da mrbet： Robert Huth was the unlikely match winner Stoke won the first second time in as many games after beating Everton at Goodison Park to move into the Premier League top half.
da bet7： The Potters started the day in 13th just five points above the drop zone after beating Blackburn at the Britannia Stadium last week but climbed to eight after beating the Toffee’s who were searching for a third win on the trot. Tony Pulis’ side have recovered well from a recent slump in form and Huth’s first half goal was good enough to give Stoke their first win in the blue half Merseyside since 1981. The visitors created little else in terms of chances against David Moyes’ men who saw their best opportunity of the game fall to Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. Everton struggled to create anything in the final third of the field on an afternoon where both defences came out on top. Everton were looking to complete a hat-trick of victories after beating Wolves and Bolton in their last two games but failed to get going in front of their own fans once again. Stoke fared little better on their fourth league visit to Goodison Park but managed to hold on for victory after Huth broke the deadlock after 15 minutes.
Matthew Etherington’s corner was cleared towards Dean Whitehead with his instinctive low volley being turned in by Huth who diverted the ball past Tim Howard. The Toffee’s keeper looked primed to make a routine save until the German defenders divine intervention gave Stoke a precious advantage. The Potters briefly went into the ascendancy and should have doubled their lead moments later but Ryan Shotton could only head wide before Peter Crouch nodded Etherington’s free kick wide of the Everton goal. The Merseysiders struggled to out strength a physically superior visiting defence although Bilyaletdinov should have done better when presented with a golden opportunity to level the game. Unfortunately for Moyes and the rest of the Goodison faithful the Russian midfielder could only fire wildly beyond Thomas Sorensen.
Jack Rodwell also had a chance for the the home side only to be thwarted by Andy Wilkinson who did superbly to block the newly capped England midfielders goal bound effort on the line. Leighton Baines then sent a teasing ball across the penalty area that managed to evade the legion of blue shirts stretching to get the decisive touch. However that was as good as it got for the Toffee’s who slid to their fourth home defeat of the season against a Stoke side who saw their win soured by injuries to Danish keeper Sorensen and defender Jonathan Woodgate.