Stoke City don win Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 for Championship match wey dem play for bet365 Stadium. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi score di only goal for di game wey make Stoke collect three points. Di match wey dem play for Good Friday na one wey Stoke dey look make dem correct di poor performance wey dem show for Preston two weeks ago.
Mark Robins, Stoke City manager, make six changes for di starting lineup. Gavin Bazunu return for goal after injury, Bosun Lawal start, Aaron Cresswell dey, Tatsuki Seko, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Lamine Cisse all join di first eleven. Lewis Baker dey bench for first time since November ankle injury.
Sheffield Wednesday wey already know say dem go finish bottom of Championship, bring more than three thousand fans for stadium. Di club don enter administration for October and dem don deduct 18 points total for off-field wahala. Dem only win one match since September.
Di game start with Stoke dey control possession. For minute 8, play stop for all four stands to applaud for memory of Ollie Royles, eight-year-old Stoke fan wey pass away March 14. Ollie Royles first get Ewings Sarcoma for February 2024 and later get all-clear, but dem give am devastating news of leukaemia for June. Stoke club don bring am as VIP for training ground during him fight.
For first half, Stoke dey dominate. Bosun Lawal burst forward from centre-back for minute 17, breeze past Charlie McNeill and shoot low but wide. Lamine Cisse get chance for minute 2 when Rak-Sakyi set am up, but him shot go just wide.
Di goal come for minute 33. Stoke break, Sorba Thomas cross low, di ball free for Rak-Sakyi for back post to take touch and slot past Pierce Charles. Rak-Sakyi, as former Sheffield United player, get stick from away fans and just shrug for dem direction for celebration.
Before half-time, Rak-Sakyi almost score again for minute 40 when him dink shot against post. Eric Bocat set am up for another chance for six-yard box but poor touch make chance go. Di first half end with Stoke leading 1-0.
Second half start with Stoke almost make am two straight away when Sorba Thomas long throw bounce awkwardly for six-yard box and Charles punch out. Steven Nzonzi head over from corner. Sheffield Wednesday look like very poor side throughout di match.
Di game end 1-0. Stoke don go four unbeaten for dia home ground and score 10 goals for last few weeks. Sheffield Wednesday remain bottom with only one win all season.
Junior Tchamadeu dey stands for di match and give high five to Eric Bocat and Million Manhoef before taking place behind dug-out. Mike Pejic, wey dey press box, say Svante Ingelsson go improve Stoke midfield.
Di match na part of Good Friday Championship fixtures wey Sky Sports dey show. Stoke next match na Monday away at Derby County wey dey hope to gatecrash play-offs.
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