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A couple of miserable Stoke statistics: Stoke are winless on the opening day since beating Burnley in the Premier League in 2009-10, while Stoke are the fourth side Gary Rowett has taken charge of in the Football League – he has not won his opening match with any of the other three. The last time Leeds hosted Stoke? 2006, when Ricardo Fuller capped a 4-0 rout for Tony Pulis’s side.
Gary Rowett speaks. He really does have a stellar squad to pick from, doesn’t he? In this division, at least. A bench of the likes of Ashley Williams, Darren Fletcher, Peter Crouch and Bojan tells us a lot, let alone a glance at the spine of this Stoke side. “We feel as though we are ready,” he says. “The tempo at which they have trained and moved the ball has been the best I’ve seen at any of my clubs. We need to back it up on the pitch.”
Written by Ben Fisher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2018/aug/05/leeds-united-v-stoke-city-championship-live under the title “Leeds United v Stoke City: Championship – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
