corner off Graham
40′ score 4-0
41′ goal ⚽ 4-0, Devenny scores his second after he deflected Eric Bocat’s shot on target
41′ goal Good work from Bozenik as he gets away from his man, then Galbraith plays it into Ben Johnson down the right. He cuts it back to Bocat which is going off target but Devenny flicks it on target
HT score 4-0
HT sub 🔄 Conor Coventry comes in for Timothy Ouma
HT kickoff Kick-off for the second half
HT score 4-0
45+1′ comment 7 added on
45+2′ comment Free kick — Charlton, won by Miles Leaburn on the far right
45+3′ comment Shot — Charlton, Skipp shoots over from outside the box as the ball dropped to him
45+3′ card 🟨 For Miles Leaburn after crashing into Luke Graham. Frustration on show there
45+5′ card 🟨 For Ethan Galbraith after flying late into a challenge.
45+8′ halftime Half-time, 4-0
48′ card 🟨 Free kick — Stoke City, Danny McNamara yellow card for stopping Stoke advancing down the left
50′ comment Free kick — Charlton, on the far left after Wilmot fouls Leaburn
51′ comment ridiculous sending off Danny McNamara send off by this town of a referee
51′ card 🟨 RED CARD FOR Danny McNamara. Its a second yellow card for something he said to the referee. He goes off.
58′ sub 🔄 Lamine Cissé, Maksym Talovierov, Jack McGlynn all come on for Hirst, Devenny and the injured Lawal
59′ comment Shot — Charlton, Ball in from Joe Rankin-Costello. Tyler Bindon goes for a spectacular bicycle kick which loops over
63′ card 🟨 Yellow card Conor Coventry for nudging Bocat
68′ comment Shot — Charlton, Lloyd Jones looked to loop the ball over Viktor Johansson but he easily claims
72′ sub 🔄 Miles Leaburn and Joe Rankin-Costello make way for Micah Mbick and Millenic Alli
79′ sub 🔄 Karlan Grant replaced by Rob Apter
79′ sub 🔄 Djibril Soumaré replaced by Ben Pearson
82′ comment This game has been ruined by the ref in my opinion Stoke player dives at one end , called a dive by the linesman , gives free kick to Stoke . Next minute gives a penalty to Stoke after a clear dive . The sending off was also stupid , he should not referee another game in this league .
82′ comment Shot — Stoke City, Ben Johnson does well down the right, he crosses one in towards Galbraith who takes a touch and volleys but Okonkwo comfortably saves
90+1′ comment 4 added
90+5′ fulltime Full-time
score 0-0
comment Stoke Starting XI
comment Stoke Bench: Ben Pearson, Jack McGlynn, Robert Bozenik, Bae Junho, Lamine Cissé, Tomáš Rigo, Luca Bombino, Josh Griffiths, Maksym Talovierov
comment STOKE TEAM NEWS: 2 changes from the team who beat Norwich 1-0 midweek. Recent signing Justin Devenny comes straight in ahead of Bae Junho, aswell as Sam Gallagher coming in to replace Million Manhoef who is injured. Maksym Talovierov comes back into the squad as a result, Jack McGlynn is also in the squad after joining from Houston Dynamo
fulltime Lineups
comment Linups
comment Charlton Bench: Conor Coventry, Harvey Knibbs, Sonny Carey, Millenic Alli, Danny McNamara, Tiernan Brooks, Rob Apter, Alan Mwamba, Micah Mbick
comment CHARLTON TEAM NEWS: 4 changes from the side who drew to West Brom midweek. Oliver Skipp, Timothy Ouma, Joe Rankin-Costello and Ivan Mesik all come in for Conor Coventry, Alan Mwamba, Danny McNamara and Millenic Alli who all drop to the bench. Oliver Skipp will make his Charlton debut after signing from Leicester on loan, as there is also a full league debut for Kenyan international Timothy Ouma. Signings Tyler Bindon on loan from Nottingham Forest, Ivan Mesik signed from Heracles and Arthur Okonkwo on loan from Wrexham all also start.
comment Stoke have only lost one of their last 14 home league games against Charlton (W11 D2), winning seven of their last eight, including three in a row since a 1-2 defeat in February 1998.
comment Charlton have won four of their last seven league games against Stoke (L3), as many as their previous 20 beforehand (D5 L11).
comment Charlton have won four of their last seven league games against Stoke (L3), as many as their previous 20 beforehand (D5 L11).
comment Charlton Athletic have 10 points from their four Championship games so far this season, their most at this stage of a second-tier campaign since 1992-93 (12).
comment Tyreece Campbell has scored three goals in four league games for Charlton this season, already as many as he netted in 45 appearances last season.
comment This is 3rd bottom vs 3rd top today, can Stoke hand Charlton their first loss of the season?
