Stoke City 0-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008
Result
Stoke City 0-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 0-1 Manchester United: match report
Stoke City lost to Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Carlos Tévez of Manchester United in the 83rd minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 15th on 20 points from 18 and Manchester United 4th on 32 points from 16. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Stoke City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Manchester United's D-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card
- 26'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 29'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 43'Yellow card · Ricardo Fuller
- 72'Second yellow · Andy Wilkinson
- 83'Goal · Carlos Tévez
- 87'Yellow card · Gary Neville
- 87'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov