Live Commentary: Stoke City 1-0 Fulham - as it happened

Fulham travelled to the Britannia Stadium earlier today to take on Stoke City in the Premier League.

The Potters were unbeaten in their previous 12 home league games, with their last defeat on Staffordshire soil coming in February.

Meanwhile, the Cottagers, who held Arsenal to a 3-3 draw at the Emirates Stadium a fortnight ago, had not lost on the road in four matches.

Revisit the action with Sport Mole's blow-by-blow text coverage.

5.00pmThat concludes Sport Mole's live text coverage from Stoke for today.

4.57pmStoke were well worthy of those three points, which take them up three places in the Premier League table to 11th.

4.54pmFull time: Stoke City 1-0 Fulham

90min+1Riether takes the free-kick short. Stoke win the ball back and immediately hack clear.

90min+1Fulham have a free-kick near the right corner flag, after Cameron is penalised for handball.

90minThe fourth official indicates that a minimum of four added minutes will be played.

89minStoke goal disallowed! Kightly pokes the ball through to Jones, who slides home left-footed from eight yards. However, the flag is rightly raised, as the Trinidad and Tobago forward was a yard offside.

87minFulham don't seem to have any idea of how to break Stoke down. The Cottagers are desperately pumping long balls into the area. Stoke, as expected, are having no problems heading clear.

83minFinal substitution by Stoke. Dean Whitehead replaces Adam, who receives a standing ovation.

81minSubstitution for Fulham. Rodallega comes on for Sidwell.

78minDuff takes the corner himself. Begovic parries the ball away and Shotton completes the clearance.

78minDuff wins a corner for Fulham on right.

77minSubstitution for Stoke. Crouch is replaced by Kenwyne Jones. The Fulham defenders will be very pleased to see the back of Crouch, who has been impeccable in the air all game.

75minChance for Stoke! The Potters hit Fulham on the counter attack. Kightly gets away from Senderos, but balloons hit shot high and wide from 12 yards.

75minChance for Fulham! Berbatov cuts in from the right and curls a left-foot shot towards the top corner. Begovic parries the ball away and Stoke clear.

74minFulham make their first substitution - Karagounis is replaced by Duff.

72minKightly is straight into the action. The winger fires a low ball across goal, which is cleared away as far as Adam, who shoots wide from 18 yards.

71minStoke make the first substitution of the match. Etherington is replaced by Michael Kightly.

66minChance for Stoke! Another good delivery from the right by Etherington. This time he finds Shawcross, who heads just wide.

66minChance for Stoke! Etherington's inswinger is met powerfully by the head of Huth, but the defender's effort is tipped over the bar by Schwarzer.

65minStoke continue to pile forward and win their sixth corner of the match.

61minFulham clear.

61minStoke win a corner, which Whelan whips in to the far post. Schwarzer comes but can't collect and the ball is cleared behind for another corner.

60minStoke go close! Adam unleashes a fierce left-footed drive from 25 yards. His effort takes a huge deflection and fizzes wide with Schwarzer wrong-footed.

58minRiether's delivery is poor and Begovic gathers.

57minYellow card for Cameron for a foolish challenge on Dejagah. Free kick to Fulham on the right touchline, in line with the edge of the penalty area.

54minLet-off for Fulham! Unchallenged, Schwarzer catches a high ball but then drops it. Adam is quick on the scene, however luckily for the Australian keeper the ball sticks between his feet and he is able to regain control.

48minKaragounis tries his luck from 30 yards and the ball flies into row Z.

46minStoke go close! Schwarzer's punch from Cameron's cross is tame and the ball falls to Walters, who tees up Whelan on the edge of the area. Whelan's finessed shot is just too high.

46minStoke get the second half underway.

4.02pmDespite Sidwell's injury and Senderos's poor showing in the first half, neither manager has made any changes at the break. The second half is moments away.

3.56pmFulham have had slightly more possession, with 51 percent.

3.55pmBoth sides have committed seven fouls each and Stoke have edged the corner count 3-1.

3.54pmStoke have registered eight shots in the first half, while Fulham have recorded three. Adam's goal has been the only shot on target so far.

3.53pmClick here to view Barney Corkhill's half time report.

3.52pmStoke fully deserve their lead at the break. Meanwhile, Fulham will be relieved that their deficit is just one goal, because Shawcross and Huth could easily have added to Adam's 26th-minute strike.

3.50pmHalf time: Stoke City 1-0 Fulham

45minThere will be a minimum of three added minutes at the end of the first half.

42minAGRO! Huth makes a high clearance and, with his follow-through, catches Berbatov's upper back with his studs. The Fulham skipper takes offence and there is a little pushing and shoving. Meanwhile, Senderos is on the sidelines having Vaseline applied to his eyebrow, after colliding with Adam's elbow. Both incidents looked accidental to me and the referee seems to agree. No Bookings.

