Manchester United 5-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 November 2008
Result
Manchester United 5-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 15 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 5-0 Stoke City: match report
Manchester United beat Stoke City 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 November 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (3'), Michael Carrick (45+1'), Dimitar Berbatov (49'), Danny Welbeck (84') and Cristiano Ronaldo (88'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 21 points from 11 and Stoke City 12th on 14 points from 12. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Stoke City's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 43'Yellow card · Ricardo Fuller
- 45+1'Goal · Michael Carrick
- 47'Yellow card · Rory Delap
- 49'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 63'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 84'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 88'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Leon Cort, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Salif Diao, Dave Kitson, Mamady Sidibé, Rory Delap