Stoke City 2-1 Beşiktaş: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2011
Result
Stoke City 2-1 Beşiktaş
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2011, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Stoke City 2-1 Beşiktaş: match report
Stoke City beat Beşiktaş 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
R. Hilbert opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Peter Crouch (15') and Jonathan Walters (78', penalty). Beşiktaş scored through R. Hilbert (14').
Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Beşiktaş received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 12th on 13 points from 5 and Beşiktaş 54th on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Beşiktaş in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Beşiktaş's W-L-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · R. Hilbert
- 15'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 43'Yellow card · Edward Upson
- 77'Yellow card · Tomáš Sivok
- 78'Penalty goal · Jonathan Walters
- 82'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson
Beşiktaş line-up (4-3-3)
Rustu Recber, İsmail Köybaşı, Tomáš Sivok, Roberto Hilbert, Necip Uysal, Egemen Korkmaz, Manuel Fernandes, Simão, Edu, Ricardo Quaresma, Mehmet Aurelio