37minChance for Fulham! The visitors launch a quick counter-attack, which ends with Berbatov finding Petric at the near post and the Croatian firing just wide.

36minStoke hit the crossbar! Shawcross beats Schwarzer to Etherington's inswinging corner, but the England international's header cracks back off the underside of the crossbar and is cleared to safety.

36minCorner to Stoke.

35minStoke go close! Whelan fires just wide from 20 yards.

33minSidwell is back on the field, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him replaced at half time.

31minThe game is currently paused as Sidwell receives treatment. It looks like the Fulham midfielder jarred his knee in a collision with Shawcross.

30minStoke deserve their lead. The Potters started slowly, but they are now well on top and Fulham look rattled.

1-0Nzonzi finds Shotton on the overlap and the full-back swings in a high cross to the far post, where Crouch easily beats Senderos in the air and nods into the path of Adam. The Scottish international has time to turn in the six-yard box, before firing a left-foot volley low beyond Schwarzer.

26minGoal for Stoke City - Charlie Adam - Stoke City 1-0 Fulham

21minWhelan's whipped delivery creates panic in the Fulham penalty area, before the ball rebounds out of play for a goal kick.

20minSenderos collects the game's first yellow card for clumsily barging Etherington to the ground. Stoke have a free-kick in a dangerous position - 25 yards out, just left of centre.

16minGlorious chance for Stoke! Etherington's set piece from the left finds they head of Huth, who heads just wide from six yards.

16minAnother corner for Stoke - again as a result of a Baird header.

15minWhelan's corner is good, but Shawcross can't do enough with his header and the ball is cleared. It falls to Whelan again, however the Irishman's second delivery is poor and Fulham clear.

14minStoke win their first corner of the game, as Baird heads Whelan's cross behind.

10minFulham have made the brighter start. Sensing this, the home fans raise the noise level in an attempt to spark an improvement from their side.

6minLet-off for Stoke! Cameron's back-pass to Begovic is short and Dejagah threatens to get there before the keeper. Begovic and Huth then collide with each other, but Shawcross does well to tidy up and clear the danger.

3minFulham go close! Berbatov, who is captaining his side today, finds Karagounis 30 yards out and the Greek fires just wide from long range.

2minDejagah's corner is headed clear by Huth.

2minDejagah chases down a long ball over the top, piling pressure on Shawcross, who bundles the ball behind for a corner to Fulham.

0minFulham, who will be attacking the Boothen End in the first half, kick off. It appears as though Shotton is going to play at right-back for Stoke, with Cameron on the left.

2.57pmToday's referee is Michael Oliver.

2.54pmThe players are on the pitch and Stoke fans seem right up for this one! Kickoff is six minutes away.

2.44pmFulham boss Martin Jol has made three changes to his starting XI following last weekend's 3-1 defeat at home to Sunderland. Senderos, Dejagah and Baird come in for Alex Kacaniklic, Damien Duff and Brede Hangeland.

2.39pmMichael Owen, who will be appearing on Match of the Day tonight as a pundit, remains sidelined.

2.36pmThe hosts have made one change from Monday's 1-1 draw at West Ham United - Shotton makes his first league start of the season, replacing Andy Wilkinson, who has a back injury, at left-back.

2.33pmFulham subs: Neil Etheridge, Stephen Kelly, Pajtim Kasami, Damien Duff, Mahamadou Diarra, Charles Banya, Hugo Rodallega

2.32pmStoke subs: Thomas Sorensen, Matthew Upson, Wilson Palacios, Dean Whitehead, Michael Kightly, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome

2.31pmFulham: Mark Schwarzer, John Arne Riise, Philippe Senderos, Aaron Hughes, Sascha Riether, Chris Baird, Steve Sidwell, Mladen Petric, Giorgos Karagounis, Ashkan Dejagah, Dimitar Berbatov

2.30pmStoke: Asmir Begovic, Geoff Cameron, Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan, Steven Nzonzi, Charlie Adam, Matthew Etherington, Peter Crouch

2.29pmThe teamsheets are in...

2.27pmSummer signing Dimitar Berbatov is Fulham's topscorer this season, with five goals in eight top-flight games. Stoke boss Tony Pulis has described the Bulgarian as "one of the best players in the Premier League". Click here to read the full story.

2.23pmIncluding today's match, the Potters have two homes games in five days - with the visit Newcastle United coming up on Wednesday. Topscorer Peter Crouch has challenged his teammates to claim maximum points from both fixtures in order to kickstart their season. Click here to read the full story.

2.18pmStaffordshire is very gloomy today and the sun is nowhere to be seen. However, the pitch looks glorious under floodlights and the Britannia Stadium will be very close to capacity come kickoff.

Live Commentary: Stoke City 1-0 Fulham - as it happened

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