Summary

  • West Brom miss chance to go four points clear of Leeds

  • Bilic's side now winless in six Championship games

  • Stoke open four-point gap to relegation zone

  • Campbell tapped Potters in front before going off injured

  • Baggies lost Diangana to injury in first two minutes

  1. Cardiff & Nantes to mark Sala deathpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020

    HT: West Brom 0-1 Stoke

    Cardiff City have invited fans to pay tribute to Emiliano Sala on the first anniversary of the plane crash in which the Argentine striker died.

    Sala was flying to Cardiff from Nantes when the plane he was in crashed into the English Channel on 21 January 2019.

    The Bluebirds say fans can lay wreaths at the Fred Keenor statue at Cardiff City Stadium.

    Nantes are planning a commemorative shirt to raise funds for the Argentine clubs Sala, 28, played for.

    You can read the full story by clicking the link below.

    Cardiff and Nantes mark Sala death

    Cardiff City fans pay tribute to striker Emiliano Sala on the first anniversary of the plane crash in which he died.

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  2. HT: West Brom 0-1 Stokepublished at 20:53 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2020

    As it stands, this scoreline would lift Stoke four points clear of the drop zone, if they can hold on to this in the remaining 45 minutes.

  3. HALF-TIMEpublished at 45+4 mins

    West Brom 0-1 Stoke

    There's the half-time whistle and Stoke have a one-goal lead thanks to their only shot of the game.

    Championship leaders West Brom have had more of the possession but have a lot of work to do in the second half.

  4. CLOSE!published at 45+2 mins

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    From the right, just outside the box, West Brom's Matheus Pereira curls a left-footed free-kick around the wall and towards the far corner... But it's just wide. Jack Butland probably had it covered, in truth. But it was a decent free-kick. He struck it well and kept it low.

  5. YELLOW CARDSpublished at 45+1 mins

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    There'll be a minimum of four minutes added on at the end of this first half, which accounts for the injuries suffered earlier by Grady Diangana and Tyrese Campbell.

    Meanwhile, the Baggies' Kyle Bartley is booked for a foul on Sam Clucas, moments before Stoke's Joe Allen gets a yellow himself for a late one on Hal Robson-Kanu.

  6. Postpublished at 43 mins

    West Brom 0-1 Stoke

    West Brom v StokeImage source, Rex Features

    West Brom have had possession in the Stoke half non-stop for a three-minute period... But they can't turn their pressure in to a chance to shoot, and eventually the move breaks down.

  7. CLOSE!published at 40 mins

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    Matt Phillips finds room just outside the box to curl a powerful strike at goal from the left. It's moving at a serious pace, but it's just over the bar.

    That might well be the Baggies' best effort of the game so far.

    West Brom v StokeImage source, Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 38 mins

    West Brom 0-1 Stoke

    We've not got VAR in the Championship, of course. With it, you could easily see Matheus Pereira getting an early bath for that. Lucky boy.

  9. ouch!

    Postpublished at 36 mins

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    Off the ball, Stoke's Joe Allen goes down as if he's been shot and clutches his face. He was jostling for position with Matheus Pereira. Was Allen just acting, or was there something in that?

    Well, replays show Pereira's elbow clearly striking Allen on the chin! It's nasty.

    The West Brom man is lucky to stay on the pitch. Referee Tim Robinson can't have seen it. He gives both players a talking to.

  10. Postpublished at 34 mins

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    This game is averaging less than one effort at goal every 10 minutes, so far. It's not been a classic.

  11. 'Why, why, why?'published at 31 mins

    West Brom 0-1 Stoke

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at The Hawthorns

    West Brom v StokeImage source, Rex Features

    Stoke’s fans have been in good voice ever since that early goal from Tyrese Campbell.

    Needless to say, apart from one inevitable chorus of ‘is this is a library’, their old classic ‘Delilah’ has been getting top billing in their play list.

    The Albion fans will be forgiven for thinking ‘Why, why, why’ this son of a former Albion striker - Kevin Campbell - should choose tonight to score.

    But it’s actually his fifth goal of the season (all in the last 10 games) and every time he’s scored, the Potters have won.

    Maybe the fact that he’s now limped off injured will be a turning point?

  12. YELLOW CARD (Stoke)published at 30 mins

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    Liam Lindsay gets the game's first booking as he cynically rugby-tackles West Brom's Kenneth Zohore to the ground. No complaints.

    From the resultant free-kick, the hosts creep offside.

  13. CLOSE!published at 26 mins

    West Brom 0-1 Stoke

    The ball pings around the box from the free-kick and Stoke don't deal with it... Eventually Matheus Pereira's header from four yards out goes straight at keeper Jack Butland. That was a decent chance for the hosts, if a little scrappy.

  14. SUBSTITUTION (Stoke)published at 25 mins

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    Tyrese Campbell hobbles off. That's a shame for him, after his early goal. Lee Gregory comes on up front instead for the visitors.

    Now, that Baggies free-kick... Here it comes...

  15. Postpublished at 23 mins

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    Tyrese Campbell is down receiving treatment. Has he done his hamstring there? Maybe.

    Sam Clucas, meanwhile, annoyed that West Brom weren't kicking the ball out of play to allow the physios on to help Campbell, concedes a free-kick in a dangerous position.

  16. Postpublished at 20 mins

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    They've also had the only shot on target of the opening 20 minutes of this game, which was Tyrese Campbell's ninth-minute goal.

    West Brom v StokeImage source, PA Media
  17. Postpublished at 19 mins

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    You'd have to say, Stoke have been the better side so far.

    They're winning all the second balls. They're getting stuck in. They're up for the fight tonight.

  18. Postpublished at 17 mins

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    The Baggies, somewhat uncharacteristically, keep giving the ball away in the midfield. They concede possession again, this time needlessly from a simple throw-in, and the home fans are getting agitated at this.

  19. Postpublished at 14 mins

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    Stoke fans won't be counting their chickens just yet... The Baggies have earned a Championship-high 21 points from losing positions this season.

    Incidentally, the Potters have picked up 13, the second-highest tally.

  20. Postpublished at 11 mins

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    West Brom v StokeImage source, PA Media

    It's a fifth goal in nine league games for Tyrese Campbell, who has looked really up for this right from kick-off.