The meanest travellers in the Championship did it again on Tuesday night, but Bournemouth were given an unexpected helping hand.
Dominic Solanke grabbed his eighth League goal of the season, a reaction strike after Ryan Christie’s initial effort looked like a routine save for goalkeeper Adam Davies until he spilled it into Solanke’s path.
The leaders did not need a second invitation and Scott Parker’s unbeaten team go marching on. This was a sixth clean sheet on their travels and against a Stoke side who had previously been unbeaten at home.
MATCH FACTS
Stoke City: Davies 5; Wilmot 6, Souttar 6, Chester 6; Smith 6, Allen 6, Thompson7, Clucas 7 (Surridge, 59), Tymon 6; Powell 5 (Vrancic, 26, 6), Brown 6 (Campbell, 69)
Subs: Bursik, Batth, Fletcher Sawyers
Bournemouth: Travers 6; Stacey 7, Cahill 7, Kelly 7, Zemura; Lerma, Kilkenny 6 (Pearson, 82), Billing 6 (Mepham, 90) ; Christie 7 (Lowe 90), Solanke 8, Anthony 6
Subs: Nyland, Mepham, Marcondes, Stanislas, Pearson, Rogers
Referee: Dean Whitestone
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It is coming up to two years since Michael O’Neill took over at Stoke and this was his 100th game as Potters manager.