White Rat TV Football News: FA Cup: Stoke 0-2 Wolves

Matt Doherty slides in celebration after getting Wolves' second

Wolves won their first FA Cup tie in six years as they stunned Premier League Stoke with a 2-0 win at the bet365 Stadium.

Goals either side of half-time from Helder Costa and Matt Doherty gave Wolves a first victory in the competition since 2011, the year Stoke made the final under Tony Pulis. The Championship club looked sharper than their hosts from the outset and were dangerous on the break early on.

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson burst forward down the right before sending efforts narrowly wide of the far post twice in the opening 10 minutes. Stoke looked laboured but began to have some success out wide but Xherdan Shaqiri and Marko Arnautovic could not find Peter Crouch.

Hélder Costa of Wolces and Erik Peters of Stoke in action during the FA Cup third round clash

It had all been rather rushed and scrappy until Costa provided the first moment of class after 29 minutes.

He cut inside on the edge of the area and, after riding a challenge from Arnautovic, fired a shot into the bottom corner of the net, giving goalkeeper Lee Grant no chance.

Wolves deserved their lead and it was not until six minutes before the break that Stoke mustered their first real attempt on goal. Ryan Shawcross won a header from Shaqiri's corner but his effort looped over the crossbar - an attempt which summed up their game to that point.

Stoke created another chance shortly afterwards when Arnautovic picked out Crouch with a lovely cross but the big striker put his volley over from just eight yards out.

Some home fans booed their team off at half-time and manager Mark Hughes obviously was not happy with what he had seen either. He made two changes at the break, with Giannelli Imbula and Bojan replaced by Joe Allen and Charlie Adam. With Bojan linked with a move away, time will tell if this was his last Stoke appearance.

Adam was involved straight away, working Carl Ikeme with a deflected shot. Ikeme was about to become very busy and the Wolves goalkeeper produced fine saves to keep out driven efforts from Arnautovic and Ibrahim Afellay.

He later denied Crouch from close range then helped Allen's shot over the crossbar as Stoke piled on the pressure with 20 minutes remaining. Rather than draw level, they fell further behind on 80 minutes when Bruno Martins Indi gave away a needless free-kick on the edge of his own area, fouling Bodvarsson.

Doherty stepped up to take it and clipped his shot perfectly over the wall and beyond Grant's reach and into the back of the net. It was the cue for many Stoke supporters to exit, so those who left will not have seen Grant deny Nouha Dicko when one-on-one with the Wolves striker to prevent an even heavier loss.