Stoke City: Match statistics

STOKE CITY 1

(Adam 26)

FULHAM 0

POSSESSION

Stoke 49%

Fulham 51%

GOAL ATTEMPTS

Stoke 16 (5 on target)

Fulham 6 (3 on target)

CORNERS

Stoke 7

Fulham 2

THE REFEREE

Michael Oliver (North'land) 6

FOULS

Stoke 14

Fulham 11

CARD WATCH

YELLOW – Stoke: Cameron (foul, 56); Fulham: Senderos (foul, 19). RED – Stoke: None; Fulham: None.

THE CROWD

Attendance 26,921

MATCH RATING

Entertainment 7

BEGOVIC: Suffered a few misunderstandings with his defence, which is unusual, but one particularly fine save to deny Berbatov late on 7

SHOTTON: Excellent cross for goal – not his only one – while defensively he remained attentive throughout 7

CAMERON: Not always on same wavelength as Etherington, but always showing in attack and sure-footed defensively 7

SHAWCROSS: Some superbly-timed challenges in dangerous areas during diligent offering – and frequent threat on goal 8

HUTH: Hard-man's performance at the heart of things and positively relished the late pressure on the Potters' goal 8

WALTERS: Forceful offering and usually in the thick of things in another selfless contribution 7

WHELAN: Fine range of sensible passing and always sturdy in the tackle 7

NZONZI: Picked pockets to useful effect in midfield and superb stamina to cut angles and fill spaces 7

ADAM: Highly influential in all the right areas – not least when taking his goal so capably 8

ETHERINGTON: Some decent deliveries and often stretched Fulham during another faultless offering effort-wise 7

CROUCH: Little goal threat himself, perhaps, but always mixing it and teed up the goal for Adam 7

SUBSTITUTES

KIGHTLY (for Etherington, 72): Always direct and looking to be positive in final third as City closed out game 7

JONES (for Crouch, 77): Looked like he fancied himself Saturday and was he really offside on disallowed goal? 7

WHITEHEAD (for Adam, 82): Significant energy and intelligent use of ball in closing stages 7

Not used: Sorensen, Palacios, Upson, Jerome.

FULHAM: Schwarzer, Riether, Riise, Hughes, Senderos, Baird, Karagounis (Duff, 73), Sidwell (Rodallega, 80), Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs not used: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Diarra, Banya.