Brighton's hopes of securing the archetypal large trophy successful the club's past stay live arsenic Evan Ferguson's first-half extremity proved capable to unafraid a spot successful the FA Cup sixth round.
Ferguson's far-post effort saw disconnected a battling Stoke outfit, who came closest to equalising erstwhile defender Axel Tuanzebe sent a far-post header crossed extremity and narrowly wide.
It is Brighton's 3rd quarter-final quality successful six years, having antecedently lone been determination doubly successful their full history.
They reached the last successful 1983, erstwhile they were beaten successful a replay by Manchester United, and the semi-final successful 2019, erstwhile they mislaid to Manchester City.
Roberto de Zerbi's men failed to scope the heights that allowed them to bushed Liverpool successful the erstwhile round, but with skipper Lewis Dunk turning successful different awesome antiaircraft display, they ever had a measurement of power against their Championship opponents, who could person taken an aboriginal pb erstwhile Tyrese Campbell's effort was kept retired by Jason Steele.
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Stoke City
Squad number13Player nameBonham
Squad number20Player nameSterling
Squad number5Player nameTuanzebe
Squad number16Player nameWilmot
Squad number17Player nameHoever
Squad number8Player nameBaker
Squad number15Player nameThompson
Squad number28Player nameLaurent
Squad number10Player nameCampbell
Squad number9Player nameBrown
Squad number14Player nameTymon
Squad number7Player nameClucas
Squad number18Player nameSmallbone
Squad number23Player nameCelina
Squad number32Player nameTaylor
Squad number45Player nameLowe
Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number2Player nameLamptey
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number19Player nameSarmiento
Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number28Player nameFerguson
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number20Player nameEnciso
Squad number21Player nameUndav
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Line-ups
Stoke
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Bonham
- 20SterlingSubstituted forClucasat 68'minutes
- 5TuanzebeSubstituted forTaylorat 76'minutes
- 16Wilmot
- 17Hoever
- 8BakerBooked astatine 50mins
- 15Thompson
- 28LaurentBooked astatine 21minsSubstituted forSmallboneat 45'minutes
- 10CampbellSubstituted forCelinaat 76'minutes
- 9BrownSubstituted forLoweat 83'minutes
- 14Tymon
Substitutes
- 3Fox
- 7Clucas
- 11Gayle
- 18Smallbone
- 23Celina
- 32Taylor
- 34Fielding
- 45Lowe
- 47Reddin
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 13Groß
- 29van Hecke
- 5Dunk
- 2Lamptey
- 10Mac Allister
- 25Caicedo
- 19SarmientoSubstituted forWelbeckat 79'minutes
- 40BuonanotteSubstituted forVeltmanat 69'minutes
- 22MitomaSubstituted forEncisoat 75'minutes
- 28FergusonSubstituted forUndavat 69'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Sánchez
- 4Webster
- 18Welbeck
- 20Enciso
- 21Undav
- 34Veltman
- 38McGill
- 49Moran
- 71Hinshelwood
Referee:Darren Bond
Attendance:12,949
Live Text
Match ends, Stoke City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Bersant Celina.
Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) hits the close station with a close footed changeable from the near broadside of the box. Assisted by Pascal Groß pursuing a accelerated break.
Foul by Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Connor Taylor (Stoke City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt missed. Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right.
Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellowish paper for unsafe play.
Foul by Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Jack Bonham (Stoke City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Connor Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is blocked.
Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Bersant Celina (Stoke City).
Attempt blocked. Josh Tymon (Stoke City) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Lowe.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by William Smallbone (Stoke City).
Attempt blocked. Jordan Thompson (Stoke City) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Connor Taylor with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Clucas pursuing a corner.