When you spend 100 minutes in the opposition half and your keeper only has one save to make in open play you expect to win a game of football but for the second week running Stoke failed to turn possession and territorial dominance into goals and suffered the ignominy of a penalty shoot out defeat in a game they should have won inside normal time. The visiting Clarets started brightly and despite their league position showed how week to week expectations at a higher level often make cup upsets less likely than seem apparent. Quicker to the ball and stronger in the challenge saw them in the ascendancy although their tendency towards the long ball and Mark Newbould's excellent marshalling of a resolute Stoke rearguard saw little goalmouth action in the opening period. As the game settled, Stoke became more of a force with Lewis Robinson finding space on the left with a series of crosses being easily cut out by the visitors defence. On 43 mins, right back Sam Green's troublesome hamstring meant he was replaced by Jimmy Holland and almost immediately a deep cross from that side was cleared off the Stoke line only to be headed back into an ensuing scamble from which a partial clearance was drilled home from 15 yards by Adam Yeo. The second period saw Stoke in almost total ascendancy and on the hour, a neat one two between Kev Wills and Dave Worthington saw the latter drill home a trademark strike from 15 yards across the keeper. The visitors goal was now under bombarment, Ollie Critchlow (on for Martin Sutcliffe's hamstring injury) hit the post, a handball penalty appeal was turned down and a foul on Holland, who was finding plenty of space down the right flank, was adjudged outside the box when vociferous claims from the home side suggested otherwise. Full time arrived with no change to the score and it was typical of such dominance that in the first period of extra time a long ball out of defence was chased by Sam Davey and Holland's clumsy challenge saw the striker put away the first penalty of the match. Stoke were not to be denied though and with 113minutes on the clock Kev Wills collected the ball in the box and in typical style, half turned and shot home from ten yards. Even then Ty Hawken outpaced the visitors defence only to see his touch desert him and the Clarets keeper was able to scramble the ball to safety. Penalty shoot outs are not the forte of manager Pete Gartrell and his record was extended to 1-10 as Newbould missed, Worthington scored, Launceston missed, Wills, Morgan, Hawken and Collings scored, both goalkeepers missed, Holland scored and Critchlow missed before Adam Jenkins scored penalty number 9 to seal the tie for the visitors. A much more resolute defensive display by Stoke matched by an uncharateristic inability to turn dominance into goals saw them exit a competition in which a quarter final berth must have been distinctly possible.