West Ham United 2-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008
Result
West Ham United 2-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
West Ham United 2-1 Stoke City: match report
West Ham United won against Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Carlton Cole opened the scoring in the 51st minute. West Ham United's goals came from Carlton Cole (51') and Diego Tristán (87'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game West Ham United were 12th on 22 points from 19 and Stoke City 18th on 20 points from 19. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Stoke City's L-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal
- 23'Yellow card · Carlton Cole
- 32'Yellow card · Luís Boa Morte
- 36'Yellow card
- 45+1'Yellow card
- 51'Goal · Carlton Cole
- 53'Red card · Ricardo Fuller
- 65'Yellow card · Danny Higginbotham
- 73'Yellow card
- 87'Goal · Diego Tristán
Team news
West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Joseph Paintsil, Julien Faubert, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap