Stoke City won 4-0 at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday afternoon, a result that never looked in serious doubt once the visitors established control in the first half.
Ben Wilmot opened the scoring on 24 minutes, heading home from a set piece to give Stoke a lead their early play had merited. West Brom had offered little before that moment and less after it. Alex Mowatt was withdrawn in the 22nd minute through what appeared to be injury, disrupting whatever shape the hosts had tried to build.
The second goal arrived almost immediately after the interval, Lamine Cissé finishing to double the advantage and effectively end the contest as a competition. West Brom's attempts to reorganise were hampered further by a triple substitution on 62 minutes, bringing on Maja, Heggebø and Johnston, though the changes produced no meaningful improvement.
Tomas Rigo added a third on 63 minutes, and Million Manhoef made it four on 78, the same minute Maksym Taloverov was introduced from the bench. The afternoon's final action of note came when Steven N'Zonzi rounded off the scoring in stoppage time, though the game had long since been settled.
Stoke were organised, direct and clinical. West Brom created nothing of substance and conceded on every occasion Stoke committed to a move with purpose. The gap between the two sides on the day was considerable.
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