Manchester United 4-2 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012
Result
Manchester United 4-2 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Manchester United 4-2 Stoke City: match report
Manchester United won against Stoke City 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (27'), Robin van Persie (44'), Danny Welbeck (46') and Wayne Rooney (65'). Stoke City scored through an own goal by Wayne Rooney (11') and Michael Kightly (58').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 15 points from 7 and Stoke City 12th on 8 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Stoke City 13th with 41.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Stoke City's D-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Own goal · Wayne Rooney
- 27'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 29'Yellow card · Michael Kightly
- 41'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 44'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 46'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 58'Goal · Michael Kightly
- 65'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie, Nani, Anders Lindegaard, Paul Scholes
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Huth, Matthew Upson, Danny Higginbotham, Andy Wilkinson, Wilson Palacios, Salif Diao, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome, Rory Delap