Manchester United vs Stoke City

Premier League ·Matchday 8

Manchester United

4-2

Full-time HT 2-1

Stoke City

W. Rooney 27'
Robin van Persie 44'
D. Welbeck 46'
W. Rooney 65'

W. Rooney 11' (og)
M. Kightly 58'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Saturday 20 October · 17:00

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Manchester United beat Stoke City 4-2. Scorers for Manchester United: W. Rooney 27', Robin van Persie 44', D. Welbeck 46', W. Rooney 65'. Scorers for Stoke City: W. Rooney 11' (og), M. Kightly 58'. Manchester United won after coming from behind.

Manchester United Stoke City Stoke City logo

Full-time 4 - 2
85'
W. Palacios Out: D. Whitehead · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: W. Palacios comes on for D. Whitehead
78'
J. Hernández Out: D. Welbeck · Manchester United Substitution for Manchester United: J. Hernández comes on for D. Welbeck
74'
M. Owen Out: M. Kightly · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: M. Owen comes on for M. Kightly
74'
Nani Out: A. Valencia · Manchester United Substitution for Manchester United: Nani comes on for A. Valencia
70'
M. Etherington Out: J. Walters · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: M. Etherington comes on for J. Walters
70'
Anderson Out: P. Scholes · Manchester United Substitution for Manchester United: Anderson comes on for P. Scholes
65'
W. Rooney 4-2 Goal · Assist: D. Welbeck · Manchester United Goal! W. Rooney scores for Manchester United, set up by D. Welbeck. It is 4-2
58'
M. Kightly 3-2 Goal · Stoke City Goal for Stoke City! M. Kightly makes it 3-2
46'
D. Welbeck 3-1 Goal · Assist: W. Rooney · Manchester United W. Rooney provides, D. Welbeck finishes for Manchester United (3-1)
Half-time 2 - 1
44'
Robin van Persie 2-1 Goal · Assist: A. Valencia · Manchester United Goal! Robin van Persie scores for Manchester United, set up by A. Valencia. It is 2-1
27'
W. Rooney 1-1 Goal · Assist: Robin van Persie · Manchester United Goal for Manchester United! W. Rooney turns in the pass from Robin van Persie (1-1)
11'
W. Rooney 0-1 Own goal · Stoke City Own goal! An own goal by W. Rooney counts for Stoke City. It is 0-1
Kick-off

The teams before the match

Manchester United Stoke City Stoke City logo

WWWLW Last 5 matches DDLWD

2Goals scored per match0.9

1Goals conceded per match0.9

4Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	86	43	86:43	+43	89	DWLDW
2	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	66	34	66:34	+32	78	LWWDW
3	Chelsea	38	22	9	7	75	39	75:39	+36	75	WWDWW
4	Arsenal	38	21	10	7	72	37	72:37	+35	73	WWWDW
5	Tottenham	38	21	9	8	66	46	66:46	+20	72	WWDWD
6	Everton	38	16	15	7	55	40	55:40	+15	63	LWDWL
7	Liverpool	38	16	13	9	71	43	71:43	+28	61	WWDWD
8	West Brom	38	14	7	17	53	57	53:57	-4	49	DLLLW
9	Swansea	38	11	13	14	47	51	47:51	-4	46	LLWDL
10	West Ham	38	12	10	16	45	53	45:53	-8	46	WLDLW
11	Norwich	38	10	14	14	41	58	41:58	-17	44	WWLLW
12	Fulham	38	11	10	17	50	60	50:60	-10	43	WLLLL
13	Stoke City	38	9	15	14	34	45	34:45	-11	42	DLDWW
14	Southampton	38	9	14	15	49	60	49:60	-11	41	DDLLD
15	Aston Villa	38	10	11	17	47	69	47:69	-22	41	DLWWL
16	Newcastle	38	11	8	19	45	68	45:68	-23	41	LWDLD
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	41	54	41:54	-13	39	LDDLW
18	Wigan	38	9	9	20	47	73	47:73	-26	36	DLLWD
19	Reading	38	6	10	22	43	73	43:73	-30	28	LLWDL
20	QPR	38	4	13	21	30	60	30:60	-30	25	LLLDL