Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2015

Result

Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Stoke City lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 March 2015. The half-time score was 1-2.

Andrea Pirlo opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Andrea Pirlo (14'). Crystal Palace scored through Glenn Murray (41', penalty) and Wilfried Zaha (45+2').

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 9th on 41 points from 29 and Crystal Palace 12th on 34 points from 29. Stoke City went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 48.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Adam of Stoke City (8.0), ahead of Marko Arnautovic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 1 draw and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Andrea PirloStoke City · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 40'Yellow card · Asmir BegovicStoke City
  • 41'Penalty goal · Glenn MurrayCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Charlie AdamStoke City
  • 45'Yellow card · Erik PietersStoke City
  • 45+2'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 49'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 67'Yellow card · Pape SouaréCrystal Palace
  • 88'Yellow card · Dwight GayleCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 1, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

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

Asmir Begović, Geoff Cameron, Ryan Shawcross, Marc Wilson, Erik Pieters, Charlie Adam, Steven Nzonzi, Mame Diouf, Stephen Ireland, Marko Arnautovic, Peter Crouch

Crystal Palace expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Julián Speroni, Damien Delaney, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Martin Kelly, Jason Puncheon, Joe Ledley, James McArthur, Yannick Bolasie, Wilfried Zaha