Stoke City vs Leicester City PREDICTION

[musik]

Hellu!

Now it's the time, and I'm taking the chance in this prediction (if you know what I mean).

STOKE CITY FC - LEICESTER CITY FC 3 (1) - 2 (1)

The Brit
Att: 29870 (don't ask me how)

Ref: Liam Castanje from Rockbottom
Linesmen: Todd Megathick from Ugglehampton and Stephen Ba from Olirwich.
4th Official: Rasmus Greenkopp from Jenas

Stoke City line up:

Nash
Wilkinson-Cort-Riggott-Dickinson
Lawrence-Delap-Whelan-Cresswell
Sidibe-Fuller

Subs: Simonsen, Shawcross, Griffin, Diao, Ameobi

Leicester City line up:

Alnwick
Chambers-N'Gotty-McAuley-Clapham
Clemence-Kishishev-Hendrie-Wesolowski
Hume-Fryatt

Subs: Henderson, Stearman, Bell, Campbell, Etuhu

The GAME:

This was a game to remember for years to come! A crucial game, both Stoke and Leicester were in the need of points. One point would be enough to secure Premier League football for Stoke next season, but Leicester would only be safe in the relegation zone for sure if they got a win. Simultaneously, Southampton played at home vs Sheffield Utd (Saints relegation battle with Leicester, same points but worse goal diff) and Ipswich played at home vs Hull City. The only way for Hull to reach Premier League by direct qualification would be a win plus a Stoke loss. Also, Stoke could win the Championship if they win and West Brom only got one point in London vs QPR at maximum. I think 12 teams were in the need of a win in this their last game of the season. A real thrilling moment!

Leicester pushed forward early on and tried to get an early lead, which they did in the 7th minute. Hendrie found Wesolowski who passed Hume at the far post, and he did no mistake. Thereafter it was a bit tricky to get the right chances, the Leicester defence was tight. However, in the 29th minute Fuller got the chance, but unfortunately he passed Sidibe. The Mali man missed the ball and hit the corner flag. The corner flag had to be changed, which took a while, 7 minutes to be precise. In the 36th minute Hendrie tried to chip the ball over Nash, but only hit the bar. Cresswell, Fuller and Cort had half chances before Stoke equalised in the 44th minute: Cresswell took a corner and found Fuller who headed in 1-1. The crowd, players and staff were all completely extatic!

At half time Leicester decided to defend even more, and changed the formation to 4-5-1. Tony Pulis made no changes whatsoever, even though the still slightly injured Griffin begged to come on and play.

12 minutes later, right at the beginning of the second half, Leicester had a couple of opporunities, when long balls found Hume on the run, but he fired wide both times. Instead, Stoke got a free kick just inside the Leicester half in the 56th minute. Delap took it and the ball reached Cresswell who took a shot. It got deflected on Kishishev and the ball went in. Big celebration everywhere! But ten minutes later the Foxes got their equaliser after having created some decent chances. Fryatt fired in a low ball, everyone expected it to be a cross, but the ball went in. With 24 minutes to go plus stoppage time, there were chances on both sides. Sidibe headed the ball into the near post at one stage, while Hume passed Nash at one point but missed the open goal by an inch. With only 4 minutes to go plus stoppage time things were going our way once again, Shawcross simply took the ball from Fuller in the midfield area, passed Cresswell on the left side, got it back, passed between N'Gotty and Chambers to everyone's surprise and fired distinctively the ball in!! Leicester replied instantly and created a couple of dangerous situations before we were into stoppage time, Hume and Hendrie both tested Nash.

At the same time, all the other results were coming in, and Tony Pulis couldn't help smiling at the side line: West Brom had drawn 0-0 vs QPR, Hull had been a goal up away to Ipswich, but a couple of goals by Counago had made it 2-1 at Portman Road. Sheffield United had beaten Southampton by 3-1, so Leicester were safe anyway in the relegation battle. Liam Castanje from Rockbottom soon blown his whistle and it was all over!

