Summary

  • Stoke have only won one of their last seven matches in all competitions

  • Defeat for Bournemouth would equal their worst ever start (W1, D1, L7) to a league campaign

  1. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 21 October 2017

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    There it is! Cheers from the away end as the whistle goes to give Bournemouth a massive win.

    Stoke huffed and puffed but even with the wind behind them in the second half they coudn't topple the Cherries' house.

    Bournemouth goalImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 90+4 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Bournemouth break and come close to sealing the game as a cross from the right flies in front of everyone, including Benik Afobe. Ball is at the right end of the pitch as far as they are concerned, though.

  3. Postpublished at 90+4 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Saido Berahino for glory... over the bar!

    He turned well but his shot from 20 yards was always rising over the bar.

  4. Postpublished at 90+2 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Bournemouth have dealt with half of the added five minutes. Clinging on.

  5. Postpublished at 90 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    More aerial stuff for Bournemouth to deal with. Deal with it they do as Asmir Begovic is out to claim after Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting fails to collect properly with his header.

    Five minutes have been added, prompting roars of encouragement from the home fans.

  6. Postpublished at 88 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Chance to finish it.... wide!

    Adam Smith has a shot on the counter with Stoke stretched, but it fires across goal and past the far post.

  7. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 87 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Bournemouth's final change sees Marc Pugh come on for Jordon Ibe. Eddie Howe is screaming instructions.

  8. Postpublished at 85 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Bournemouth look to have weathered a bit of a storm. They are still surrounded by woods, though. Five minutes to go.

  9. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 81 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Saido Berahino is on for Stoke. He hasn't scored since February 2016. Jese is replaced.

  10. Postpublished at 80 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    It's kicking off. Well, in a football way.

    Joe Allen wants to know why Adam Smith is staying down after he has been fouled, presumably accusing him of wasting time. The confrontation attracts others and the ref has to step in.

  11. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 76 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Lewis Cook, who has been booked, comes off and Harry Arter comes on to try and see his side over the finish line.

  12. Postpublished at 75 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Jese is the man for Stoke here. Looks dangerous whenever he gets the ball. He wins his side a corner, which prompts some pinball at the near post before Nathan Ake hammers the ball clear.

    It is all one-way traffic, though. The ball is not sticking at all up front for the away side.

  13. Postpublished at 73 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Huge screams for a Stoke penalty as Jese is felled by a sliding tackle from Adam Smith. If he got a bit of the ball it was a tiny touch. Got a lot of the man. Corner is the decision.

    It is a vicious subsequent delivery into the box but Bournemouth survive.

    Jese of StokeImage source, Reuters
  14. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Bournemouth are dug in like an Alabama tick. Stoke deliver a number of times from wide areas over a period of prolonged pressure but an away head is there to meet it each time. 19 minutes left and counting.

  15. YELLOW CARDpublished at 67 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    The crowd are getting stuck in now. Every tackle is greeted with either huge cheers or howls, depending on who comes out on top. Lewis Cook commits a foul in midfield and gets dog's abuse and a chatting to from the ref, which ends in a booking.

    Eddie Howe looks a worried man.

  16. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth

    Stoke have their tails up. Bournemouth totally rattled.

    The ball is chipped forward for Diouf in the box but he is flagged offside.

  17. goal

    GOAL - Stoke 1-2 Bournemouthpublished at 62 mins

    Mame Biram Diouf

    Game on!

    Route one pays dividends for Stoke as Erik Pieters' chipped ball in to the box is knocked down by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and finished by Mame Biram Diouf, off his thigh.

    Long time for the Cherries to hold on now.

    Diouf scores for StokeImage source, Getty Images
  18. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Stoke 0-2 Bournemouth

    You know what Peter Crouch is going to do. Stopping it is a different matter. Eddie Howe's answer is to send on big Steve Cook in place of Lys Mousset. 5-4-1 for the away side.

  19. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Stoke 0-2 Bournemouth

    Here comes Crouchy.

    Big Peter is on for Glen Johnson. Time to really go for it.

  20. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Stoke 0-2 Bournemouth

    Stoke continue to press and win a corner but, after the ref clears up some pushing and shoving in the box, Darren Fletcher's delivery is hammered clear by the away side after Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's ineffective attacking header.

    In a subsequent attack, home fans shout for a penalty for what they feel is a foul on Shawcross by Afobe. But it wasn't.