Manchester United 4-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2010

Result

Manchester United 4-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 4-0 Stoke City: match report

Manchester United defeated Stoke City 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 May 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Darren Fletcher opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Darren Fletcher (31'), Ryan Giggs (38'), an own goal by Danny Higginbotham (54') and Park Ji-Sung (84'). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 82 points from 37 and Stoke City 10th on 47 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Stoke City 11th with 47.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Stoke City's W-D-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 2-0
  • 54'Own goal · Danny HigginbothamManchester United · 3-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 84'Goal · Park Ji-SungManchester United · 4-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 0, Stoke City 0.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Sorensen, Danny Collins, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Glenn Whelan, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson, Sanli Tuncay, Rory Delap