English Premier League – Half Time review: West Bromwich Albion versus Stoke City
The match started off in disastrous fashion for the visitors as Jermaine Pennant, the Stoke City winger suffered an injury within the first fifteen minutes of the match. The winger was a fitness doubt ahead of the encounter but he had
to be substituted in the 13th minute of the match due to his injury as Tuncay Sanli replaced him in midfield for the Potters.
In the 15th minute of the match, it was Rory Delap who hurled the ball into the West Brom box with his characteristically long throw in. However, the famous Delap throw in was ineffective this time around as West
Brom cleared the ball away easily. In the 16thminute of the encounter, Marek Cech played in a beautiful ball into the Stoke City box but Begovic was on hand to claim it for the Potters as the score line remained stagnant at nil all. In the 18thminute
of the match, Tuncay Sanli the substitute for Stoke City took their free kick from around 35 yards out, Robert Huth did very well to get a flick on to the ball but Scott Carson was equally at hand to deal with the situation as the ex-Liverpool goalkeeper gained
control of the ball.
In the 22nd minute, Tuncay’s cross was deflected out for a corner kick. Stoke City failed to take advantage of the ensuing set piece was Delap was not able to provide a good delivery inside the West Brom box. Stoke
City were in superiority early on despite the fact that they lost Jermaine Pennant within the first fifteen minutes due to his hamstring injury. Jara and Mulumbu linked up at the 24thminute mark as the former lay the ball off for the later but
Mulumbu’s strike was way over the bar as West Brom failed to hit the target yet again.
In the 27th minute, Etherington sprinted down the left hand side of attack for Stoke City. The winger played in a good ball inside the West Brom penalty area but yet again there was no one there to connect with
the pass. It was a disappointing moment for Mathew Etherington who had worked really hard to get into space to deliver the ball in. On the other side of the field, in the 29thminute, West Brom’s midfielder Giles Barnes played a beautiful ball into
the box but Begovic collected the ball with ease as no one in the baggies side made the right run for the ball.
The first half of the match came to an end with both the teams deadlocked at nil all as there were few and far goal scoring opportunities in opening period of the match.
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