Bournemouth 2-0 Stoke City: Cherries reach Carabao Cup fourth round

Publish date: 2024-08-09

Bournemouth saw off Championship strugglers Stoke City to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round.

Second-half goals from Dominic Solanke and Joe Rothwell gave the Cherries their first home win under Andoni Iraola.

Solanke found the bottom corner from Adam Smith's cross, before Rothwell netted direct from a free-kick three minutes later.

The Cherries, who are yet to win in the Premier League this season, made eight changes from Sunday's defeat by Brighton.

After a goalless first half with few chances for either side, Iraola's half-time changes paid off with Solanke taking just six minutes to make an impact.

Smith's cross from the right picked out Solanke in the box, with the forward finding the bottom corner on the turn to take his tally to four goals this season.

Rothwell added a second three minutes later, picking out the far corner direct from a free-kick on the edge of the area.

Bournemouth are now in the last 16 of the competition for the second successive season. They will host Liverpool for the chance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign.

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola: "Especially in a cup competition the most important thing at the end is to be in the next round. I think the game in the first half was not good from our side, the rhythm was not good enough to make a difference.

"We needed the change of energy attitude-wise at the beginning of the second half to make a difference."

Stoke manager Alex Neil: "I was encouraged the whole game, I just think it was two lapses. There was time for us to get the set-up right and make sure we don't concede but we just didn't deal with that well enough.

"I thought the organisation was good, the endeavour and effort was good, the passing and some of the movement was good. We just didn't really test the goalkeeper enough."

Line-ups

Bournemouth

Formation 4-2-3-1

20Radu

15A Smith27Zabarnyi25Senesi3Kerkez

8Rothwell4L Cook

7Brooks22Traorè11Ouattara

24Semenyo

Substitutes

Stoke

Formation 4-2-3-1

13Bonham

17Hoever5Rose16Wilmot2Gooch

15Thompson4Pearson

27Léris12Johnson22Bae

18Wesley

Substitutes

Referee:Graham Scott

Attendance:10,282

Match Stats

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  • Match ends, Bournemouth 2, Stoke City 0.

  • Second Half ends, Bournemouth 2, Stoke City 0.

  • Attempt missed. Sead Haksabanovic (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dwight Gayle.

  • Attempt missed. Souleymane Sidibe (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ki-Jana Hoever.

  • Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sead Haksabanovic.

  • Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Tyler Adams.

  • Attempt blocked. Jordan Thompson (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

  • Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Adam Smith.

  • Attempt blocked. Nathan Lowe (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Ki-Jana Hoever.

  • Attempt missed. Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sead Haksabanovic with a cross following a corner.

  • Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.

  • Tyler Adams (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  • Foul by Nathan Lowe (Stoke City).

  • Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  • Foul by Jordan Thompson (Stoke City).

  • Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  • Foul by Nathan Lowe (Stoke City).

  • Substitution, Bournemouth. Kieffer Moore replaces Dominic Solanke because of an injury.

  • Substitution, Stoke City. Souleymane Sidibe replaces Mehdi Léris.

  • Attempt missed. Josh Laurent (Stoke City) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.

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