Manchester United 3-2 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 October 2013
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 26 October 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Manchester United 3-2 Stoke City: match report
Manchester United defeated Stoke City 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 October 2013. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (43'), Wayne Rooney (78') and Chicharito (80'). Stoke City scored through Peter Crouch (4') and Marko Arnautovic (45').
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 8th on 11 points from 8 and Stoke City 16th on 8 points from 8. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Stoke City 9th with 46.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-L-L-W and Stoke City's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 43'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 43'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 45'Goal · Marko Arnautovic
- 45+3'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 63'Yellow card · Stephen Ireland
- 65'Yellow card · Wilson Palacios
- 67'Yellow card · M. Wilson
- 68'Yellow card · Marc Wilson
- 69'Yellow card · Chicharito
- 78'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 80'Goal · Chicharito
- 84'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 90'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 90+5'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Mark Rooney, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie
Stoke City expected line-up (4-3-3)
Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Erik Pieters, Steven Nzonzi, Charlie Adam, Jonathan Walters, Marko Arnautovic, Geoff Cameron