Man of the Match: Lawrence
Rate: 5.5 (out of 5)

The Team STATS:

Shots on/off target: 16/4 - 15/8
Corners: 14 - 4
Crosses: 7 - 6
Free kicks: 11 - 8
Throw ins: 18 - 21
Off sides: 7 - 12
Ball possession: 50 - 50 (%)

Crowd stats (Stoke fans-Leicester fans):

Wet their pants during the game: 211 - 16
Had some Corn Flakes (!) at half time: 1 - 0
Was dressed up in the new 08/09 Stoke shirt: 1298 - 2 (!)

Karma, minus 300?

;D

having some Corn Flakes//:musik

[musik]

I took the chance (if you know what I mean) = a positive prediction

[musik]

;D

[Deleted]

I feel sick reading that - it has got Stoke written all over it!

[anewman]

Class, Musik as ever... ;D

Just hope it all comes true...

Have you collated all of your predictions of the past few seasons anywhere???




chewing trident tropical twist //:anewman

[Danstoke82]

Top draw again musik

[joelbats]

Never fails;D ;D

[caliban]

I cant believe his Karma is minus 300, he is seriously misunderstood.

Nice one musik, for 'taking the chance'.

[GoBoks]

Good Job Musik! That would be an almost perfect ending to the season. (Call me vindictive, but I really want to inflict as much misery as possible on Leicester to pay back for that playoff semifinal loss)!

I think we should all chip in to "readjust" Musik's karma.

[wedgwood]

Can't you just change that prediction, things have gone so well when you have predicted us losing lately.

Why take the chance????

[miffmister]

Dare I say it 3-0 to stoke. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONN STOKE!!!

[Robo10]

Stoke to win 27-0, winning the title on goal difference.

Or a ropey 1-0 win, scoring after 10 minutes then defending like fuckers.

(Remember Plymouth in 1993?)

[leektownstokie]

3-1 win fuller gettin 2

[Mr_DaftBurger]

Apr 30, 2008 10:23:37 GMT musik said:

The Mali man missed the ball and hit the corner flag. The corner flag had to be changed, which took a while, 7 minutes to be precise.

Had some Corn Flakes (!) at half time: 1 - 0

;D

[brownscfc]

2-1 Stoke

[youthster]

Awesome work, musik. Particularly like (as usual) the officials names/locations. BTW this karma business must be am admin error? There simply can't be that many Stokies not getting this..?

[apb1]

musik's karma is rising faster than the euro v the pound

have some more exalt, m!

[CraigWally]

Class

should I take some cornflakes just to make the prediction more credible?

[Somebody_Told_Me]

Mega, exalted him three times today and theres more when my powers are refreshed!

[Do it inthe Prem for 3rdminute]

had my prediction on prediction league for the past 4 weeks as 3-1 to stoke and I am not thinking of changing it. We are going up and with a little bit of luck (the way WBA are playing) as champions. CCCOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN SSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[Deleted]

Top job, Musik. ;D

Taking a chance = Taking a risk, though ...

... Been going well have the "reverse-score" predictions. Very brave of you ...



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[StoKeith]

Brilliant! ;D

[musik]

But I am very nervous still. Haven't slept properly for several days.

[musik]

Hellu!

Thank You All for increasing my Karma points!!

It's interesting now to see if it diminishes again after this post.

GOARRRRNNNN STOOOOOOKKKKEE!!!!!!!!!!



:musik

[Beloved Monkfish]

Are you the real musik? Your English seems to have improved remarkably.

A conspiracy perhaps? ???

[musik]

May 2, 2008 16:34:34 GMT Beloved Monkfish said:

Are you the real musik? Your English seems to have improved remarkably.

A conspiracy perhaps? ???

Yes, it's really me! Pehaps my English has improved by posting here frequently for some weeks. I never said I was excellent in English, but pretty good I think. I'm sure I'm not worse in English, than You lot are in Swedish...

GOARRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNN STOOOOOOOOOOOKEEEE!!!

;D

:musik